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4th Grade Reading: Avg Proficiency Score

U.S. Average

North Carolina

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.

NC Education Index

North Carolina Ranking

24 / 51

* Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

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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
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