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Fourth- and eighth-grade public school students in these Mega-States usually scored lower than or not significantly different from their peers in the nation in the most recent NAEP assessments in reading, mathematics, and science, with the following exceptions:</p> <ul class="orangeBulletList"> <p><li><strong>Florida</strong> fourth-graders scored higher than the nation in reading.</li></p> <p><li><strong>New York</strong> fourth-graders scored higher than the nation in reading.</li> <p><li><strong>Illinois</strong> eighth-graders scored higher than the nation in reading.<p> <p><li><strong>Texas</strong> eighth-graders scored higher than the nation in math and science.</li></p> </li></ul> <p> </p> <p><img title="Why Focus on Mega-States" border="0" alt="Dig Deeper into the Writing Results" src="/subject/megastates/images/index_mega_subtitle.gif" height="20" width="461"></p> <p>As policymakers and educators look at the nation’s changing demographics and explore ways to close achievement gaps, the educational progress of children in these states is of interest far beyond their state borders. That’s why the National Center for Education Statistics and the <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/nagb/">National Assessment Governing Board</a> focused this special report on educational outcomes in the five largest states.</p> <p> </p> <p><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script> <noscript> <img src="/subject/megastates/images/2011_mega_dig_deeper_V2.gif" height="500" width="475" title="VIEW NON-FLASH VERSION" alt="VIEW NON-FLASH VERSION"> </noscript> </p> <p class="notes calign"><a href="/megastates/index_alt.aspx">VIEW NON-FLASH VERSION</a></p> <span class="notes"> <p>SOURCE: Data from 2010 U.S. Census: <a href="http://www.census.gov/2010census/">http://www.census.gov/2010census/</a>. </p> <p>Common Core of Data, 2010-2011 school years (non-adjudicated), U.S. Department of Education. </p> <p>U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1990, 2003, and 2011 Mathematics Assessments. </p> <p>Consolidated State Performance Reports, 2009-2010.</p> </span> </div> <div class="right_container"> <h3 class="topmargin0">Explore the 2011 Mega-States Report</h3> <ul class="orangeBulletList"> <li><img title="2011 Mega-States Report." height="99" alt="2010 Megastates Report." src="/subject/megastates/images/index_mega_thumbnail.gif" width="76" align="right" border="0" nr="nr" rdonlyres="rdonlyres" b9b936d2-ddb8-42c4-94b3-aa80dfa5255e="b9b936d2-ddb8-42c4-94b3-aa80dfa5255e"> <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/main2011/2013450.aspx">Download</a> a copy of the report to print or share.</li> <li>Read the <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/commissioner/remarks2013/02_21_2013.asp">statement</a> from Jack Buckley, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics.</li> <li>Read the National Assessment Governing Board's <a href="http://www.nagb.org/mega-states">news release</a>.</li> </ul> <p 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