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Who's On Top? Color-Coded Maps Rank States' Education Performance - Education - GOOD

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Who's On Top? Color-Coded Maps Rank States' Education Performance



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We all hear horror stories about the poor academic quality of America's schools, but a new study shows that different states rate very differently on measures like test scores and graduation rates. For example, students in Massachusetts and Minnesota are two to three times more likely than their peers in West Virginia and Mississippi to pass national eighth-grade standardized tests, according to the U.S. Department of Education's new