Table 47
Average NAEP Reading Scores for 4th-graders, 1998
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Connecticut	232		20	NEW YORK*	216
2	Montana*	226		20	West Virginia	216
2	New Hampshire*	226		23	Maryland	215
4	Maine	225		23	Utah	215
4	Massachusetts*	225		25	Oregon	214
6	Wisconsin*	224		26	Delaware	212
7	Iowa*	223		26	Tennessee	212
8	Colorado	222		28	Alabama	211
8	Kansas*	222		29	Georgia	210
8	Minnesota*	222		29	South Carolina	210
11	Oklahoma	220		31	Arkansas	209
12	Wyoming	219		32	Nevada	208
13	Kentucky	218		33	Arizona	207
13	Rhode Island	218		33	Florida	207
13	Virginia	218		35	New Mexico	206
16	Michigan	217		36	Louisiana	204
16	North Carolina	217		36	Mississippi	204
16	Texas	217		38	California*	202
16	Washington	217		39	Hawaii	200
17	Missouri	216		U.S.		215
Source: U.S. Education Department, National Assessment of Educational Progress
States not listed did not participate in NAEP assessments.
*Indicates state did not meet one or more of NAEP guidelines for number of schools from initial sample to participate; in New York, 74% of those schools participated. Guidelines also require 90% of schools in follow-up sample to participate; 84% in New York did so. The New York State schools participating were considered representative of all schools statewide.