| Table 109. | Average proficiency in reading for 4th graders in public schools,\1\ by selected characteristics, region, and state: 1994 |
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|Average| Race/ethnicity | Sex | Parental education\2\
Region and | |___________________________________________________|___________|_______________________________
state | |White|Black |His- |Asian | Pacific |American | | |Did not|Gradu-|Some edu- |Grad-
| | | |panic| |Islander | Indian |Male|Female|finish | ated | cation |uated
| | | | | | | | | | high | high |after high|col-
| | | | | | | | | |school |school| school |lege
______________________|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
______________________|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____
United States ......| 213 | 223 | 187 | 190 | 231 | 217 | 201 |208 | 219 | 189 | 208 | 222 | 223
|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____
Region | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ............| 213 | 225 | 185 | 192 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |209 | 217 | (\3\) | 203 | 223 | 222
Southeast ............| 209 | 220 | 190 | 186 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |203 | 215 | 188 | 208 | 223 | 217
Central ..............| 219 | 225 | 184 | 200 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |213 | 226 | (\3\) | 216 | 222 | 227
West .................| 213 | 223 | 188 | 187 |\4\ 227 | (\3\) | (\3\) |208 | 218 | 189 | 203 | 222 | 224
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State | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Alabama ..............| 209 | 221 | 189 | 180 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |204 | 214 | 198 | 202 | 218 | 218
Arizona .............| 207 | 220 | 185 | 190 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 183 |202 | 212 | 190 | 202 | 220 | 219
Arkansas .............| 210 | 219 | 185 | 193 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |205 | 214 | 198 | 204 | 222 | 216
California ...........| 198 | 212 | 184 | 176 | 212 |\4\ 214 | (\3\) |195 | 201 | 167 | 193 | 208 | 208
Colorado .............| 214 | 223 | 192 | 194 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 205 |210 | 219 | 193 | 214 | 221 | 223
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Connecticut ..........| 223 | 235 | 191 | 192 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |219 | 227 | 206 | 210 | 234 | 232
Delaware\4\ ..........| 207 | 216 | 190 | 192 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |201 | 213 | 186 | 203 | 218 | 215
Florida ..............| 206 | 219 | 185 | 190 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |200 | 211 | 188 | 196 | 220 | 213
Georgia ..............| 208 | 223 | 187 | 187 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |203 | 213 | 189 | 200 | 220 | 218
Hawaii ...............| 202 | 220 | 192 | 186 | 218 | 192 | (\3\) |195 | 209 | 191 | 196 | 215 | 208
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Indiana ..............| 221 | 225 | 194 | 202 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |217 | 224 | 200 | 217 | 230 | 230
Iowa .................| 224 | 226 |\4\ 187 | 205 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |219 | 228 | 212 | 220 | 232 | 230
Kentucky .............| 213 | 216 | 192 | 198 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |208 | 218 | 196 | 213 | 223 | 219
Louisiana ............| 198 | 214 | 182 | 177 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |195 | 201 | 189 | 197 | 210 | 201
Maine\4\ .............| 229 | 230 | (\3\) | 219 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |226 | 232 | 215 | 226 | 237 | 236
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Maryland .............| 211 | 224 | 187 | 199 | 233 | (\3\) | (\3\) |206 | 215 | 196 | 204 | 216 | 218
Massachusetts ........| 224 | 231 | 200 | 196 |\4\ 203 | (\3\) | (\3\) |222 | 226 | 208 | 213 | 230 | 233
Minnesota ............| 219 | 223 | 174 | 203 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 197 |215 | 223 | (\3\) | 213 | 221 | 229
Mississippi ..........| 203 | 221 | 188 | 183 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |197 | 208 | 193 | 200 | 214 | 208
Missouri .............| 218 | 224 | 194 | 201 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 213 |214 | 222 | 200 | 217 | 228 | 226
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Montana .............| 223 | 227 | --- | 209 | --- | --- | 204 |219 | 228 | 212 | 220 | 228 | 231
Nebraska\4\ ..........| 221 | 225 | 192 | 206 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 203 |217 | 225 | (\3\) | 216 | 233 | 231
New Hampshire\4\ .....| 224 | 225 | (\3\) | 214 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |219 | 230 | 208 | 221 | 236 | 231
New Jersey\4\ ........| 220 | 231 | 194 | 201 | 238 | (\3\) | (\3\) |217 | 223 | 194 | 210 | 226 | 230
New Mexico ...........| 206 | 219 | 197 | 198 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 187 |202 | 209 | 189 | 201 | 221 | 216
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New York\4\ ..........| 213 | 227 | 192 | 195 | 230 | (\3\) | (\3\) |209 | 217 | 197 | 209 | 224 | 221
North Carolina .......| 215 | 226 | 195 | 190 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 202 |210 | 221 | 197 | 205 | 227 | 224
North Dakota .........| 226 | 228 | (\3\) | 213 | (\3\) | (\3\) |\4\ 198 |222 | 230 | (\3\) | 217 | 233 | 234
Pennsylvania .........| 216 | 225 | 182 | 189 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |212 | 220 | 189 | 211 | 222 | 225
Rhode Island .........| 221 | 226 | 198 | 196 | 204 | (\3\) | (\3\) |216 | 225 | 205 | 218 | 230 | 229
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South Carolina .......| 205 | 220 | 186 | 184 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |201 | 209 | 190 | 194 | 217 | 214
Tennessee ............| 214 | 221 | 189 | 197 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |209 | 218 | 201 | 214 | 226 | 219
Texas ................| 213 | 227 | 192 | 199 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |211 | 215 | 196 | 209 | 225 | 223
Utah .................| 218 | 222 | (\3\) | 201 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 196 |214 | 223 | (\3\) | 213 | 226 | 227
Virginia .............| 214 | 225 | 194 | 207 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |209 | 220 | 197 | 208 | 221 | 222
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Washington ..........| 214 | 218 | 199 | 191 | 221 | 209 | 208 |210 | 218 | 198 | 210 | 217 | 224
West Virginia ........| 214 | 216 | 203 | 193 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |209 | 219 | 197 | 214 | 227 | 222
Wisconsin ............| 225 | 229 | 198 | 204 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |222 | 228 | 213 | 224 | 228 | 233
Wyoming ..............| 222 | 225 | (\3\) | 210 | (\3\) | (\3\) |\4\ 211 |219 | 225 | 204 | 216 | 230 | 228
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Overseas Schools ..| 219 | 225 | 206 | 213 | 223 | 216 | 211 |214 | 223 | (\3\) | 210 | 226 | 224
Guam .................| 183 | 193 | 172 | 173 | 181 | 184 | (\3\) |174 | 191 | 166 | 177 | 191 | 186
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\1\As measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Forty-one states and Guam participated in the
test, but the sample size in two states was insufficient to permit a reliable estimate. 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. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1994 NAEP Reading: A First Look, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |
