Eighth-grade reading, math proficiency results: Only Mass. above 50%

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A state-by-state look at the percentage of eighth-graders who scored at or above reading and math proficiency levels on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which is administered by the Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics. Proficiency levels in both subjects are shown for both 2009 and 2011, with reading scores in the first two columns and math scores in the next two.

	2009	2011	2009	2011
Jurisdictions	at or above proficient in reading	at or above proficient in reading	at or above proficient in math	at or above proficient in math
National public	30	32	33	34
Alabama	24	26	20	20
Alaska	27	31	33	35
Arizona	27	28	29	31
Arkansas	27	28	27	29
California	22	24	23	25
Colorado	32	40	40	43
Connecticut	43	45	40	38
Delaware	31	33	32	32
District of Columbia	14	16	11	17
Florida	32	30	29	28
Georgia	27	28	27	28
Hawaii	22	26	25	30
Idaho	33	34	38	37
Illinois	33	34	33	33
Indiana	32	32	36	34
Iowa	32	33	34	34
Kansas	33	35	39	41
Kentucky	33	36	27	31
Louisiana	20	22	20	22
Maine	35	39	35	39
Maryland	36	40	40	40
Massachusetts	43	46	52	51
Michigan	31	32	31	31
Minnesota	38	39	47	48
Mississippi	19	21	15	19
Missouri	34	35	35	32
Montana	38	42	44	46
Nebraska	35	35	35	33
Nevada	22	26	25	29
New Hampshire	39	40	43	44
New Jersey	42	45	44	47
New Mexico	22	22	20	24
New York	33	35	34	30
North Carolina	29	31	36	37
North Dakota	34	34	43	43
Ohio	37	37	36	39
Oklahoma	26	27	24	27
Oregon	33	33	37	33
Pennsylvania	40	38	40	39
Rhode Island	28	33	28	34
South Carolina	24	27	30	32
South Dakota	37	35	42	42
Tennessee	28	27	25	24
Texas	27	27	36	40
Utah	33	35	35	35
Vermont	41	44	43	46
Virginia	32	36	36	40
Washington	36	37	39	40
West Virginia	22	24	19	21
Wisconsin	34	35	39	41
Wyoming	34	38	35	37
DoDEA	39	39	36	37

Notes: DoDEA stands for Department of Defense Education Activity, which supervises schools on overseas military bases. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics of the Education Department.

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