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Oklahoma improved but retained a low ranking on average student scores on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the most closely watched national measure of student achievement. Oklahoma 4th and 8th-graders’ scores in reading and 4th graders’ scores in math improved slightly over 2011, but 8th grade math scores slipped. In both grades on both assessments, about 40 states posted higher average scores than Oklahoma.
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4th Grade Reading
State/Jurisdiction
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
Massachusetts
231
236
234
237
232
Maryland
220
225
226
231
232
New Hampshire
227
229
229
230
232
Connecticut
226
227
229
227
230
New Jersey
223
231
229
231
229
Virginia
226
227
227
226
229
Vermont
227
228
229
227
228
Florida
219
224
226
225
227
Minnesota
225
225
223
222
227
Colorado
224
224
226
223
227
Pennsylvania
223
226
224
227
226
Wyoming
223
225
223
224
226
Delaware
226
225
226
225
226
Indiana
218
222
223
221
225
Washington
223
224
221
221
225
Maine
225
226
224
222
225
Kentucky
220
222
226
225
224
North Dakota
225
226
226
226
224
Ohio
223
226
225
224
224
Iowa
221
225
221
221
224
New York
223
224
224
222
224
Kansas
220
225
224
224
223
Nebraska
221
223
223
223
223
Montana
225
227
225
225
223
Rhode Island
216
219
223
222
223
Utah
221
221
219
220
223
Missouri
221
221
224
220
222
North Carolina
217
218
219
221
222
Georgia
214
219
218
221
222
Nation
219
221
221
221
222
Wisconsin
221
223
220
221
221
Nation (public)
217
220
220
220
221
Tennessee
214
216
217
215
220
Idaho
222
223
221
221
219
Oregon
217
215
218
216
219
Alabama
208
216
216
220
219
Illinois
216
219
219
219
219
Arkansas
217
217
216
217
219
South Dakota
222
223
222
220
218
Michigan
218
220
218
219
217
Oklahoma
214
217
217
215
217
Texas
219
220
219
218
217
Hawaii
210
213
211
214
215
West Virginia
215
215
215
214
215
Nevada
207
211
211
213
214
South Carolina
213
214
216
215
214
Arizona
207
210
210
212
213
California
207
209
210
211
213
Louisiana
209
207
207
210
210
Alaska
211
214
211
208
209
Mississippi
204
208
211
209
209
New Mexico
207
212
208
208
206
District of Columbia
191
197
202
201
206
8th Grade Reading
State/jurisdiction
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
Massachusetts
274
273
274
275
277
New Jersey
269
270
273
275
276
Connecticut
264
267
272
275
274
Vermont
269
273
272
274
274
New Hampshire
270
270
271
272
274
Maryland
261
265
267
271
274
Pennsylvania
267
268
271
268
272
Washington
265
265
267
268
272
Montana
269
271
270
273
272
Minnesota
268
268
270
270
271
Colorado
265
266
266
271
271
Wyoming
268
266
268
270
271
Idaho
264
265
265
268
270
Utah
262
262
266
267
270
Kentucky
264
262
267
269
270
Nebraska
267
267
267
268
269
Maine
270
270
268
270
269
Ohio
267
268
269
268
269
Iowa
267
267
265
265
269
Oregon
263
266
265
264
268
South Dakota
269
270
270
269
268
North Dakota
270
268
269
269
268
Nation
262
263
264
265
268
Virginia
268
267
266
267
268
Wisconsin
266
264
266
267
268
Indiana
261
264
266
265
267
Missouri
265
263
267
267
267
Illinois
264
263
265
266
267
Kansas
267
267
267
267
267
Rhode Island
261
258
260
265
267
New York
265
264
264
266
266
Nation (public)
260
261
262
264
266
Delaware
266
265
265
266
266
Michigan
261
260
262
265
266
Florida
256
260
264
262
266
Tennessee
259
259
261
259
265
Georgia
257
259
260
262
265
North Carolina
258
259
260
263
265
Texas
258
261
260
261
264
Arkansas
258
258
258
259
262
Oklahoma
260
260
259
260
262
Nevada
253
252
254
258
262
California
250
251
253
255
262
South Carolina
257
257
257
260
261
Alaska
259
259
259
261
261
Arizona
255
255
258
260
260
Hawaii
249
251
255
257
260
Alabama
252
252
255
258
257
West Virginia
255
255
255
256
257
Louisiana
253
253
253
255
257
New Mexico
251
251
254
256
256
Mississippi
251
250
251
254
253
District of Columbia
238
241
242
242
248
4th Grade Math
State/jurisdiction
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
Minnesota
246
247
249
249
253
Massachusetts
247
252
252
253
253
New Hampshire
246
249
251
252
253
Indiana
240
245
243
244
249
Vermont
244
246
248
247
248
Colorado
239
240
243
244
247
New Jersey
244
249
247
248
247
Wyoming
243
244
242
244
247
North Dakota
243
245
245
245
246
Washington
242
243
242
243
246
Kansas
246
248
245
246
246
Virginia
240
244
243
245
246
Maine
241
242
244
244
246
Iowa
240
243
243
243
246
Ohio
242
245
244
244
246
Maryland
238
240
244
247
245
Dept. of Defense
239
240
240
241
245
North Carolina
241
242
244
245
245
Wisconsin
241
244
244
245
245
Pennsylvania
241
244
244
246
244
Montana
241
244
244
244
244
Connecticut
242
243
245
242
243
Hawaii
230
234
236
239
243
Nebraska
238
238
239
240
243
Delaware
240
242
239
240
243
Utah
239
239
240
243
243
Texas
242
242
240
241
242
Florida
239
242
242
240
242
Nation
238
240
240
241
242
Kentucky
231
235
239
241
241
Rhode Island
233
236
239
242
241
Nation (public)
237
239
239
240
241
South Dakota
242
241
242
241
241
Idaho
242
241
241
240
241
New York
238
243
241
238
240
Arizona
230
232
230
235
240
Oregon
238
236
238
237
240
Georgia
234
235
236
238
240
Arkansas
236
238
238
238
240
Tennessee
232
233
232
233
240
Missouri
235
239
241
240
240
Illinois
233
237
238
239
239
Oklahoma
234
237
237
237
239
West Virginia
231
236
233
235
237
Michigan
238
238
236
236
237
South Carolina
238
237
236
237
237
Nevada
230
232
235
237
236
Alaska
236
237
237
236
236
California
230
230
232
234
234
Alabama
225
229
228
231
233
New Mexico
224
228
230
233
233
Louisiana
230
230
229
231
231
Mississippi
227
228
227
230
231
District of Columbia
211
214
219
222
229
8th Grade Math
State/jurisdiction
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
Massachusetts
292
298
299
299
301
New Jersey
284
289
293
294
296
New Hampshire
285
288
292
292
296
Vermont
287
291
293
294
295
Minnesota
290
292
294
295
295
North Dakota
287
292
293
292
291
Dept. of Defense
284
285
287
288
290
Washington
285
285
289
288
290
Colorado
281
286
287
292
290
Pennsylvania
281
286
288
286
290
Ohio
283
285
286
289
290
Kansas
284
290
289
290
290
Montana
286
287
292
293
289
Wisconsin
285
286
288
289
289
Maine
281
286
286
289
289
Texas
281
286
287
290
288
Virginia
284
288
286
289
288
Wyoming
282
287
286
288
288
Indiana
282
285
287
285
288
South Dakota
287
288
291
291
287
Maryland
278
286
288
288
287
Idaho
281
284
287
287
286
North Carolina
282
284
284
286
286
Connecticut
281
282
289
287
285
Iowa
284
285
284
285
285
Nebraska
284
284
284
283
285
Illinois
278
280
282
283
285
Nation
279
281
283
284
285
Utah
279
281
284
283
284
Rhode Island
272
275
278
283
284
Nation (public)
278
280
282
283
284
Oregon
282
284
285
283
284
Missouri
276
281
286
282
283
Delaware
281
283
284
283
282
New York
280
280
283
280
282
Alaska
279
283
283
283
282
Hawaii
266
269
274
278
281
Florida
274
277
279
278
281
Kentucky
274
279
279
282
281
Michigan
277
277
278
280
280
South Carolina
281
282
280
281
280
Arizona
274
276
277
279
280
Georgia
272
275
278
278
279
Nevada
270
271
274
278
278
Arkansas
272
274
276
279
278
Tennessee
271
274
275
274
278
California
269
270
270
273
276
Oklahoma
271
275
276
279
276
West Virginia
269
270
270
273
274
New Mexico
263
268
270
274
273
Louisiana
268
272
272
273
273
Mississippi
262
265
265
269
271
Alabama
262
266
269
269
269
District of Columbia
245
248
254
260
265
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