NAEP Reading Mathematics 2005 - Mathematics: State Results: Achievement Level Trends

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Achievement-Level
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Compare Mathematics Achievement-Level Results for Your State Across Years

Between 2003 and 2005, the percentage of fourth-graders performing at or above Basic increased for 24 states and jurisdictions, and the percentage performing at or above Proficient increased in 27 states and jurisdictions. Between 1992 and 2005, the percentage of fourth-graders performing at or above Basic and at or above Proficient increased in all of the 42 states and jurisdictions that participated in both years.
Between 2003 and 2005, the percentage of eighth-graders performing at or above Basic increased for 5 states, and the percentage performing at or above Proficient increased in 6 states. Between 1990 and 2005, the percentage of eighth-graders at or above Basic and at or above Proficient increased in all 38 states and jurisdictions that participated in both years.

GRADE 4, BASIC

GRADE 4, PROFICIENT

GRADE 8, BASIC

GRADE 8, PROFICIENT

Percentage of students at or above *Proficient* in mathematics, grade 8 public schools: By state, various years, 1990–2005
	Accommodations not permitted								Accommodations permitted
State/jurisdiction	1990		1992		1996		2000		2000		2003		2005
Nation (public)¹	15	*	20	*	23	*	26	*	25	*	27	*	28

Alabama	9	*	10	*	12		16		16		16		15
Alaska	—		—		30		—		—		30		29
Arizona	13	*	15	*	18	*	21	*	20	*	21	*	26
Arkansas	9	*	10	*	13	*	14	*	13	*	19	*	22
California	12	*	16	*	17	*	18	*	17	*	22		22
Colorado	17	*	22	*	25	*	—		—		34		32
Connecticut	22	*	26	*	31		34		33		35		35
Delaware	14	*	15	*	19	*	—		—		26	*	30
Florida	12	*	15	*	17	*	—		—		23		26
Georgia	14	*	13	*	16	*	19	*	19	*	22		23
Hawaii	12	*	14	*	16		16		16		17		18
Idaho	18	*	22	*	—		27		26	*	28		30
Illinois	15	*	—		—		27		26		29		29
Indiana	17	*	20	*	24	*	31		29		31		30
Iowa	25	*	31		31		—		—		33		34
Kansas	—		—		—		34		34		34		34
Kentucky	10	*	14	*	16	*	21		20		24		23
Louisiana	5	*	7	*	7	*	12	*	11	*	17		16
Maine	—		25	*	31		32		30		29		30
Maryland	17	*	20	*	24		29		27		30		30
Massachusetts	—		23	*	28	*	32	*	30	*	38	*	43
Michigan	16	*	19	*	28		28		28		28		29
Minnesota	23	*	31	*	34	*	40		39		44		43
Mississippi	—		6	*	7	*	8	*	9	*	12		14
Missouri	—		20	*	22	*	22	*	21	*	28		26
Montana	27	*	—		32		37		36		35		36
Nebraska	24	*	26	*	31		31		30	*	32		35
Nevada	—		—		—		20		18	*	20		21
New Hampshire	20	*	25	*	—		—		—		35		35
New Jersey	21	*	24	*	—		—		—		33		36
New Mexico	10	*	11	*	14		13		12		15		14
New York	15	*	20	*	22	*	26	*	24	*	32		31
North Carolina	9	*	12	*	20	*	30		27	*	32		32
North Dakota	27	*	29	*	33		31		30	*	36		35
Ohio	15	*	18	*	—		31		30		30		33
Oklahoma	13	*	17	*	—		19		18		20		21
Oregon	21	*	—		26	*	32		31		32		34
Pennsylvania	17	*	21	*	—		—		—		30		31
Rhode Island	15	*	16	*	20		24		22		24		24
South Carolina	—		15	*	14	*	18	*	17	*	26	*	30
South Dakota	—		—		—		—		—		35		36
Tennessee	—		12	*	15	*	17		16	*	21		21
Texas	13	*	18	*	21	*	24	*	24	*	25	*	31
Utah	—		22	*	24	*	26	*	25	*	31		30
Vermont	—		—		27	*	32	*	31	*	35		38
Virginia	17	*	19	*	21	*	26	*	25	*	31		33
Washington	—		—		26	*	—		—		32		36
West Virginia	9	*	10	*	14	*	18		17		20		18
Wisconsin	23	*	27	*	32		—		—		35		36
Wyoming	19	*	21	*	22	*	25	*	23	*	32		29
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	3	*	4	*	5		6		6		6		7
DoDEA²	—		—		22	*	27	*	26	*	33		33
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting.
* Significantly different from 2005.
¹ National results for assessments prior to 2003 are based on the national sample, not on aggregated state samples.
² Department of Defense Education Activity (domestic and overseas).
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