I don't have any good introspection into what this number means, but according to this (http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2013/#/state-performance h

I don't have any good introspection into what this number means, but according to this (http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2013/#/state-performance http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2013/#/state-p...) 18% of 8th graders were found to be "Below basic" reading.