| Cost Per Proficient Fourth-Grade Reader |
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| State | NAEP Student Achievement: % scoring at or above proficient in Grade 4 reading (1998) | % Annual Current Expenditure Per Pupil (1997-98) | $ Cost to Produce a Proficient Fourth-Grader in 1998 ($ x 5)/% |
| United States | 29 | $6,189 | $107,000 |
| Alabama | 24 | $4,849 | $101,000 |
| Alaska | – | $8,271 | – |
| Arizona | 22 | $4,595 | $104,000 |
| Arkansas | 23 | $4,708 | $102,000 |
| California | 20 | $5,644 | $141,000 |
| Colorado | 34 | $5,656 | $83,200 |
| Connecticut | 46 | $8,901 | $96,800 |
| Delaware | 25 | $7,420 | $148,000 |
| Florida | 23 | $5,552 | $121,000 |
| Georgia | 24 | $5,647 | $118,000 |
| Hawaii | 17 | $5,858 | $172,000 |
| Idaho | – | $4,721 | – |
| Illinois | – | $6,242 | – |
| Indiana | – | $6,318 | – |
| Iowa | 35 | $5,998 | $85,700 |
| Kansas | 34 | $5,727 | $84,200 |
| Kentucky | 29 | $5,213 | $89,900 |
| Louisiana | 19 | $5,187 | $136,000 |
| Maine | 36 | $6,742 | $93,600 |
| Maryland | 29 | $7,034 | $121,000 |
| Massachusetts | 37 | $7,778 | $105,000 |
| Michigan | 28 | $7,050 | $126,000 |
| Minnesota | 36 | $6,388 | $88,700 |
| Mississippi | 18 | $4,288 | $119,000 |
| Missouri | 29 | $5,565 | $96,000 |
| Montana | 37 | $5,724 | $77,400 |
| Nebraska | – | $5,958 | – |
| Nevada | 21 | $5,295 | $126,000 |
| New Hampshire | 38 | $6,156 | $81,000 |
| New Jersey | – | $9,643 | – |
| New Mexico | 22 | $5,005 | $114,000 |
| New York | 29 | $8,852 | $153,000 |
| North Carolina | 28 | $5,257 | $93,900 |
| North Dakota | – | $5,056 | – |
| Ohio | – | $6,198 | – |
| Oklahoma | 30 | $5,033 | $83,900 |
| Oregon | 28 | $6,419 | $115,000 |
| Pennsylvania | – | $7,209 | – |
| Rhode Island | 32 | $7,928 | $124,000 |
| South Carolina | 22 | $5,320 | $121,000 |
| South Dakota | – | $4,669 | – |
| Tennessee | 25 | $4,937 | $98,700 |
| Texas | 29 | $5,444 | $93,900 |
| Utah | 28 | $3,969 | $70,900 |
| Vermont | – | $7,075 | – |
| Virginia | 30 | $6,065 | $101,000 |
| Washington | 29 | $6,040 | $104,000 |
| West Virginia | 29 | $6,323 | $109,000 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | $7,123 | $105,000 |
| Wyoming | 30 | $6,218 | $104,000 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | $8,393 | $420,000 |
| NAEP data are published by the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S. Department of Education, located at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard.
Current expenditures per pupil are derived from data in the report, Early Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondar Education Statistics: School Year 2001-2002, published in April 2002 by the National Center for Education Statistics. The report is available from the NCES Web site at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002311.pdf. Note: The states with incomplete data did not participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress survey. |
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Table: State-by-State Cost Per Proficient Fourth-Grade Reader
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