Students First - California

From; Students First: Renewing California's Future. The Governor's Committee on Educational Excellence. Nov.2007.

NAEP results show that California’s overall results rank low among the states
48th 4th grade reading
47rd 4th grade math
43rd 4th grade science (of 44 states)
48th 8th grade reading
45th 8th grade math
42nd 8th grade science (of 44 states)
And all student groups lag behind similar students in other states
4th grade reading:
29th Whites
29th Blacks
43rd Latinos
8th grade math:
35th Whites
33rd Blacks (of 40 states)
38th Latinos (of 42 states)
37th Children of college graduates
(of 49 states)
Comparing California to Other States
Source: California
Department of
Education and
National Center for
Source: California
Department of
Education and
National Center for
Education Statistics