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State Performance at Grade 4
NAEP state results make it possible to examine the progress of public school
students in each participating state over time. All 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Department of Defense schools participated in the 2009 reading
assessment. These 52 states and jurisdictions are all referred to as “states” in the
following summary of results. State results are also available for seven earlier
assessments at grade 4. While all states participated in the assessments since 2003,
not all participated or met the criteria for reporting in earlier assessment years.
Scores increase since 2007 in three states and decrease in four states
The map shown below highlights changes in states’
average reading scores from 2007 to 2009 at grade 4
(figure 9). While there was no significant change in the
overall average score for fourth-grade public school
students in the nation from 2007 to 2009, scores
increased in three states (District of Columbia, Kentucky,
and Rhode Island) and decreased in four states (Alaska,
Iowa, New Mexico, and Wyoming). In comparison to the
results in 1992, scores were higher in 2009 for 25 of the
42 states that participated in both years and lower in
4 states.
Figure 9. Changes in fourth-grade NAEP reading average scores between 2007 and 2009
WY
NM
IA
KY
RI
DC
DoDEA 1
Score increased
Score decreased
No significant change
1
Department of Defense Education Activity
(overseas and domestic schools).
AK
HI
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 and 2009 Reading Assessments.
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