Just the Facts 1999-2000

Table 47
Average NAEP Reading Scores for 4^th-graders, 1998
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	Connecticut	232	20	NEW YORK*	216
2	Montana*	226	20	West Virginia	216
2	New Hampshire*	226	23	Maryland	215
4	Maine	225	23	Utah	215
4	Massachusetts*	225	25	Oregon	214
6	Wisconsin*	224	26	Delaware	212
7	Iowa*	223	26	Tennessee	212
8	Colorado	222	28	Alabama	211
8	Kansas*	222	29	Georgia	210
8	Minnesota*	222	29	South Carolina	210
11	Oklahoma	220	31	Arkansas	209
12	Wyoming	219	32	Nevada	208
13	Kentucky	218	33	Arizona	207
13	Rhode Island	218	33	Florida	207
13	Virginia	218	35	New Mexico	206
16	Michigan	217	36	Louisiana	204
16	North Carolina	217	36	Mississippi	204
16	Texas	217	38	California*	202
16	Washington	217	39	Hawaii	200
17	Missouri	216	U.S.		215
Source: U.S. Education Department, National Assessment of Educational Progress
States not listed did not participate in NAEP assessments.
*Indicates state did not meet one or more of NAEP guidelines for number of schools from initial sample to participate; in New York, 74% of those schools participated. Guidelines also require 90% of schools in follow-up sample to participate; 84% in New York did so. The New York State schools participating were considered representative of all schools statewide.