4th Grade Reading Proficiency
Performance by 4th grade students on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reading assessment
What does this mean?
The NAEP reading assessment measures the reading and comprehension skills of 4th graders.
What does this matter?
Children who reach 4th grade without reading proficiency are less able to keep up with their peers and are more likely to drop out of high school.
North Carolina Ranking
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* Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
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4th Grade Reading Proficiency
US 4th Grade Reading Proficiency Scores
State | 2000-01 | 2003-01 | 2005-01 | 2007-01 | 2009-01 | 2011-01 | 2013-01 | 2015-01 | 2017-01 | 2019-01 |
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Alabama | 207 | 207 | 208 | 216 | 216 | 220 | 219 | 217 | 216 | 212 |
Alaska | 212 | 211 | 214 | 211 | 208 | 209 | 213 | 207 | 204 | |
Arizona | 205 | 209 | 207 | 210 | 210 | 212 | 213 | 215 | 215 | 216 |
Arkansas | 213 | 214 | 217 | 217 | 216 | 217 | 219 | 218 | 216 | 215 |
California | 206 | 206 | 207 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 213 | 213 | 215 | 216 |
Colorado | 224 | 224 | 224 | 226 | 223 | 227 | 224 | 225 | 225 | |
Connecticut | 229 | 228 | 226 | 227 | 229 | 227 | 230 | 229 | 228 | 224 |
Delaware | 224 | 224 | 226 | 225 | 226 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 221 | 218 |
District of Columbia | 191 | 188 | 191 | 197 | 202 | 201 | 206 | 212 | 213 | 214 |
Florida | 214 | 218 | 219 | 224 | 226 | 225 | 227 | 227 | 228 | 225 |
Georgia | 215 | 214 | 214 | 219 | 218 | 221 | 222 | 222 | 220 | 218 |
Hawaii | 208 | 208 | 210 | 213 | 211 | 214 | 215 | 215 | 216 | 218 |
Idaho | 220 | 218 | 222 | 223 | 221 | 221 | 219 | 222 | 223 | 223 |
Illinois | 216 | 216 | 219 | 219 | 219 | 219 | 222 | 220 | 218 | |
Indiana | 222 | 220 | 218 | 222 | 223 | 221 | 225 | 227 | 226 | 222 |
Iowa | 223 | 223 | 221 | 225 | 221 | 221 | 224 | 224 | 222 | 221 |
Kansas | 222 | 220 | 220 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 223 | 221 | 223 | 219 |
Kentucky | 219 | 219 | 220 | 222 | 226 | 225 | 224 | 228 | 224 | 221 |
Louisiana | 207 | 205 | 209 | 207 | 207 | 210 | 210 | 216 | 212 | 210 |
Maine | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 222 | 225 | 224 | 221 | 221 |
Maryland | 217 | 219 | 220 | 225 | 226 | 231 | 232 | 223 | 225 | 220 |
Massachusetts | 234 | 228 | 231 | 236 | 234 | 237 | 232 | 235 | 236 | 231 |
Michigan | 219 | 219 | 218 | 220 | 218 | 219 | 217 | 216 | 218 | 218 |
Minnesota | 225 | 223 | 225 | 225 | 223 | 222 | 227 | 223 | 225 | 222 |
Mississippi | 203 | 205 | 204 | 208 | 211 | 209 | 209 | 214 | 215 | 219 |
Missouri | 220 | 222 | 221 | 221 | 224 | 220 | 222 | 223 | 223 | 218 |
Montana | 224 | 223 | 225 | 227 | 225 | 225 | 223 | 225 | 222 | 222 |
Nebraska | 222 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 223 | 223 | 223 | 227 | 224 | 222 |
Nevada | 209 | 207 | 207 | 211 | 211 | 213 | 214 | 214 | 215 | 218 |
New Hampshire | 228 | 227 | 229 | 229 | 230 | 232 | 232 | 229 | 224 | |
New Jersey | 225 | 223 | 231 | 229 | 231 | 229 | 229 | 233 | 227 | |
New Mexico | 208 | 203 | 207 | 212 | 208 | 208 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 208 |
New York | 222 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 224 | 222 | 224 | 223 | 222 | 220 |
North Carolina | 222 | 221 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 221 | 222 | 226 | 224 | 221 |
North Dakota | 224 | 222 | 225 | 226 | 226 | 226 | 224 | 225 | 222 | 221 |
Ohio | 222 | 222 | 223 | 226 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 225 | 222 |
Oklahoma | 213 | 214 | 214 | 217 | 217 | 215 | 217 | 222 | 217 | 216 |
Oregon | 220 | 218 | 217 | 215 | 218 | 216 | 219 | 220 | 218 | 218 |
Pennsylvania | 221 | 219 | 223 | 226 | 224 | 227 | 226 | 227 | 225 | 223 |
Rhode Island | 220 | 216 | 216 | 219 | 223 | 222 | 223 | 225 | 223 | 220 |
South Carolina | 214 | 215 | 213 | 214 | 216 | 215 | 214 | 218 | 213 | 216 |
South Dakota | 222 | 222 | 223 | 222 | 220 | 218 | 220 | 222 | 222 | |
Tennessee | 214 | 212 | 214 | 216 | 217 | 215 | 220 | 219 | 219 | 219 |
Texas | 217 | 215 | 219 | 220 | 219 | 218 | 217 | 218 | 215 | 216 |
Utah | 222 | 219 | 221 | 221 | 219 | 220 | 223 | 226 | 225 | 225 |
Vermont | 227 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 227 | 228 | 230 | 226 | 222 |
Virginia | 225 | 223 | 226 | 227 | 227 | 226 | 229 | 229 | 228 | 224 |
Washington | 224 | 221 | 223 | 224 | 221 | 221 | 225 | 226 | 223 | 220 |
West Virginia | 219 | 219 | 215 | 215 | 215 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 213 |
Wisconsin | 221 | 221 | 223 | 220 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 220 | 220 | |
Wyoming | 221 | 222 | 223 | 225 | 223 | 224 | 226 | 228 | 227 | 227 |
U.S. Average | 217 | 217 | 218 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 221 | 219 |