Smartest States in The Nation (best, better, compared, people)

[Ebck120]

Washington Post decided to look into Trumps comments on Iowa being one of the dumbest states for supporting Ben Carsen and the below is their findings.
Props to the Midwest!

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-ap...rts.jpg&w=1484

Rank ▾ State Score
1 Massachusetts 35.3
2 Minnesota 32.8
3 New Hampshire 27.5
4 Connecticut 26.4
5 Wisconsin 22.2
6 Kansas 22
7 Vermont 21.8
8 Iowa 21.5
9 New Jersey 20.4
10 Colorado 19.5
11 South Dakota 19.2
12 Nebraska 18.5
13 Virginia 17.7
14 North Dakota 16.9
15 Illinois 16.2
16 Missouri 15.8
17 New York 12.3
18 Ohio 10.2
19 Maine 8.3
20 Maryland 8.1
21 Michigan 7.6
22 Montana 7.4
23 Washington 7
24 Utah 6.1
25 Wyoming 6
26 Pennsylvania 5.8
27 Oregon 2.3
27 Rhode Island 2.3
29 Delaware -0.6
30 Oklahoma -2.1
31 Kentucky -2.9
32 Indiana -3.8
33 Tennessee -5.8
34 California -6.9
35 Idaho -8.8
36 Arkansas -9.9
37 Alaska -11
38 Georgia -13.5
39 Texas -14.4
40 New Mexico -15.9
41 Arizona -16.2
42 North Carolina -16.8
43 Louisiana -18.7
44 West Virginia -19.1
45 South Carolina -19.4
46 Florida -21.5
47 Alabama -21.9
48 Mississippi -22.4
49 Nevada -23.4
50 Hawaii -27

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-in-the-union/

[Tall Traveler]

Cali below Kentucky & Tennessee...lol

[intheclouds1]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Cali below Kentucky & Tennessee...lol

That doesn't shock me in the slightest.

[Ebck120]

Originally Posted by intheclouds1

That doesn't shock me in the slightest.

California would probably look more like Virginia to Maine if it were broken out into similar sized areas.

[gt87]

Originally Posted by intheclouds1

That doesn't shock me in the slightest.

Doesn't shock me at all either. Wouldn't even shock me if it was a bit lower on the list.

[CXT2000]

Florida ranked 46th, not surprised, makes sense why my high school decided to pass a good chunk of my graduating class to not look bad. (from 30%-70%)

[NOLA101]

Cali gets masses of third world immigrants, who tend to have lower educational levels.

And it's a bit silly because the ACT/SAT are not comparable, and some states require SAT/ACT and other don't (meaning that states which require them will have lower ranks because everyone has to take it, not just the university-bound people).

So State A will have 40% of high school students taking SAT and State B will have 100% of students. There's almost no way that State B will look better than State A, because State B is testing everyone, and State A only the top students. Even if you compared Mississippi and Massachusetts, Mississippi could probably "win" under these terms.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Cali below Kentucky & Tennessee...lol

Haha are you kidding me? CA borders the third world, houses 10 million foreign born residents( with a smile no less) most of whom are undereducated, yet still manages to create the most dynamic economy in the country?

What's wrong with the rest of you?

lol

[TitanRam]

This is such an imperfect way to measure intelligence

[Ebck120]

Originally Posted by TitanRam

This is such an imperfect way to measure intelligence

I dont think there will ever be one perfect test but I assume alot of the results will show a similar story.