2009 State Mapping

Table 2009g. Percentages of students meeting state proficiency standards and performing at or above the NAEP Proficient level, by grade, subject, and state: 2009

State	Grade 4				Grade 8
	Reading		Mathematics		Reading		Mathematics
	Percent meeting state proficiency standard	Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level	Percent meeting state proficiency standard	Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level	Percent meeting state proficiency standard	Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level	Percent meeting state proficiency standard	Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level
Alabama	86.4	28.2	78.9	24.5	74.7	23.8	73.5	20.4
Alaska	77.9	27.2	73.9	37.8	81.7	27.0	66.4	33.5
Arizona	72.0	24.7	74.3	28.0	69.3	26.9	63.1	29.0
Arkansas	70.4	28.8	77.6	36.3	71.4	26.7	61.2	27.0
California	60.1	23.7	64.6	30.2	47.7	22.2	–	23.4
Colorado	86.9	40.2	91.0	45.2	88.5	32.4	80.9	39.7
Connecticut	70.1	42.4	81.1	46.2	76.6	42.5	80.8	39.8
Delaware	77.2	35.1	76.2	36.4	77.3	30.6	65.6	31.7
District of Columbia	45.5	16.8	50.0	17.0	46.4	13.7	43.7	11.2
Florida	74.2	35.8	74.8	40.4	54.2	31.8	66.0	29.0
Georgia	87.2	29.3	74.6	33.8	93.8	26.9	80.7	26.8
Hawaii	61.8	25.7	50.3	36.7	68.2	22.0	38.7	25.3
Idaho	86.3	32.3	85.5	40.5	91.5	32.8	78.5	38.4
Illinois	73.6	32.3	85.5	37.6	83.4	32.7	81.6	33.1
Indiana	73.8	33.7	73.3	41.6	68.5	32.1	75.1	36.2
Iowa	80.3	34.2	80.3	41.4	73.2	32.2	75.8	33.9
Kansas	87.7	35.1	86.9	46.3	85.4	33.0	77.9	39.5
Kentucky	74.2	36.2	71.3	36.5	68.1	33.3	55.2	27.2
Louisiana	70.5	18.3	63.7	22.8	61.3	20.4	57.7	20.3
Maine	70.8	35.5	66.3	45.0	71.0	34.6	52.4	35.3
Maryland	86.7	37.1	89.1	43.7	80.2	35.6	65.9	40.1
Massachusetts	53.6	47.2	47.9	56.8	78.7	42.9	49.0	51.7
Michigan	76.7	29.7	87.8	35.1	77.0	30.5	74.7	30.5
Minnesota	74.5	37.2	72.5	53.8	67.2	38.4	58.3	46.9
Mississippi	52.2	21.7	57.5	22.2	48.3	19.3	53.9	15.2
Missouri	47.0	35.7	44.9	41.1	50.2	34.3	47.0	35.5
Montana	81.0	34.6	66.7	45.5	80.8	37.7	60.4	43.6
Nebraska	–	34.8	–	37.9	–	34.6	–	34.6
Nevada	62.2	24.0	64.3	32.1	61.1	22.4	54.7	24.8
New Hampshire	74.1	41.3	72.6	55.7	69.8	39.4	63.9	43.3
New Jersey	63.0	40.2	72.8	48.8	81.7	41.6	71.1	44.4
New Mexico	52.1	19.8	42.1	26.2	62.5	21.7	42.7	20.2
New York	76.7	36.0	87.2	40.2	68.5	33.3	80.2	33.7
North Carolina	69.1	32.2	81.6	43.2	66.8	28.7	80.7	35.6
North Dakota	80.0	34.8	81.2	44.5	76.2	34.1	70.8	43.1
Ohio	82.0	35.7	78.5	45.3	72.4	36.7	70.6	35.7
Oklahoma	62.2	27.7	65.6	32.7	65.8	25.7	59.4	23.8
Oregon	84.1	30.9	77.2	37.1	69.5	33.3	70.6	36.6
Pennsylvania	71.9	36.6	81.0	45.5	79.7	40.1	70.4	39.8
Rhode Island	68.0	35.6	63.0	39.4	61.8	27.6	53.0	27.8
South Carolina	84.3	27.6	83.5	34.0	77.5	24.5	74.9	30.2
South Dakota	77.1	32.8	77.1	41.8	73.9	36.9	74.2	41.5
Tennessee	90.3	28.0	90.2	28.4	92.6	27.9	90.1	25.2
Texas	83.8	27.7	85.0	38.4	94.3	27.1	83.1	36.2
Utah	78.3	31.0	72.7	41.2	82.7	32.9	62.5	35.1
Vermont	69.7	41.4	68.6	50.7	68.9	41.0	62.5	43.5
Virginia	88.7	38.5	86.2	42.5	87.4	32.2	–	35.6
Washington	72.6	33.5	52.4	43.2	67.9	35.7	51.4	39.4
West Virginia	63.6	25.7	64.5	28.1	60.9	22.4	53.4	19.4
Wisconsin	82.0	32.7	81.2	45.1	85.2	33.9	78.6	39.3
Wyoming	71.1	32.6	75.3	40.5	64.9	34.4	62.0	34.7
– Not available. Nebraska did not offer a statewide assessment to report on standards. California and Virginia do not assess general mathematics in grade 8.
NOTE: Percent meeting state proficiency standards shown in this table are from state reports at the state level. They are not an aggregate of the school-level percentages of the schools in the NAEP sample used by the mapping procedure.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading and Mathematics Assessments. U.S. Department of Education, ED Data Express, http://eddataexpress.ed.gov/state-tables-main.cfm retrieved on 12/31/2014.