2015 State Mapping

Table 2015d. Correlations between NAEP and state assessment school-level percentages meeting proficient standards in grade 8, by by subject, state, and testing program: 2015

State	Testing program	Reading		Mathematics
		Correlation coefficient	Standard error	Correlation coefficient	Standard error
Alabama	ACT	0.77	0.048	0.88	0.034
Alaska		0.83	0.043	0.82	0.044
Arizona		0.78	0.042	0.76	0.052
Arkansas	PARCC	0.56	0.077	–	†
California	SBAC	0.83	0.030	0.88	0.027
Colorado	PARCC	0.76	0.041	–	†
Connecticut	SBAC	0.80	0.044	0.88	0.025
Delaware	SBAC	0.83	0.034	0.90	0.033
District of Columbia	PARCC	0.91	0.023	–	†
Florida		0.74	0.051	–	†
Georgia		0.79	0.051	0.84	0.032
Hawaii	SBAC	0.75	0.051	0.74	0.055
Idaho	SBAC	0.56	0.075	0.76	0.046
Illinois	PARCC	0.76	0.035	0.82	0.034
Indiana		0.66	0.063	0.73	0.053
Iowa		–	†	–	†
Kansas		0.68	0.070	0.72	0.062
Kentucky		0.71	0.046	0.66	0.062
Louisiana	PARCC	0.76	0.050	0.79	0.046
Maine	SBAC	0.58	0.065	0.64	0.061
Maryland	PARCC	0.82	0.035	0.86	0.027
Massachusetts	PARCC	–	†	–	†
Michigan	SBAC	0.79	0.037	0.84	0.035
Minnesota		0.71	0.047	0.71	0.046
Mississippi	PARCC	0.69	0.055	0.80	0.042
Missouri	SBAC	0.73	0.048	–	†
Montana	SBAC	–	†	–	†
Nebraska		0.69	0.056	0.79	0.031
Nevada	SBAC	–	†	–	†
New Hampshire	SBAC	0.65	0.055	0.78	0.048
New Jersey	PARCC	0.81	0.040	0.87	0.029
New Mexico	PARCC	0.67	0.059	0.67	0.063
New York		0.80	0.035	–	†
North Carolina		0.84	0.035	0.84	0.039
North Dakota	SBAC	–	†	–	†
Ohio	PARCC	0.70	0.064	–	†
Oklahoma		0.57	0.067	–	†
Oregon	SBAC	0.65	0.059	0.69	0.059
Pennsylvania		0.86	0.032	0.86	0.026
Rhode Island	PARCC	0.78	0.030	–	†
South Carolina	ACT	0.79	0.046	0.77	0.046
South Dakota	SBAC	0.57	0.068	0.68	0.054
Tennessee		0.79	0.043	–	†
Texas		–	†	–	†
Utah		–	†	–	†
Vermont	SBAC	0.50	0.058	0.67	0.057
Virginia		0.77	0.045	–	†
Washington	SBAC	0.74	0.051	0.81	0.045
West Virginia	SBAC	0.46	0.085	0.62	0.079
Wisconsin	SBAC	0.64	0.062	0.81	0.028
Wyoming		0.77	0.051	0.77	0.058
ACT		0.77	0.033	0.83	0.030
PARCC		0.78	0.015	0.85	0.016
SBAC		0.79	0.019	0.85	0.016
– Not available. Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota were not included in the study due to data not being available. States that did not have a general end-of-grade reading/English language arts or general mathematics assessment in grade 8 that all students were required to take were not included in the analysis.
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading and Mathematics Assessments.