8th grade reading adjusted NAEP scores, by state, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013
| 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 251.7 | Hawaii | 248.7 | Hawaii | 255.7 | West Virginia | 260.4 |
| Nevada | 254.2 | Nevada | 254.1 | West Virginia | 257.4 | Hawaii | 262.4 |
| Utah | 257.9 | West Virginia | 256.4 | California | 258.6 | North Dakota | 263.5 |
| California | 259.9 | Arizona | 256.5 | D.C. | 260.6 | Alabama | 263.9 |
| Alabama | 260.3 | Rhode Island | 256.8 | Nevada | 260.7 | Mississippi | 264.7 |
| West Virginia | 260.5 | Alabama | 256.9 | Utah | 260.8 | Arizona | 265.6 |
| Tennessee | 260.6 | D.C. | 257.2 | North Dakota | 261.0 | Utah | 266.3 |
| Maryland | 261.2 | Utah | 257.3 | Arizona | 261.5 | South Dakota | 266.8 |
| D.C. | 261.4 | Tennessee | 258.1 | Tennessee | 261.9 | Michigan | 266.9 |
| Arkansas | 262.0 | California | 258.1 | Iowa | 262.3 | California | 267.0 |
| Minnesota | 262.1 | New Mexico | 258.3 | Michigan | 262.4 | Rhode Island | 267.3 |
| North Dakota | 262.2 | Michigan | 258.6 | Alabama | 262.9 | Iowa | 267.5 |
| Iowa | 262.2 | Wisconsin | 259.7 | South Carolina | 263.3 | New Mexico | 267.7 |
| New Mexico | 262.3 | North Dakota | 260.0 | New Mexico | 263.3 | Wyoming | 267.9 |
| New Hampshire | 262.4 | New Hampshire | 260.8 | Mississippi | 263.3 | New Hampshire | 268.0 |
| Arizona | 262.5 | Mississippi | 260.9 | New Hampshire | 263.5 | Nevada | 268.2 |
| Michigan | 262.5 | Kentucky | 261.0 | Rhode Island | 263.9 | Kansas | 268.5 |
| Washington | 262.5 | Wyoming | 261.1 | South Dakota | 264.0 | Wisconsin | 268.5 |
| Idaho | 262.6 | Washington | 261.1 | Wisconsin | 264.5 | Minnesota | 268.5 |
| Wisconsin | 262.7 | Connecticut | 261.3 | Oklahoma | 264.6 | Virginia | 268.5 |
| Louisiana | 262.7 | Minnesota | 261.5 | Nebraska | 264.9 | Idaho | 268.8 |
| Oregon | 262.9 | Colorado | 262.1 | Oregon | 265.0 | New York | 268.8 |
| Colorado | 263.1 | South Carolina | 262.4 | Arkansas | 265.2 | D.C. | 268.8 |
| Wyoming | 263.2 | Arkansas | 262.4 | New York | 265.2 | Oklahoma | 268.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 263.5 | Indiana | 262.6 | Texas | 265.3 | Nebraska | 269.0 |
| Maine | 263.5 | Oklahoma | 262.7 | Virginia | 265.3 | Tennessee | 269.4 |
| Georgia | 263.7 | Iowa | 262.7 | Indiana | 265.4 | Indiana | 269.5 |
| Ohio | 263.8 | Idaho | 262.8 | Louisiana | 265.5 | South Carolina | 269.5 |
| Connecticut | 263.8 | Illinois | 262.8 | Wyoming | 265.5 | Maine | 269.7 |
| Kansas | 263.8 | Nebraska | 262.9 | Colorado | 265.6 | Arkansas | 269.8 |
| Indiana | 263.9 | Georgia | 263.1 | Idaho | 265.8 | Delaware | 270.0 |
| Rhode Island | 264.0 | South Dakota | 263.2 | Washington | 265.9 | Montana | 270.3 |
| Delaware | 264.2 | North Carolina | 263.3 | Georgia | 265.9 | Missouri | 270.5 |
| South Carolina | 264.3 | Louisiana | 263.3 | Kansas | 266.1 | Connecticut | 270.6 |
| Mississippi | 264.3 | Florida | 263.4 | Minnesota | 266.3 | Illinois | 270.8 |
| Nebraska | 264.3 | Maryland | 263.4 | Maryland | 266.3 | Colorado | 270.8 |
| Florida | 264.9 | Missouri | 263.6 | Delaware | 266.6 | Texas | 270.8 |
| North Carolina | 265.0 | Virginia | 263.8 | Pennsylvania | 266.8 | Louisiana | 271.0 |
| South Dakota | 265.0 | Kansas | 264.1 | North Carolina | 266.8 | Ohio | 271.4 |
| Oklahoma | 265.3 | New York | 264.1 | Florida | 267.1 | Georgia | 271.4 |
| Missouri | 265.3 | Oregon | 264.3 | Missouri | 267.6 | Oregon | 271.4 |
| Texas | 265.6 | Maine | 264.6 | Illinois | 267.7 | North Carolina | 271.7 |
| Montana | 265.8 | Texas | 265.2 | Ohio | 267.9 | Florida | 272.3 |
| Kentucky | 265.8 | Pennsylvania | 265.6 | Montana | 268.6 | Pennsylvania | 272.3 |
| Virginia | 265.8 | New Jersey | 266.2 | Kentucky | 268.7 | Washington | 272.3 |
| New Jersey | 266.3 | Ohio | 266.4 | Connecticut | 268.9 | Maryland | 272.5 |
| Vermont | 266.4 | Delaware | 266.5 | New Jersey | 269.0 | Kentucky | 272.7 |
| Illinois | 267.6 | Vermont | 266.5 | Maine | 269.7 | New Jersey | 273.1 |
| New York | 268.5 | Montana | 266.7 | Vermont | 270.7 | Vermont | 273.8 |
| Massachusetts | 268.5 | Massachusetts | 267.5 | Massachusetts | 271.5 | Massachusetts | 274.3 |
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