Massachusetts scored an 'A' on the American Education: Ranking State K-12 Performance, Progress and Reform's 17th annual report card released today (January 25, 2012) by the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC).
ALAC’s comprehensive report grades all 50 states and the District of Columbia according to data from national test scores, state education policy, charter school regulation, and other benchmarks of quality. Additionally, the report discusses what resources are being wasted, what students are being left behind, and what administrators, parents, and teachers can do make a difference in education.
This year, Massachusetts beat out all other states.
Authors Dr. Matthew Ladner, Dan Lips and David J. Myslinski rank states based on two factors. The first is student performance and their progress on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exams.
The top five states were
1. Massachusetts
2. Vermont
3. New Jersey
4. Colorado
5. Pennsylvania
Bottom five
47. Missouri
48. Mississippi
49. Louisiana
50. South Carolina
51. West Virginia
The second metric ranks states from A to F based on education reform policies including academic standards, school choice programs, charter schools, online learning, and that state’s ability to hire good teachers and fire bad ones.
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