Compare Science Achievement-Level Results for Your State Across Years
- At grade 4 between 2000 and 2005, the percentage of students performing at or above Basic increased in six states, and the percentage at or above Proficient increased in four states.
- At grade 8 between 2000 and 2005, the percentage of students performing at or above Basic increased in six states and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools, and decreased in one state. The percentage of students performing at or above Proficient increased between 2000 and 2005 in four states.
- The percentage of grade 8 students performing at or above Basic was higher in 2005 than in 1996 for seven states and the DoDEA schools, and lower in 2005 in four states. The percentage of students performing at or above Proficient increased between 1996 and 2005 in nine states and the DoDEA schools, and decreased in one state.
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Trend in percentage of eighth-grade students at or above Basic in NAEP science, by state
| State/jurisdiction |
19961 |
20001 |
2000 |
2005 |
| Nation (public) |
60 |
|
59 |
|
57 |
|
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
47 |
|
51 |
|
53 |
|
48 |
| Alaska |
65 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
| Arizona |
55 |
* |
57 |
* |
55 |
* |
49 |
| Arkansas |
55 |
|
54 |
|
53 |
|
56 |
| California |
47 |
|
40 |
|
38 |
* |
44 |
| Colorado |
68 |
|
— |
|
|
|
66 |
| Connecticut |
68 |
* |
65 |
|
64 |
|
63 |
| Delaware |
51 |
* |
— |
|
— |
|
63 |
| Florida |
51 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
51 |
| Georgia |
49 |
|
52 |
|
52 |
|
53 |
| Hawaii |
42 |
|
40 |
|
40 |
|
44 |
| Idaho |
— |
|
73 |
|
71 |
|
71 |
| Illinois |
— |
|
62 |
|
59 |
|
58 |
| Indiana |
65 |
|
68 |
* |
66 |
|
62 |
| Iowa |
71 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
| Kansas |
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
| Kentucky |
58 |
* |
62 |
|
60 |
|
63 |
| Louisiana |
40 |
* |
45 |
|
44 |
|
47 |
| Maine |
78 |
* |
75 |
|
72 |
|
72 |
| Maryland |
55 |
|
59 |
* |
57 |
|
54 |
| Massachusetts |
69 |
|
74 |
|
70 |
|
72 |
| Michigan |
65 |
|
69 |
|
68 |
|
66 |
| Minnesota |
72 |
|
73 |
|
72 |
|
71 |
| Mississippi |
39 |
|
42 |
|
41 |
|
40 |
| Missouri |
64 |
|
68 |
|
66 |
|
66 |
| Montana |
77 |
|
80 |
|
79 |
|
76 |
| Nebraska |
71 |
|
70 |
|
71 |
|
— |
| Nevada |
‡ |
|
54 |
* |
52 |
|
48 |
| New Hampshire |
‡ |
|
— |
|
— |
|
76 |
| New Jersey |
‡ |
|
— |
|
— |
|
65 |
| New Mexico |
49 |
|
48 |
|
48 |
|
46 |
| New York |
57 |
|
61 |
|
58 |
|
— |
| North Carolina |
56 |
|
56 |
|
54 |
|
53 |
| North Dakota |
78 |
|
74 |
* |
72 |
* |
77 |
| Ohio |
— |
|
73 |
* |
72 |
|
67 |
| Oklahoma |
— |
|
62 |
|
60 |
|
57 |
| Oregon |
68 |
|
67 |
|
68 |
|
66 |
| Pennsylvania |
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
| Rhode Island |
59 |
|
61 |
* |
58 |
|
58 |
| South Carolina |
45 |
* |
50 |
|
48 |
* |
54 |
| South Dakota |
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
76 |
| Tennessee |
53 |
|
57 |
|
55 |
|
55 |
| Texas |
55 |
|
53 |
|
52 |
|
53 |
| Utah |
70 |
* |
68 |
|
67 |
|
65 |
| Vermont |
70 |
* |
74 |
|
71 |
* |
76 |
| Virginia |
59 |
* |
63 |
|
61 |
* |
66 |
| Washington |
61 |
* |
— |
|
— |
|
66 |
| West Virginia |
56 |
|
61 |
* |
57 |
|
57 |
| Wisconsin |
73 |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
70 |
| Wyoming |
71 |
|
71 |
|
69 |
* |
74 |
| Other jurisdictions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| District of Columbia2 |
19 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
| DoDEA3 |
67 |
* |
71 |
|
71 |
* |
75 |
| — Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate. |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. |
| * Significantly different from 2005 when only one jurisdiction or the nation is being examined. |
| 1 Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment. |
| 2 The District of Columbia did not participate in the 2005 science assessment due to an insufficient sample size. |
| 3 Department of Defense Education Activity. Before 2005, DoDEA overseas and domestic schools were separate jurisdictions in NAEP. For this table, 2000 data were recalculated for comparability. |
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Learn more about the science assessment and achievement levels on the NAEP website. More information about state performance is available in the State Profiles tool.
Find out which states participated in the 2005 science assessment.
View information about the percentage of students with disabilities and English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed at the state level.
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