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

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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

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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

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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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