2005 NAEP Test Results Percent of Students Scoring Proficient or Higher
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Area
Student/Teacher
Reading 4
Math 4
Science 4
Reading 8
Math 8
Science 8
United States
15.8
30
35
27
29
28
27
Alabama
14.2
22
21
21
22
15
19
Alaska
17.1
27
34
na
26
29
na
Arizona
21.3
24
28
18
23
26
20
Arkansas
14.8
30
34
24
26
22
23
California
21.1
21
28
17
21
22
18
Colorado
17.0
37
39
32
32
32
35
Connecticut
14.9
38
42
33
34
35
33
Delaware
15.2
34
36
27
30
30
29
DistrictofColumbia
14.2
11
10
na
12
7
na
DoDEA
14.2
36
35
32
37
33
38
Florida
17.0
30
37
26
25
26
21
Georgia
14.8
26
30
25
25
23
25
Hawaii
16.4
23
27
19
18
18
15
Idaho
17.9
33
40
29
32
30
36
Illinois
16.0
29
32
27
31
29
27
Indiana
16.9
30
38
27
28
30
29
Iowa
13.8
33
37
na
34
34
na
Kansas
14.2
32
47
na
35
34
na
Kentucky
16.3
31
26
36
31
23
31
Louisiana
14.7
20
24
20
20
16
19
Maine
11.9
35
39
36
38
30
34
Maryland
15.7
32
38
27
30
30
26
Massachusetts
13.3
44
49
38
44
43
41
Michigan
17.4
32
38
30
28
29
35
Minnesota
16.1
38
47
33
37
43
39
Mississippi
15.8
18
19
12
18
14
14
Missouri
13.8
33
31
36
31
26
33
Montana
14.3
36
38
37
37
36
42
Nebraska
13.6
34
36
na
35
35
na
Nevada
19.1
21
26
17
22
21
19
NewHampshire
13.5
39
47
37
38
35
41
NewJersey
12.1
37
45
32
38
36
33
NewMexico
15.0
20
19
18
19
14
18
NewYork
13.0
33
36
na
33
31
na
NorthCarolina
15.0
29
40
25
27
32
22
NorthDakota
12.5
35
40
36
37
35
43
Ohio
15.6
34
43
35
36
33
35
Oklahoma
15.6
25
29
25
25
21
25
Oregon
20.1
29
37
26
33
34
32
Pennsylvania
15.1
36
41
na
36
31
na
RhodeIsland
13.2
30
31
23
29
24
26
SouthCarolina
15.0
26
36
25
25
30
23
SouthDakota
13.5
33
41
35
35
36
41
Tennessee
15.7
27
28
26
26
21
25
Texas
15.0
29
40
25
26
31
23
Utah
22.6
34
37
33
29
30
33
Vermont
11.3
39
44
38
37
38
41
Virginia
12.9
37
39
40
36
33
35
Washington
19.2
36
42
28
34
36
33
WestVirginia
14.0
26
25
24
22
18
23
Wisconsin
14.3
33
40
35
35
36
39
Wyoming
12.7
34
43
32
36
29
37
Data Sources:
1. Student/Teacher ratios from "Overview of Public Elementary andSecondary Students, Staff, Schools, School Districts, Revenues, and Expenditures: School Year 2004-05 and Fiscal Year 2004".
IES National Center for Education Statistics, US Dept of Education NCES 2007-309.
2. NAEP Proficiency percentages from "U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1996, 2000 and 2005 Science Assessments"
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