Table 114. | Average proficiency in reading for 4th-graders in public schools, by selected characteristics, and state: 1994 and 1998 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1994 | 1998 |_____________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________ | | Sex | | Sex | Race/ethnicity State | |___________________| |___________________|_________________________________________________________ | Average | | | Average | | | | | | |American | | Male | Female | | Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic|Asian/ |Indian/ | | | | | | | | | |Pacific |Alaskan | | | | | | | | | |Islander |Native _____________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|_________|____________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _____________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|_________|____________|___________ United States\1\ ..|212 (1.1)|207 (1.3)|218 (1.2)|215 (0.8)|212 (1.2)|218 (0.8)| 225 (0.9)| 193 (1.8)|195 (1.9)| 222 (2.8)| 200 (3.2) |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|_________|____________|___________ Alabama .............|208 (1.5)|203 (1.9)|213 (1.6)|211 (1.8)|208 (1.8)|214 (2.1)| 222 (2.0)| 193 (2.0)|190 (4.5)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Arizona ............|206 (1.9)|201 (2.2)|211 (2.1)|207 (2.0)|201 (2.2)|212 (2.3)| 220 (1.4)| 190 (3.8)|186 (3.7)|(\2\) (\2\) | 202 (4.3) Arkansas ............|209 (1.7)|204 (1.9)|213 (1.8)|209 (1.5)|206 (1.8)|212 (1.7)| 218 (1.3)| 186 (2.4)|187 (5.3)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) California\3\ .......|197 (1.8)|194 (1.9)|200 (2.2)|202 (3.2)|198 (3.6)|206 (3.3)| 217 (2.6)| 189 (4.6)|181 (5.2)| 215 (5.1)|(\2\) (\2\) Colorado ............|213 (1.3)|209 (1.8)|218 (1.5)|222 (1.3)|218 (1.7)|225 (1.5)| 229 (1.3)| 202 (4.4)|202 (2.1)| 228 (6.8)|(\2\) (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | Connecticut .........|222 (1.6)|218 (1.8)|226 (2.0)|232 (1.9)|229 (2.0)|234 (2.0)| 240 (1.7)| 205 (3.1)|205 (3.9)| 244 (4.3)|(\2\) (\2\) Delaware ............|206 (1.1)|200 (2.1)|212 (1.5)|212 (1.3)|208 (1.5)|216 (1.9)| 220 (1.5)| 199 (1.9)|193 (3.8)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) District of Columbia |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |182 (1.4)|177 (1.8)|186 (2.1)| 231 (5.9)| 180 (1.6)|168 (4.3)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Florida .............|205 (1.7)|199 (2.1)|210 (1.8)|207 (1.5)|203 (1.9)|212 (1.7)| 219 (1.8)| 189 (2.2)|200 (3.0)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Georgia .............|207 (2.4)|201 (3.0)|212 (2.2)|210 (1.6)|206 (1.9)|213 (1.7)| 225 (2.0)| 193 (2.0)|193 (4.2)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Hawaii ..............|201 (1.7)|194 (2.1)|208 (1.7)|200 (1.8)|194 (2.5)|205 (1.8)| 211 (2.3)| 195 (4.6)|183 (3.5)| 201 (2.3)| 183 (5.6) | | | | | | | | | | | Indiana .............|220 (1.3)|216 (1.5)|223 (1.5)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- Iowa\3\ .............|223 (1.3)|219 (1.6)|227 (1.5)|223 (1.2)|218 (1.5)|228 (1.4)| 226 (1.2)| 192 (4.1)|210 (2.7)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Kansas\3\ ...........|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |222 (1.5)|219 (1.6)|226 (1.6)| 228 (1.5)| 198 (3.7)|207 (3.7)|(\2\) (\2\) | 214 (5.3) Kentucky ............|212 (1.6)|206 (1.8)|217 (2.0)|218 (1.5)|216 (1.8)|220 (1.6)| 221 (1.5)| 196 (3.0)|195 (5.1)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Louisiana ...........|197 (1.3)|193 (1.6)|200 (1.7)|204 (1.5)|199 (1.8)|209 (1.6)| 222 (1.3)| 186 (2.0)|184 (4.1)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | Maine ...............|228 (1.3)|225 (1.6)|231 (1.6)|225 (1.2)|222 (1.4)|229 (1.5)| 227 (1.2)|(\2\) (\2\)|208 (6.2)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Maryland ............|210 (1.5)|205 (1.8)|214 (1.8)|215 (1.6)|209 (2.0)|221 (1.6)| 229 (1.7)| 195 (2.4)|200 (4.1)| 230 (5.4)|(\2\) (\2\) Massachusetts\3\ ....|223 (1.3)|221 (1.5)|226 (1.5)|225 (1.4)|221 (1.6)|229 (1.7)| 231 (1.3)| 202 (3.2)|200 (3.3)| 216 (5.5)|(\2\) (\2\) Michigan ............|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |217 (1.7)|212 (1.9)|221 (1.8)| 225 (1.3)| 191 (3.9)|193 (4.8)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Minnesota\3\ ........|218 (1.4)|214 (1.5)|223 (1.9)|222 (1.5)|218 (1.9)|226 (1.5)| 226 (1.5)| 190 (4.7)|203 (5.6)| 216 (10.1)|(\2\) (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | Mississippi .........|202 (1.6)|196 (1.6)|207 (1.9)|204 (1.5)|201 (1.8)|208 (1.5)| 217 (1.8)| 192 (1.9)|183 (3.4)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Missouri ............|217 (1.5)|213 (1.9)|221 (1.8)|216 (1.7)|211 (2.0)|222 (1.6)| 223 (1.4)| 190 (3.6)|196 (4.5)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Montana\3\ ..........|222 (1.4)|218 (1.6)|227 (1.7)|226 (1.7)|221 (2.0)|231 (2.7)| 230 (1.6)|(\2\) (\2\)|207 (6.2)|(\2\) (\2\) | 209 (3.9) Nebraska\4\ .........|220 (1.5)|216 (1.5)|224 (1.9)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- Nevada ..............|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |208 (1.4)|204 (1.6)|211 (1.9)| 215 (1.4)| 189 (3.1)|195 (2.0)| 216 (3.6)| 199 (5.8) | | | | | | | | | | | New Hampshire\3\ ....|223 (1.5)|218 (1.6)|229 (1.8)|226 (1.3)|222 (1.8)|229 (1.5)| 227 (1.3)|(\2\) (\2\)|201 (5.2)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) New Jersey ..........|219 (1.2)|216 (1.5)|222 (1.3)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- New Mexico ..........|205 (1.7)|201 (2.1)|208 (1.8)|206 (2.0)|202 (2.0)|209 (2.6)| 222 (1.8)| 183 (7.1)|199 (1.7)|(\2\) (\2\) | 181 (8.6) New York\3\ .........|212 (1.4)|207 (1.8)|216 (1.6)|216 (1.6)|214 (1.7)|218 (2.0)| 227 (1.2)| 193 (2.8)|194 (2.8)| 234 (5.2)|(\2\) (\2\) North Carolina ......|214 (1.5)|209 (1.7)|220 (1.8)|217 (1.3)|213 (1.7)|220 (1.7)| 227 (1.4)| 200 (2.0)|196 (3.2)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | North Dakota ........|225 (1.2)|221 (1.5)|230 (1.5)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- Oklahoma ............|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |220 (1.1)|219 (1.2)|220 (1.5)| 225 (1.1)| 192 (5.0)|207 (2.5)|(\2\) (\2\) | 214 (2.4) Oregon ..............|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |214 (1.6)|210 (1.8)|218 (1.9)| 220 (1.6)| 202 (5.2)|191 (3.4)| 215 (5.3)| 197 (4.1) Pennsylvania\4\ .....|215 (1.6)|211 (1.8)|220 (1.9)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- Rhode Island\4\ .....|220 (1.3)|215 (1.5)|225 (1.5)|218 (1.7)|217 (2.3)|220 (2.3)| 227 (1.4)| 197 (3.6)|185 (5.1)| 211 (6.4)|(\2\) (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina ......|203 (1.4)|199 (1.7)|208 (1.6)|210 (1.3)|207 (1.5)|214 (1.6)| 223 (1.5)| 197 (1.7)|189 (3.9)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Tennessee\4\ ........|213 (1.7)|208 (2.1)|217 (1.9)|212 (1.5)|209 (1.7)|216 (1.8)| 220 (1.6)| 193 (2.4)|193 (6.1)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Texas ...............|212 (1.9)|210 (2.0)|214 (2.1)|217 (2.1)|213 (2.3)|221 (2.1)| 232 (1.9)| 197 (3.5)|204 (2.7)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Utah ................|217 (1.3)|213 (1.7)|222 (1.3)|215 (1.3)|212 (1.8)|219 (1.5)| 222 (1.2)|(\2\) (\2\)|189 (3.0)| 208 (6.5)| 190 (7.2) Virginia ............|213 (1.5)|208 (1.8)|219 (1.5)|218 (1.3)|214 (1.8)|223 (1.4)| 226 (1.5)| 203 (1.8)|198 (4.2)| 230 (4.3)|(\2\) (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | Washington .........|213 (1.5)|209 (1.8)|217 (1.7)|217 (1.3)|212 (1.5)|222 (1.6)| 221 (1.4)| 198 (4.4)|195 (3.4)| 220 (3.2)| 208 (4.5) West Virginia .......|213 (1.1)|208 (1.4)|218 (1.4)|216 (1.5)|213 (1.8)|219 (1.8)| 219 (1.4)| 192 (3.0)|196 (5.1)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Wisconsin\3\\4\ .....|224 (1.1)|221 (1.2)|227 (1.5)|224 (1.2)|222 (1.8)|226 (1.3)| 230 (1.1)| 193 (2.5)|208 (2.7)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) Wyoming .............|221 (1.2)|218 (1.3)|224 (1.6)|219 (1.6)|216 (2.0)|223 (1.8)| 222 (1.9)|(\2\) (\2\)|207 (3.2)|(\2\) (\2\) | 205 (6.9) |=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|==========|===========|=========|============|=========== | | | | | | | | | | | Department of Defense| | | | | | | | | | | Overseas Schools .|218 (0.9)|213 (1.3)|223 (1.0)|223 (1.1)|219 (1.4)|228 (1.3)| 229 (1.5)| 212 (3.6)|216 (4.2)| 227 (2.8)| 219 (3.9) Guam ................|181 (1.2)|172 (1.4)|190 (1.7)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- Virgin Islands ......|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |178 (1.9)|169 (5.0)|186 (2.1)|(\2\)(\2\)| 181 (2.0)|168 (4.1)|(\2\) (\2\) |(\2\) (\2\) _____________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|_________|____________|___________ |
---Not Available. NOTE: These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP scores have been evaluated at certain performance levels. A score of 300 implies an ability to find, understand, summarize, and explain relatively complicated literary and informational material. A score of 250 implies an ability to search for specific information, interrelate ideas, and make generalizations about literature, science, and social studies materials. A score of 200 implies an ability to understand, combine ideas, and make inferences based on short uncomplicated passages about specific or sequentially related information. A score of 150 implies an ability to follow brief written directions and carry out simple, discrete reading tasks. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Excludes states not participating in the survey. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP Reading Report Card for the Nation and the State: 1994 and 1998, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared June 2000.)
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