Table 1: Percent of MEP Eligible Students Proficient or Advanced in Reading/Language Arts by State and Grade (2003-04)StateGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Alabama57.0 77.0 40.0Alaska53.046.043.050.044.044.0Arizona33.0 19.0 18.0Arkansas52.0 27.0 28.0California10.016.016.011.013.012.0Colorado86.069.066.060.057.054.0Connecticut30.0 27.0 27.0Delaware90.0 83.0 75.0District of Columbia**------------Florida40.045.029.027.026.017.0Georgia72.059.062.048.059.051.0Hawaii24.0 24.0 25.0Idaho64.047.0 41.036.0Illinois50.0 32.0 37.0Indiana* Iowa41.0 33.0Kansas53.0 55.0Kentucky51.0 40.0Louisiana60.0 42.0Maine36.0 15.0Maryland75.041.053.08.050.043.0Massachusetts35.022.0 46.0Michigan40.0 29.0Minnesota33.0 31.0 17.0Mississippi71.077.071.066.050.059.0Missouri8.0 7.0Montana57.0 40.0 Nebraska70.0 58.0 Nevada12.029.013.0 22.0 New Hampshire62.0 25.0 New Jersey42.049.0 40.0 New Mexico38.0 47.0 New York* North Carolina70.071.075.061.059.074.0 North Dakota* Ohio39.0 38.0Oklahoma35.0 53.0 39.0Oregon54.0 46.0 23.0Pennsylvania29.0 29.0Puerto Rico**------------Rhode Island* South Carolina33.015.08.019.08.04.0South Dakota53.071.054.059.039.064.0Tennessee49.054.049.044.049.027.0Texas81.074.060.070.068.076.0Utah41.042.041.041.042.039.0Vermont61.0 42.0Virginia70.0 78.0 48.0Washington43.0 26.0West Virginia69.089.063.075.074.075.0Wisconsin50.041.0 48.0Wyoming9.0*IN, NY, ND, and RI did not provide data for this table.**DC and PR did not participate in the Title I, Part C Migrant Education Program.
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