8th grade mathematics adjusted NAEP scores, by state, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013
| 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 260.5 | Hawaii | 261.9 | West Virginia | 273.9 | Alabama | 277.7 |
| Nevada | 269.1 | Alabama | 271.4 | Alabama | 274.3 | West Virginia | 279.5 |
| Alabama | 271.0 | D.C. | 271.8 | Hawaii | 274.4 | Michigan | 280.2 |
| West Virginia | 272.0 | Rhode Island | 272.3 | California | 275.4 | Utah | 280.8 |
| Rhode Island | 272.4 | Nevada | 272.8 | Utah | 276.2 | Connecticut | 281.0 |
| California | 272.6 | West Virginia | 273.2 | Michigan | 276.7 | California | 281.2 |
| D.C. | 272.9 | Michigan | 274.7 | Tennessee | 276.8 | Hawaii | 281.4 |
| Arkansas | 273.0 | Utah | 275.3 | Nebraska | 278.5 | New York | 283.2 |
| Mississippi | 273.1 | Connecticut | 275.6 | Connecticut | 279.1 | Iowa | 283.7 |
| Tennessee | 273.8 | New Mexico | 277.0 | New York | 279.3 | Wyoming | 283.9 |
| Michigan | 274.5 | Tennessee | 277.0 | Nevada | 279.6 | Rhode Island | 284.3 |
| Utah | 274.7 | California | 277.0 | Rhode Island | 280.4 | Oklahoma | 284.9 |
| Kentucky | 276.1 | Oklahoma | 277.3 | Wyoming | 280.6 | Idaho | 285.2 |
| Oklahoma | 276.1 | Arizona | 278.6 | Missouri | 281.0 | Nebraska | 285.3 |
| New Mexico | 276.3 | New Hampshire | 278.8 | D.C. | 281.4 | New Mexico | 285.3 |
| Louisiana | 276.4 | Mississippi | 279.0 | Mississippi | 281.5 | Tennessee | 285.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 276.7 | Arkansas | 279.2 | Iowa | 281.7 | Kentucky | 285.5 |
| New Hampshire | 276.8 | Nebraska | 279.5 | Arizona | 282.1 | Nevada | 285.5 |
| Maine | 277.2 | Illinois | 280.0 | Oklahoma | 282.4 | South Dakota | 286.3 |
| Idaho | 277.5 | Wisconsin | 280.4 | New Mexico | 282.5 | North Dakota | 286.4 |
| Nebraska | 277.5 | Georgia | 280.5 | Oregon | 282.7 | Arizona | 286.5 |
| Maryland | 277.5 | Kentucky | 280.6 | Kentucky | 283.1 | Mississippi | 286.8 |
| Wyoming | 277.9 | Wyoming | 280.9 | New Hampshire | 283.4 | Oregon | 287.4 |
| North Dakota | 277.9 | New York | 281.0 | Florida | 283.5 | Missouri | 288.1 |
| Colorado | 277.9 | Iowa | 281.7 | Idaho | 284.0 | Arkansas | 288.3 |
| Arizona | 278.2 | Colorado | 281.8 | Indiana | 284.4 | Illinois | 288.5 |
| Massachusetts | 278.7 | Missouri | 281.9 | Louisiana | 284.5 | Montana | 288.5 |
| New Jersey | 278.8 | Ohio | 282.3 | Illinois | 284.6 | New Hampshire | 289.1 |
| Illinois | 278.8 | Maine | 282.4 | South Dakota | 284.7 | Virginia | 289.2 |
| Ohio | 278.9 | Florida | 282.9 | Georgia | 284.8 | Colorado | 289.2 |
| Florida | 278.9 | North Dakota | 283.0 | North Dakota | 285.1 | Wisconsin | 289.3 |
| New York | 279.6 | New Jersey | 283.0 | Maryland | 285.3 | Delaware | 289.7 |
| Missouri | 279.6 | South Dakota | 283.2 | Wisconsin | 285.4 | Georgia | 289.7 |
| Washington | 279.7 | Oregon | 283.3 | Pennsylvania | 285.7 | South Carolina | 290.2 |
| Oregon | 279.7 | Idaho | 283.3 | Arkansas | 285.8 | Florida | 290.3 |
| Wisconsin | 279.7 | Washington | 283.4 | Washington | 285.8 | D.C. | 290.4 |
| Connecticut | 279.8 | Indiana | 283.6 | Virginia | 285.9 | Pennsylvania | 290.8 |
| Indiana | 279.8 | Maryland | 284.0 | Maine | 286.3 | Louisiana | 290.8 |
| Iowa | 279.9 | Louisiana | 284.0 | Colorado | 286.3 | Minnesota | 291.0 |
| Vermont | 280.0 | Pennsylvania | 284.0 | South Carolina | 286.6 | Washington | 291.2 |
| Delaware | 280.0 | Minnesota | 284.3 | Ohio | 287.2 | Maine | 291.2 |
| Virginia | 280.1 | Montana | 284.7 | Kansas | 287.5 | Maryland | 291.3 |
| South Dakota | 280.3 | Vermont | 285.0 | New Jersey | 287.8 | Kansas | 292.0 |
| Georgia | 280.3 | Virginia | 285.2 | Delaware | 288.3 | Indiana | 292.0 |
| Montana | 280.4 | Kansas | 286.7 | Minnesota | 289.0 | New Jersey | 292.4 |
| Kansas | 281.3 | Delaware | 286.8 | Montana | 289.5 | Ohio | 293.1 |
| Texas | 282.8 | South Carolina | 288.3 | Vermont | 290.1 | Vermont | 295.6 |
| Minnesota | 284.5 | North Carolina | 288.8 | North Carolina | 291.6 | North Carolina | 296.1 |
| South Carolina | 284.9 | Massachusetts | 289.6 | Massachusetts | 292.6 | Texas | 297.0 |
| North Carolina | 286.8 | Texas | 290.6 | Texas | 296.5 | Massachusetts | 298.0 |
Note: Scores are adjusted for student characteristics, student family background, school socioeconomic status and race composition, and teacher characteristics.
Source: EPI analysis of NCES NAEP microdata