AR ranks 32 out of 50 on smart states survey
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Updated: April 17, 2007
The report, Education State Rankings 2006-2007, was compiled by Morgan Quitno Press, a Lawrence, Kansas-based independent research and publishing company.
The Smartest State Award is based on 21 key elementary and secondary education indicators reported from Education State Rankings, an annual reference book that compares the 50 United States in hundreds of education-related categories.
The revised, fifth edition of Education State Rankings was published this week. The 2006 award measures states based on factors including expenditures for instruction, pupil-teacher ratios, high school graduation and dropout rates, and reading, writing and math proficiency.
For the second consecutive year, Vermont has earned the title of the nation`s Smartest State. Arizona had the dubious distinction of claiming last place.
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