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  At or above Basic   At or above Proficient   At Advanced
  2007 2009   2007 2009   2007 2009
U.S. total 81 81   39 38   5 6
Alabama 70 70   26 24   3 2
Alaska 79 78   38 38   6 6
Arizona 74 71   31 28   4 4
Arkansas 81 80   37 36   4 5
California 70 72   30 30   4 5
Colorado 82 84   41 45   6 8
Connecticut 84 86   45 46   7 8
Delaware 87 84   40 36   4 5
District of Columbia 49 56   14 17   3 3
Florida 86 86   40 40   6 5
Georgia 79 78   32 34   4 5
Hawaii 77 77   33 37   4 5
Idaho 85 85   40 41   5 5
Illinois 79 80   36 38   6 7
Indiana 89 87   46 42   6 5
Iowa 87 87   43 41   5 5
Kansas 89 89   51 46   9 6
Kentucky 79 81   31 37   3 6
Louisiana 73 72   24 23   2 2
Maine 85 87   42 45   6 7
Maryland 80 85   40 44   8 9
Massachusetts 93 92   58 57   11 12
Michigan 80 78   37 35   5 5
Minnesota 87 89   51 54   9 11
Mississippi 70 69   21 22   1 2
Missouri 82 83   38 41   5 6
Montana 88 88   44 45   5 6
Nebraska 80 82   38 38   5 4
Nevada 74 79   30 32   3 3
New Hampshire 91 92   52 56   7 10
New Jersey 90 88   52 49   9 9
New Mexico 70 72   24 26   2 3
New York 85 83   43 40   6 5
North Carolina 85 87   41 43   6 8
North Dakota 91 91   46 45   5 5
Ohio 87 85   46 45   7 8
Oklahoma 82 82   33 33   3 3
Oregon 79 80   35 37   4 5
Pennsylvania 85 84   47 46   7 8
Rhode Island 80 81   34 39   3 5
South Carolina 80 78   36 34   5 5
South Dakota 86 86   41 42   4 5
Tennessee 76 74   29 28   3 3
Texas 87 85   40 38   5 4
Utah 83 81   39 41   4 6
Vermont 89 89   49 51   7 9
Virginia 87 85   42 43   7 7
Washington 84 84   44 43   7 7
West Virginia 81 77   33 28   3 2
Wisconsin 85 85   47 45   7 8
Wyoming 88 87   44 40   5 4
NOTE: Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Achievement levels define what students should know and be able to do: Basic indicates partial mastery of fundamental skills, Proficient indicates demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter, and Advanced indicates superior performance. The percentage of students at or above Proficient includes students at the Proficient and the Advanced achievement levels. Similarly, the percentage of students at or above Basic includes students at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced achievement levels.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessments, retrieved July 8, 2010, from the NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/).
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