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Education Week, a publication that reports on many education issues throughout the country, began using an evaluation system in 1997 to grade each state on various elements of education performance. This system, called Quality Counts, uses official data on performance from each state to generate a report card for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report card in 2014 used six different categories:
- Chance for success
- K-12 achievement
- Standards, assessments and accountability
- The teaching profession
- School finance
- Transitions and alignment
Each of these six categories had a number of other elements that received individual scores. Those scores were then averaged and used to determine the final score in each category. Every state received two types of scores for each of the six major categories: A numerical score out of 100 and a letter grade based on that score. Education Week used the score for the first category, "chance for success," as the value for ranking each state and the District of Columbia. The average grade received in the entire country was 77.3, or a C+ average. The country's highest average score was in the category of "standards, assessments and accountability" at 85.3, or a B average. The lowest average score was in "K-12 achievement", at 70.2, or a C- average.
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| Public education report cards, 2014 | ||||||
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| State | Chance for success | K-12 achievement | Standards, assessments and accountability | The teaching profession | School finance | Transitions and Alignment |
| Alabama | 72.0 (C-) | 62.2 (D-) | 92.2 (A-) | 74.8 (C) | 71.1 (C-) | 85.7 (B) |
| Alaska | 74.9 (C) | 62.6 (D) | 76.0 (C) | 60.0 (D-) | 80.2 (B-) | 71.4 (C-) |
| Arizona | 70.2 (C-) | 66.6 (D+) | 87.6 (B+) | 62.4 (D-) | 66.8 (D+) | 78.6 (C+) |
| Arkansas | 71.8 (C-) | 66.7 (D+) | 94.4 (A) | 88.0 (B+) | 74.1 (C) | 96.4 (A) |
| California | 72.4 (C-) | 67.8 (D+) | 92.8 (A) | 71.6 (C-) | 69.2 (D+) | 82.1 (B-) |
| Colorado | 82.9 (B) | 74.2 (C) | 81.8 (B-) | 66.4 (D) | 68.6 (D+) | 82.1 (B-) |
| Connecticut | 87.5 (B+) | 72.4 (C-) | 78.6 (C+) | 70.8 (C-) | 86.8 (B+) | 78.6 (C+) |
| Delaware | 79.8 (B-) | 68.5 (D+) | 87.5 (B+) | 74.4 (C) | 80.0 (B-) | 78.6 (C+) |
| District of Columbia | 81.5 (B-) | 59.2 (F) | 82.7 (B) | 60.9 (D-) | N/A | 78.6 (C+) |
| Florida | 75.3 (C) | 75.8 (C) | 95.0 (A) | 82.7 (B) | 70.0 (C-) | 92.9 (A) |
| Georgia | 73.9 (C) | 70.7 (C-) | 91.1 (A-) | 79.8 (B-) | 71.6 (C-) | 100.0 (A) |
| Hawaii | 77.3 (C+) | 70.4 (C-) | 88.9 (B+) | 76.7 (C+) | N/A | 71.4 (C-) |
| Idaho | 74.2 (C) | 69.8 (C-) | 86.6 (B+) | 60.5 (D-) | 60.0 (D-) | 71.4 (C-) |
| Illinois | 80.2 (B-) | 69.6 (C-) | 91.0 (A-) | 67.9 (D+) | 76.8 (C+) | 75.0 (C) |
| Indiana | 77.3 (C+) | 72.8 (C) | 97.8 (A) | 63.1 (D) | 71.6 (C-) | 89.3 (B+) |
| Iowa | 84.2 (B) | 67.3 (D+) | 74.5 (C) | 78.7 (C+) | 73.8 (C) | 82.1 (B-) |
| Kansas | 81.9 (B-) | 68.4 (D+) | 81.2 (B-) | 67.4 (D+) | 74.2 (C) | 75.0 (C) |
| Kentucky | 74.4 (C) | 70.3 (C-) | 90.2 (A-) | 82.1 (B-) | 71.7 (C-) | 92.9 (A) |
| Louisiana | 69.9 (C-) | 59.8 (D-) | 97.2 (A) | 79.6 (B-) | 74.9 (C) | 92.9 (A) |
| Maine | 78.8 (C+) | 72.6 (C) | 69.6 (C-) | 67.8 (D+) | 83.9 (B) | 82.1 (B-) |
| Maryland | 85.9 (B) | 83.1 (B) | 88.3 (B+) | 83.7 (B) | 85.2 (B) | 96.4 (A) |
| Massachusetts | 91.4 (A-) | 83.7 (B) | 88.4 (B+) | 78.7 (C+) | 83.5 (B) | 75.0 (C) |
| Michigan | 75.3 (C) | 63.8 (D) | 91.6 (A-) | 74.8 (C) | 74.9 (C) | 82.1 (B-) |
| Minnesota | 87.3 (B+) | 76.7 (C+) | 71.2 (C-) | 67.5 (D+) | 74.6 (C) | 71.4 (C-) |
| Mississippi | 68.9 (D+) | 57.1 (F) | 92.8 (A) | 66.5 (D) | 64.9 (D) | 75.0 (C) |
| Missouri | 77.3 (C+) | 66.0 (D) | 78.9 (C+) | 69.3 (D+) | 70.5 (C-) | 75.0 (C) |
| Montana | 76.3 (C) | 69.7 (C-) | 76.3 (C) | 69.4 (D+) | 73.0 (C) | 60.7 (D-) |
| Nebraska | 83.1 (B) | 67.0 (D+) | 67.6 (D+) | 69.8 (C-) | 77.0 (C+) | 64.3 (D) |
| Nevada | 65.7 (D) | 66.7 (D+) | 75.4 (C) | 71.0 (C-) | 64.5 (D) | 75.0 (C) |
| New Hampshire | 88.0 (B+) | 78.8 (C+) | 76.0 (C) | 63.9 (D) | 81.4 (B-) | 78.6 (C+) |
| New Jersey | 88.2 (B+) | 82.1 (B-) | 75.5 (C) | 67.2 (D+) | 84.5 (B) | 82.1 (B-) |
| New Mexico | 66.6 (D+) | 60.3 (D-) | 92.0 (A-) | 74.3 (C) | 70.5 (C-) | 89.3 (B+) |
| New York | 81.0 (B-) | 70.2 (C-) | 92.0 (A-) | 81.5 (B-) | 87.2 (B+) | 85.7 (B) |
| North Carolina | 75.7 (C) | 69.8 (C-) | 92.8 (A) | 77.8 (C+) | 67.0 (D+) | 85.7 (B) |
| North Dakota | 86.9 (B+) | 68.2 (D+) | 85.4 (B) | 66.6 (D+) | 76.8 (C+) | 78.6 (C+) |
| Ohio | 78.6 (C+) | 71.3 (C-) | 96.1 (A) | 76.4 (C) | 77.2 (C+) | 78.6 (C+) |
| Oklahoma | 72.2 (C-) | 64.2 (D) | 93.3 (A) | 71.6 (C-) | 66.5 (D) | 89.3 (B+) |
| Oregon | 74.6 (C) | 64.8 (D) | 80.1 (B-) | 63.5 (D) | 71.0 (C-) | 85.7 (B) |
| Pennsylvania | 82.6 (B) | 75.6 (C) | 77.7 (C+) | 74.6 (C) | 82.0 (B-) | 78.6 (C+) |
| Rhode Island | 79.7 (B-) | 69.3 (D+) | 85.1 (B) | 71.1 (C-) | 86.5 (B) | 78.6 (C+) |
| South Carolina | 72.6 (C) | 62.6 (D) | 94.4 (A) | 89.0 (B+) | 68.7 (D+) | 71.4 (C-) |
| South Dakota | 79.6 (B-) | 63.2 (D) | 73.0 (C) | 60.8 (D-) | 68.2 (D+) | 64.3 (D) |
| Tennessee | 73.9 (C) | 68.8 (D+) | 90.0 (A-) | 80.3 (B-) | 64.5 (D) | 92.9 (A) |
| Texas | 73.0 (C) | 70.2 (C-) | 92.2 (A-) | 78.3 (C+) | 67.3 (D+) | 92.9 (A) |
| Utah | 79.1 (C+) | 69.1 (D+) | 81.7 (B-) | 64.5 (D) | 65.2 (D) | 89.3 (B+) |
| Vermont | 86.4 (B) | 77.3 (C+) | 82.7 (B) | 70.6 (C-) | 86.0 (B) | 71.4 (C-) |
| Virginia | 84.8 (B) | 74.2 (C) | 93.3 (A) | 81.9 (B-) | 76.1 (C) | 85.7 (B) |
| Washington | 79.5 (B-) | 74.9 (C) | 79.1 (C+) | 71.4 (C-) | 71.6 (C-) | 71.4 (C-) |
| West Virginia | 71.6 (C-) | 60.8 (D-) | 96.7 (A) | 80.3 (B-) | 89.0 (B+) | 89.3 (B+) |
| Wisconsin | 82.4 (B-) | 72.1 (C-) | 75.2 (C) | 79.1 (C+) | 85.6 (B) | 85.7 (B) |
| Wyoming | 79.9 (B-) | 70.0 (C-) | 79.3 (C+) | 66.7 (D+) | 90.3 (A-) | 78.6 (C+) |
| United States Average | 77.3 (C+) | 70.2 (C-) | 85.3 (B) | 72.5 (C) | 75.5 (C) | 81.1 (B-) |
| Source: Education Week, "Quality Counts 2014 report cards," accessed February 18, 2015 A full discussion of how these numbers were generated can be found here. |
