According to my map taken from the NAEP website, it is not difficult to beat NM. It is the 2nd worst state for reading average, next to District of Columbia! Math does not get any better! What is NM, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska and California doing wrong?
Alabama 220 (1.3)
Alaska 208 (1.1)Arizona 212 (1.2)
Arkansas 217 (1.0)
California 211 (1.8)
Colorado 223 (1.3)
Connecticut 227 (1.3)
Delaware 225 (0.7)
District of Columbia 201 (0.8)
Florida 225 (1.1)
Georgia 221 (1.1)
Hawaii 214 (1.0)
Idaho 221 (0.8)
Illinois 219 (1.1)
Indiana 221 (0.9)
Iowa 221 (0.8)
Kansas 224 (1.0)
Kentucky 225 (1.0)
Louisiana 210 (1.4)
Maine 222 (0.7)
Maryland 231 (0.9)
Massachusetts 237 (1.0)
Michigan 219 (1.2)
Minnesota 222 (1.2)
Mississippi 209 (1.2)
Missouri 220 (0.9)
Montana 225 (0.6)
Nebraska 223 (1.0)
Nevada 213 (1.0)
New Hampshire 230 (0.8)
New Jersey 231 (1.2)
New Mexico 208 (1.0)
New York 222 (1.1)
North Carolina 221 (1.2)
North Dakota 226 (0.5)
Ohio 224 (1.0)
Oklahoma 215 (1.1)
Oregon 216 (1.1)
Pennsylvania 227 (1.2)
Rhode Island 222 (0.8)
South Carolina 215 (1.2)Year Jurisdiction
All students
Average scale score Standard Error
South Dakota 220 (0.9)
Tennessee 215 (1.1)
Texas 218 (1.5)
Utah 220 (1.0)
Vermont 227 (0.6)
Virginia 226 (1.1)
Washington 221 (1.1)
West Virginia 214 (0.8)
Wisconsin 221 (0.8)
Wyoming 224 (0.8)
DoDEA 229 (0.5)
I had someone tell me that the reason NM is so behind is because of the large Native American Population? Agree?
ReplyDeleteI think that every place deals with poverty issues but he may be right, not as great a number as the Native population. Statistics do point to higher rate of suicide in on reservations.