Table 2: Percentage of Students Achieving At or Above Each State's
Proficient Level,

by Grade Level, in Reading and Mathematics, 2003-04

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  **State**       **Grade 3**              **Grade 4**              **Grade 5**              **Grade 6**              **Grade 7**              **Grade 8**              **High        
                                                                                                                                                                        school**      
  --------------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ---------- ------------- -------------
                  **Reading**   **Math**   **Reading**   **Math**   **Reading**   **Math**   **Reading**   **Math**   **Reading**   **Math**   **Reading**   **Math**   **Reading**   **Math**

  Alabama         --            --         77%           72%        --            --         82%           56%        --            --         58%           --         87%           78%

  Alaska          74%           72%        71%           65%        71%           65%        70%           65%        70%           65%        68%           64%        70%           67%

  Arizona         64%           57%        --            --         47%           43%        --            --         --            --         46%           25%        60%           40%

  Arkansas        --            --         68%           64%        --            --         41%           40%        --            --         51%           31%        45%           53%

  California      31%           49%        40%           45%        41%           38%        36%           35%        37%           33%        33%           29%        49%           45%

  Colorado        93%           --         89%           --         89%           89%        89%           83%        86%           78%        87%           71%        88%**^\*^**   63%**^\*^**

  Connecticut     --            --         69%           80%        --            --         74%           82%        --            --         77%           77%        79%           76%

  Delaware        82%           78%        --            --         85%           75%        --            --         --            --         71%           50%        71%**^\*^**   53%**^\*^**

  District of     47%           59%        43%           52%        43%           50%        46%           55%        36%           39%        40%           38%        23%           35%
  Columbia                                                                                                                                                                            

  Florida         66%           64%        70%           64%        59%           53%        55%           46%        53%           50%        45%           57%        34%**^\*^**   62%**^\*^**

  Georgia         89%           89%        81%           76%        85%           83%        76%           73%        84%           77%        83%           73%        93%           92%

  Hawaii          47%           27%        --            --         50%           23%        --            --         --            --         39%           20%        43%           21%

  Idaho           87%           86%        82%           84%        --            --         --            --         74%           69%        82%           66%        78%**^\*^**   71%**^\*^**

  Illinois        65%           79%        --            --         59%           69%        --            --         --            --         67%           54%        57%           52%

  Indiana         74%           71%        --            --         --            --         69%           72%        --            --         65%           71%        69%           67%

  Iowa            --            --         77%           77%        --            --         --            --         --            --         69%           72%        77%           79%

  Kansas          --            --         --            80%        71%           --         --            --         --            64%        74%           --         61%           49%

  Kentucky        --            --         67%           --         --            48%        --            --         60%           --         --            33%        34%           37%

  Louisiana       --            --         63%           63%        --            --         --            --         --            --         50%           60%        61%           62%

  Maine           --            --         50%           32%        --            --         --            --         --            --         37%           22%        48%           25%

  Maryland        71%           72%        75%           70%        68%           63%        68%           50%        61%           50%        64%           46%        66%           48%

  Massachusetts   64%           --         56%           43%        --            --         --            43%        69%           --         --            39%        63%           58%

  Michigan        --            --         62%           71%        --            --         --            --         55%           --         --            61%        62%           51%

  Minnesota       73%           70%        --            --         76%           74%        --            --         70%           67%        --            --         78%           70%

  Mississippi     84%           93%        88%           80%        86%           68%        77%           71%        63%           54%        62%           60%        39%           55%

  Missouri        35%           --         --            40%        --            --         --            --         32%           --         --            14%        23%           15%

  Montana         --            --         66%           45%        --            --         --            --         --            --         58%           64%        63%^\^^       60%^\^^

  Nebraska        --            --         85%           87%        --            --         --            --         --            --         83%           81%        81%           76%

  Nevada          45%           45%        40%           --         44%           50%        --            --         --            --         50%           48%        77%           58%

  New Hampshire   73%           84%        --            --         --            --         74%           72%        --            --         --            --         78%           65%

  New Jersey      79%           77%        82%           72%        --            --         --            --         --            --         72%           62%        82%           70%

  New Mexico      --            --         49%           55%        --            --         --            --         --            --         56%           49%        55%\*         46%\*

  New York\*\*                                                                                                                                                                        

  North Carolina  82%           88%        83%           93%        88%           92%        80%           89%        85%           84%        88%           84%        66%           71%

  North Dakota    --            --         81%           65%        --            --         --            --         --            --         72%           46%        54%           37%

  Ohio            --            --         71%           66%        --            --         65%           66%        --            --         --            --         79%           68%

  Oklahoma        56%           55%        --            --         66%           71%        --            --         --            --         73%           69%        54%           23%

  Oregon          82%           81%        --            --         76%           78%        --            --         --            --         59%           59%        50%           42%

  Pennsylvania    --            --         --            --         63%           62%        --            --         --            --         69%           58%        61%^\^^       49%^\^^

  Puerto Rico     50%           60%        53%           56%        54%           34%        45%           53%        31%           39%        30%           35%        43%^\^^       33%^\^^

  Rhode Island    --            --         67%           51%        --            --         --            --         --            --         52%           39%        53%           44%

  South Carolina  36%           30%        38%           36%        27%           32%        29%           38%        25%           32%        26%           22%        58%           52%

  South Dakota    78%           74%        87%           78%        77%           74%        77%           65%        72%           66%        78%           66%        73%^\^^       73%^\^^

  Tennessee       84%           81%        81%           80%        83%           84%        81%           80%        80%           80%        81%           83%        87%           74%

  Texas           90%           94%        85%           85%        79%           81%        86%           77%        83%           80%        89%           66%        82%\*         67%^\^^

  Utah            76%           74%        76%           77%        76%           72%        76%           72%        79%           76%        77%           70%        75%\*         64%^\^^

  Vermont         --            --         82%           75%        --            --         --            --         --            --         69%           73%        52%\*         64%^\^^

  Virginia        71%           87%        --            --         85%           78%        --            --         --            --         72%           80%        89%^\^^       84%^\^^

  Washington      --            --         74%           60%        --            --         --            --         61%           46%        --            --         65%           44%

  West Virginia   77%           72%        73%           69%        76%           71%        78%           63%        79%           65%        80%           69%        77%           64%

  Wisconsin       85%           --         81%           73%        --            --         --            --         --            --         79%           65%        69%\*         69%\*

  Wyoming         --            --         44%           39%        --            --         --            --         --            --         51%           41%        57%^\^^       45%^\^^
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