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Table A-19. Percentage of eighth-grade public school students at or above Proficient in NAEP reading, by state/jurisdiction:
Various years, 1998–2009
Accommodations
not permitted
Accommodations permitted
State/jurisdiction 1998 1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009
Nation (public) 31 30 31 30 29* 29* 30
Alabama 21 22 21 22 22 21 24
Alaska — — — 27 26 27 27
Arizona 28 27 23 25 23* 24 27
Arkansas 23 23 27 27 26 25 27
California 22 21 20 22 21 21 22
Colorado 30 30 — 36 32 35 32
Connecticut 42 40 37* 37* 34* 37* 43
Delaware 25* 23* 33 31 30 31 31
Florida 23* 23* 29 27* 25* 28 32
Georgia 25 25 26 26 25 26 27
Hawaii 19 19 20 22 18* 20 22
Idaho — — 34 32 32 32 33
Illinois — — — 35 31 30 33
Indiana — — 32 33 28 31 32
Iowa — — — 36 34 36 32
Kansas 35 36 38* 35 35 35 33
Kentucky 29 30 32 34 31 28* 33
Louisiana 18 17 22 22 20 19 20
Maine 42* 41* 38 37 38 37 35
Maryland 31 31 32 31* 30* 33 36
Massachusetts 36* 38* 39 43 44 43 43
Michigan — — 32 32 28 28 31
Minnesota 37 36 — 37 37 37 38
Mississippi 19 19 20 21 18 17 19
Missouri 29* 28* 33 34 31 31 34
Montana 38 40 37 37 37 39 38
Nebraska — — 36 35 35 35 35
Nevada 24 23 19* 21 22 22 22
New Hampshire — — — 40 38 37 39
New Jersey — — — 37* 38 39 42
New Mexico 24 23 20 20 19 17* 22
New York 34 32 32 35 33 32 33
North Carolina 31 30 32 29 27 28 29
North Dakota — — 35 38* 37 32 34
Ohio — — 35 34 36 36 37
Oklahoma 29 30 28 30* 25 26 26
Oregon 33 35 37 33 33 34 33
Pennsylvania — — 35* 32* 36 36 40
Rhode Island 30 32* 30 30 29 27 28
South Carolina 22 22 24 24 25 25 24
South Dakota — — — 39 35 37 37
Tennessee 26 27 28 26 26 26 28
Texas 28 27 31 26 26 28 27
Utah 31 31 32 32 29* 30 33
Vermont — — 40 39 37* 42 41
Virginia 33 33 37* 36 36 34 32
Washington 32 32 37 33 34 34 36
West Virginia 27* 28* 29* 25 22 23 22
Wisconsin 33 34 — 37 35 33 34
Wyoming 29* 31 31 34 36 33 34
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia 12 11 10* 10* 12 12 14
DoDEA 1 37 37 39 39 37 39 39
— Not available. The state/jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting.
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2009 when only one state/jurisdiction or the nation is being examined.
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Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1998–2009 Reading
Assessments.
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