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Table 18. State and NAEP assessment percentages of students meeting the state proficiency standards for mathematics at grade 4 in 2009 based on 2007 standards, by state

State/jurisdiction State percent at the standard in 2007 1 State percent at the standard in 2009 NAEP percent at the 2007 standard in 2009 D 2 Standard
error of D
Alabama 78.7 77.4 78.6 1.3   1.07
Alaska 76.7 76.1 77.3 1.2 1.08
Arizona 74.2 72.6 71.3 -1.3 1.03
Arkansas 64.8 78.4 64.6 -13.8 * 1.06
California 57.3 65.1 59.3 -5.8 * 1.22
Colorado 90.1 91.3 91.6 0.4 0.57
Connecticut 79.2 85.5 80.3 -5.2 * 1.02
Delaware 75.7 77.5 71.4 -6.1 * 0.96
District of Columbia 53.4
Florida 69.7 75.3 69.5 -5.9 * 1.26
Hawaii 48.9 50.3 51.7 1.5 1.17
Idaho 82.2 85.4 81.6 -3.9 * 1.05
Iowa 82.2 80.5 81.9 1.4 1.14
Kansas 86.2 86.7 85.5 -1.2 1.00
Kentucky 60.0 70.9 63.4 -7.6 * 1.38
Louisiana 61.3 63.2 60.5 -2.7 * 1.38
Maine 61.2 66.4 64.4 -2.0 1.47
Maryland 86.3 89.5 90.4 0.9 0.78
Massachusetts 48.6 47.1 48.0 0.9 1.18
Michigan 87.3 88.6 86.3 -2.3 * 0.81
Minnesota 66.1 74.1 69.0 -5.1 * 1.16
Missouri 44.3 45.3 46.5 1.1 1.25
Montana 67.8 67.0 68.1 1.1 1.48
Nebraska
Nevada 63.8 66.1 68.0 1.9   1.18
New Hampshire 68.0 73.1 70.0 -3.1 * 1.16
New Mexico 46.1 42.0 47.1 5.1 * 1.42
New York 80.9 88.3 78.8 -9.5 * 0.81
North Carolina 66.5 81.2 68.5 -12.8 * 1.03
North Dakota 80.4 81.4 80.9 -0.5   0.92
Ohio 78.2 80.9 75.9 -5.0 * 1.16
Oregon 72.4 80.1 73.9 -6.2 * 1.12
Pennsylvania 78.1 81.5 76.7 -4.7 * 1.01
Rhode Island 53.8 62.8 57.4 -5.5 * 0.96
South Dakota 76.7 77.8 77.7 -0.1   0.89
Tennessee 89.2 89.6 87.9 -1.6 0.87
Texas 84.9 85.0 82.7 -2.4 * 0.91
Utah 73.6 72.3 74.1 1.8 1.20
Vermont 64.0 68.8 64.7 -4.1 * 0.90
Virginia 82.5 86.3 80.5 -5.8 * 1.09
Washington 56.9 51.1 56.3 5.1 * 1.28
Wisconsin 79.5 81.2 78.0 -3.2 * 0.89
Wyoming 87.0 75.7 85.6 9.9 * 0.94
– State assessment data not available.
† Not applicable.
* Statistically significant at p<.05.
1 This matches the NAEP percentage meeting 2007 standards in 2007.
2 D is the discrepancy between the change from 2007 to 2009 in the percentage meeting the state standards on the state test (i.e., state percent at the standards in 2009 minus the state percent at the standards in 2007) and the change in the same percentage when measured by NAEP (i.e, NAEP percent at the 2007 standards in 2009 minus the NAEP percentage meeting 2007 standards in 2007). D is calculated using unrounded numbers, by subtracting the change measured by the state test from the change measured by NAEP.
NOTE: Only states that have indicated that their assessments results are comparable between 2007 and 2009 are included in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 and 2009 Mathematics Assessments. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, EDFacts SY 2008–09, Washington, DC, 2010. The National Longitudinal School-Level State Assessment Score Database (NLSLSASD) 2010.

Last updated 03 August 2011 (EP)