https://www.cnsnews.com/news/articl...ders-not-proficient-reading-67-not-proficient
And we're told the answer is more money... ffs people open your eyes the Public ed system is a disaster
To me the more important question is which states in the U.S. did the best and worst. America is a big place afterall.
Massachusetts Students Score among World Leaders on PISA Reading, Science and Math Tests- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Turns out the state of Massachusetts is actually doing incredibly well. If it was its own country it would be ranked in the top 5 in reading, math, and science. So it turns out there are at least some states who must be doing a very job. Massachusetts is usually near the top of the nation in SAT and ACT scores, but there are other states that are close. Let's look at them, and see what they have in common shall we.
Top 15 states for SAT scores adjusted for participation.
Massachusetts 1130
Connecticut 1126
Minnesota 1107
New Jersey 1104
Illinois 1101
New Hampshire 1101
North Dakota 1099
Virginia 1099
South Dakota 1099
Iowa 1098
Wisconsin 1096
Vermont 1093
Colorado 1090
Missouri 1089
Michigan 1086
Top 15 states for ACT scores adjusted for participation
Minnesota 23.04
Connecticut 22.93
Massachusetts 22.72
New Hampshire 22.63
Ohio 22.47
Montana 22.42
Vermont 22.32
Colorado 22.31
New York 22.27
Nebraska 22.2
Wisconsin 22.04
Kansas 22.02
Utah 21.97
South Dakota 21.93
Illinois 21.87
Notice a trend? In the first list, only 3 out of the top 15 states voted for Mitt Romney over President Obama in the 2012 election. In the second list, only 5 out of the top 15 voted for Mitt Romney over Obama
Now let's look at who is bringing up the rear.
Bottom 15 states for SAT scores adjusted for participation:
Rhode Island 1042
Montana 1039
Alaska 1037
Mississippi 1035
Arkansas 1034
Utah 1027
Texas 1026
Nevada 1017
New Mexico 1016
Delaware 1015
District of Columbia 1012
Louisiana 1011
Maine 1008
Alabama 998
West Virginia 963
This list worked out a little bit better for the Red states, but they're still looking bad. 9 out of 15 worst states voted Romney, and only 6 supported Obama including the District of Columbia which is essentially just one massive inner city.
Bottom 15 States for ACT scores adjusted for participation:
Rhode Island 20.99
Oregon 20.88
Texas 20.78
Nevada 20.76
Hawaii 20.73
Oklahoma 20.72
Delaware 20.69
West Virginia 20.69
Alaska 20.63
Maine 20.56
District of Columbia 20.41
Louisiana 20.37
Arizona 20.12
Mississippi 20.04
New Mexico 20.04
The best list of them all for Red States. This time 8 states including DC voted Obama and 7 states went for Romney so basically 50/50. However, 3 out of the bottom 5 were Red states, and 6 out of the bottom 10 were red states. So even in the best case scenario for conservative states they're still at best tied with more liberal states, and this doesn't factor in the reality that large cities(which are predominately in blue states struggle).
So if states like Massachusetts and Minnesota are incredibly competitive with the rest of the countries in the world, but the Average for America overall ranks us down in the 30s among countries that must mean these states at the bottom are really dragging us all down a lot. States like West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arizona, New Mexico, and DC would be ranked down in the 50s or 60s if they were their own individual countries. That's horrible.