Smartest and Dumbest States

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TheVille31

TheVille31

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http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.jsp?floc=ns-tos-feat-h-03&name=fte/smartstates/smartstates

The smartest state is Vermont. The dumbest is Arizona.

These are the 2005-2006 findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on 21 factors, including student achievement and attendance, positive outcomes, strong student-teacher relationships and school district efficiency. Other factors are the number of high school graduates, reading, writing and math proficiency, percent of school-age kids in public schools, high school drop out rates, student-teacher ratios and class size.



"The Smartest State Award recognizes those states that are committed to students and teachers, emphasize excellence in the classroom and ensure that public elementary and secondary schools are efficiently-run," said Scott Morgan, president of Morgan Quitno Press. "Vermont shines in many key areas of education. A high percentage of its students excel in reading, writing and math. In addition, schools in Vermont have smaller class sizes and lower pupil-teacher ratios than in most other states."

They're doing something right in New England. Massachusetts was designated the smartest state by Morgan Quitno Press the previous two years, and New England states dominate four of the five top slots this year.

The losers are Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Louisiana, Alaska, Alabama, Hawaii and Tennessee.

How does YOUR state rank?

1. Vermont
2. Connecticut
3. Massachusetts
4. New Jersey
5. Maine
6. Minnesota
7. Virginia
8. Wisconsin
9. Montana
10. New York

11. Pennsylvania
12. Nebraska
13. Kansas
14. Iowa
15. New Hampshire
16. Rhode Island
17. Wyoming
18. South Dakota
19. Maryland
20. North Dakota

21. Missouri
22. North Carolina
23. Colorado
24. Texas
25. Delaware
26. Indiana
27. Michigan
28. Idaho
29. South Carolina
30. Washington

31. Ohio
32. Illinois
33. Utah
34. West Virginia
35. Kentucky
36. Florida
37. Arkansas
38. Oregon
39. Oklahoma
40. Georgia

41. Tennessee
42. Hawaii
43. Alabama
44. Alaska
45. Louisiana
46. California
47. Nevada
48. New Mexico
49. Mississippi
50. Arizona

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im suprised kansas is ranked that high with the whole intelligent design thing.

Kinda suprised to see Cali at 46 i thought atleast top 30
 
2-0-Sixx

2-0-Sixx

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Fridge said:
Funny, the people who ran and published this test are from Kansas.
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Good point. I'm sure it was done by the same people who are trying to teach Creation and remove Evolution from public schools. Kansas #13? I think not. Kansas is full of some of the biggest idiots in the US.

Arizona is full of meth heads, so I'm sure it's near the bottom, however, there is no way the Bible Belt states are smarter. No fucking way.
 
killahoe666

killahoe666

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Hell yeah were not last anymore................ the reason why New Mexico has always been amongst the last (I aint trying to be racial because I am Spanish but just proving a fact) is because we have a lot of mexicans here from Juarez who just slang and work at fast food restraunts and because of the high population of Native Americans who are known alchoholics (which is why Gallup New Mexico is the DWI capitol and is 99.9% Navajo's and Arizona is the Navajo State Phoenix doesn't make up Arizona's complete population)
 
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That's not why, here's how they graded the states:

[ http://www.morganquitno.com/edfact05.htm ]
1. Public Elementary and Secondary School Revenue per $1,000 Personal Income (Table 55) +
2. Percent of Public Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures used for Instruction (Table 133) +
3. Percent of Population Graduated from High School (Table 169) +
4. Public High School Graduation Rate (Table 179) +
5. Percent of Public School Fourth Graders Proficient or Better in Reading (Table 198) +
6. Percent of Public School Eighth Graders Proficient or Better in Reading (Table 206) +
7. Percent of Public School Fourth Graders Proficient or Better in Writing (Table 214) +
8. Percent of Public School Eighth Graders Proficient or Better in Writing (Table 222) +
9. Percent of Public School Fourth Graders Proficient or Better in Mathematics (Table 230) +
10. Percent of Public School Eighth Graders Proficient or Better in Mathematics (Table 238) +
11. Average Teacher Salary as a Percent of Average Annual Pay of All Workers (Table 348) +



12. Average Daily Attendance as a Percent of Fall Enrollment in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in 2004 (Table 370) +
13. Percent of School-Age Population in Public Schools (Table 412) +
14. High School Drop Out Rate (Table 185) -
15. Special Education Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Table 326) -
16. Percent of Public Elementary and Secondary School Staff Who are School District Administrators (Table 357) -
17. Average Class Size in Public Elementary Schools (Table 390) -
18. Average Class Size in Public Secondary Schools (Table 391) -
19. Median Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Primary Schools (Table 401) -
20. Median Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Middle Schools (Table 404) -
21. Median Pupil-Teacher Ratio and Public High Schools (Table 407) -
 
SLOWPOKE

SLOWPOKE

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Fridge said:
and not to mention Seattle was awarded the most literate city. I propoganda.
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YEAH AS SOON AS I GOT HERE,...MY SPELLING FELL THE FUCK OFF,...I THINK IT'S THE BIG "R" AT RANNIER BEER,...BUT NOW "T" FOR TULLYS THAT'S FUCKING WITH EVERYONES BRAIN,...THE CHANGE OF THE LETTERS FUCKED UP EVERYONE I KNOW!!!!!!!!!
 
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