2000 Science Assessment Results by State -- SSTI Weekly Digest

Science Assessment Results by State
Ranked by Percent of 8th Grade Students Scoring at or above Proficiency in 2000
(note: not every state participated in the assessment)

Source: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

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Rank by Column 3, then 4	State	Percent at or above proficiency in 2000, Grade 8	State Average Scores, Grade 8, Public Schools 2000	State Average Scores, Grade 8, Public Schools 1996	Change 2000-1996	Percent at or above proficiency in 2000, Grade 4
1	Montana	47	165	162	3	38
2	Massachusetts	42	161	157	4	43
3	Minnesota	42	160	159	1	35
4	Ohio	41	161	NA	NA	32
5	North Dakota	40	161	162	-1	38
6	Vermont	39	161	157	4	38
7	Idaho	39	159	NA	NA	31
8	Nebraska	37	157	157	0	26
9	Michigan	37	156	153	3	33
10	Maine	36	160	163	-3	38
11	Missouri	36	156	151	5	35
12	Wyoming	35	158	158	0	33
13	Connecticut	35	154	155	-1	35
14	Indiana	34	156	153	3	32
15	Utah	34	155	156	-1	32
16	Oregon	33	154	155	-1	28
17	Virginia	31	152	149	3	33
18	Illinois	30	150	NA	NA	31
	U.S. Average	30	149	148	1	27
19	Kentucky	29	152	147	5	29
20	Rhode Island	29	150	149	1	26
21	Maryland	29	149	145	4	26
21	New York	29	149	146	3	26
23	Oklahoma	27	149	NA	NA	26
24	North Carolina	26	147	147	0	24
25	West Virginia	25	150	147	3	25
26	Tennessee	25	146	143	3	26
26	Arizona	24	146	145	1	20
28	Georgia	23	144	142	2	24
28	Texas	23	144	145	-1	24
30	Arkansas	23	143	144	-1	24
30	Nevada	23	143	NA	NA	20
32	Alabama	22	141	139	2	20
33	South Carolina	20	142	139	3	20
34	New Mexico	20	140	141	-1	18
35	Louisiana	18	136	132	4	19
36	Mississippi	15	134	133	1	14
37	California	15	132	138	-6	14
37	Hawaii	15	132	135	-3	16
	Alaska	NA	NA	153	NA	NA
	Colorado	NA	NA	155	NA	NA
	Delaware	NA	NA	142	NA	NA
	District of Col.	NA	NA	113	NA	NA
	Florida	NA	NA	142	NA	NA
	Iowa	NA	NA	158	NA	38
	Washington	NA	NA	150	NA	NA
	Wisconsin	NA	NA	160	NA	NA

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