2017 State Mapping Analysis

Table 2017g. Percentages of students meeting state proficiency standards and performing at or above the NAEP Proficient level, by grade, subject, and state: 2017

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	40.3	31.4	52.3	31.2	46.5	27.7	35.0	20.8
Alaska	38.8	28.2	41.0	31.7	38.1	26.1	23.9	29.2
Arizona	48.7	30.4	47.0	33.9	33.8	30.5	–	–
Arkansas	48.2	31.3	55.2	32.7	57.3	28.7	43.6	25.5
California	45.1	31.1	40.5	31.2	48.6	32.2	36.3	29.1
Colorado	43.7	39.9	34.1	42.4	43.4	40.5	–	–
Connecticut	54.7	42.7	50.3	39.9	54.5	43.8	42.2	36.2
Delaware	54.2	35.8	50.1	35.9	52.5	32.8	38.5	28.5
District of Columbia	32.4	28.7	32.3	31.5	30.3	19.9	–	–
Florida	56.1	40.8	64.2	47.5	55.0	35.5	–	–
Georgia	41.8	34.6	44.8	35.4	42.9	35.4	–	–
Hawaii	48.2	31.7	47.6	38.1	47.1	30.3	37.3	27.3
Idaho	48.0	38.2	46.6	40.2	52.5	38.7	38.6	35.4
Illinois	37.2	35.2	30.9	38.6	37.6	36.1	–	–
Indiana	65.7	40.7	61.9	48.0	60.7	41.1	54.4	37.8
Iowa	74.5	36.4	77.6	45.7	75.2	36.8	75.1	37.1
Kansas	49.2	37.3	39.4	41.8	26.9	36.7	25.2	35.4
Kentucky	50.0	37.5	48.0	39.8	57.5	34.2	49.0	28.9
Louisiana	46.9	26.5	43.3	26.8	45.9	24.9	–	–
Maine	52.3	36.4	44.4	40.2	52.2	39.0	35.7	36.0
Maryland	42.0	40.2	37.5	42.3	39.1	37.6	–	–
Massachusetts	49.2	50.8	49.6	52.9	50.6	49.3	48.8	49.7
Michigan	44.2	31.8	42.0	35.5	48.1	34.4	33.6	31.2
Minnesota	56.9	39.1	66.9	52.6	58.8	39.3	58.1	46.4
Mississippi	31.3	27.2	35.9	31.4	34.2	24.6	36.6	21.5
Missouri	64.3	36.5	54.3	40.3	60.6	35.4	–	–
Montana	49.4	37.7	44.6	41.3	48.0	35.1	35.9	37.4
Nebraska	56.5	38.4	76.8	48.6	50.8	38.0	65.3	40.9
Nevada	46.2	30.6	40.7	30.7	–	–	–	–
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
New Jersey	55.9	48.6	47.3	49.9	59.2	46.6	–	–
New Mexico	25.1	24.8	23.2	27.2	27.9	24.4	–	–
New York	41.1	36.0	42.9	35.5	46.3	34.2	–	–
North Carolina	43.7	38.5	51.0	42.0	41.7	32.9	39.9	34.9
North Dakota	44.5	34.1	43.9	45.8	44.2	32.7	33.7	39.7
Ohio	63.0	38.7	73.0	41.2	52.6	39.1	–	–
Oklahoma	37.1	28.9	40.6	35.2	34.7	28.0	23.1	24.1
Oregon	48.6	33.5	44.0	33.3	55.9	36.1	41.5	33.7
Pennsylvania	60.7	40.2	46.2	43.6	58.8	40.0	32.2	38.1
Puerto Rico	–	–	61.8	0.4	–	–	10.1	0.4
Rhode Island	41.6	38.7	34.7	38.6	38.1	37.4	–	–
South Carolina	41.0	29.3	46.4	31.9	40.2	30.0	34.6	26.3
South Dakota	49.9	35.9	50.4	42.8	49.8	35.5	42.7	38.3
Tennessee	36.4	32.9	41.1	36.0	30.9	31.0	–	–
Texas	69.0	28.7	74.1	41.2	–	–	–	–
Utah	42.0	41.3	51.8	45.3	41.0	38.2	–	–
Vermont	49.5	42.9	47.5	42.2	55.0	44.8	41.6	39.4
Virginia	78.4	42.8	80.5	50.2	75.6	37.2	–	–
Washington	56.0	38.9	55.0	42.4	59.5	41.6	48.9	41.3
West Virginia	47.6	32.4	43.4	35.0	45.5	27.8	30.2	23.9
Wisconsin	47.7	34.9	44.8	41.8	41.7	39.4	35.5	39.3
Wyoming	63.5	41.4	57.7	50.8	53.6	37.6	48.4	38.4
– Not available. New Hampshire was not included in the study because the state did not use the same assessment for all students in grades 4 and 8 for reading and mathematics. Puerto Rico was not included in the reading analyses because NAEP reading assessments were not administered in the jurisdiction. States that did not require all eligible students to take a general grade 8 reading or mathematics assessment were not included in the analysis.
NOTE: Percentages meeting state proficiency standards shown in this table are 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), 2017 Reading and Mathematics Assessments; and U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts School Year 2016-17.