Some Red State/Blue State Indicia


To facilitate more useful cross-state comparisons, the NAEP scores have been adjusted, accounting for differences in student demographics, including gender, age, race or ethnicity, receipt of free and reduced-price lunch, special education status, and English language learner status. Comparing NAEP scores from 2019 and 2022, the findings show the following:

  • The top-ranking states across the four tests are Massachusetts, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Florida were also in the top ranking states in 2019. The lowest ranking states—which included Alaska, Maine, Delaware, Oregon, and West Virginia—were similarly stable, with Alaska, Oregon, and West Virginia scoring in the bottom ranking states in 2019.
  • Many states experienced large changes in their relative performance, and nine states experienced a decline of more than 10 points between 2019 and 2022. Some of the largest declines were posted by Delaware, Minnesota, and Maryland.
  • Nine states saw their relative performance increase by more than 10 points, with the largest increases occurring in Louisiana, Nevada, and Texas.
 
Mississippi is to be commended for dramatically improving their 4th grade reading test scores. It is a good thang when a state recognizes a shortcoming and comes up with a plan for improving upon it. Instead of saying look at all the crime and homelessness on NY subways. One approach may be more emotionally satisfying. The other actually accomplishes something.
 
nsacpi said:
Gotta look at latitude too. Ecuador is on eastern time but not next to the United States.

Quito is closer to Washington than Singapore is to Beijing.

You're making me think that certain stereotypes about Americans and geography might be true.
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you’re missing the ocean jumping out of the boat my friend

It’s quite obvious why Singapore does so well and it’s a corporation friendly country that is in same time zone as China.

I have worked in several of these corporation with offices in Singapore. Managing China operations is the entire reason.
 
chop2chip said:
you’re missing the ocean jumping out of the boat my friend

It’s quite obvious why Singapore does so well and it’s a corporation friendly country that is in same time zone as China.

I have worked in several of these corporation with offices in Singapore. Managing China operations is the entire reason.
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Some of Singapore's strongest period of growth had nothing to do with China. Before China opened up. About 10 years before.
 
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Yes. But I don't think Silicon Valley has anything to worry about from Arkansas or any red or purple state. Its rivals are London, Beijing, Tel Aviv and to a lesser extent Singapore. Of course it has some rivals in this country but in deeply blue areas.
 
chop2chip said:
you’re missing the ocean jumping out of the boat my friend

It’s quite obvious why Singapore does so well and it’s a corporation friendly country that is in same time zone as China.

I have worked in several of these corporation with offices in Singapore. Managing China operations is the entire reason.
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That’s his schtick. To the end
 
chop2chip said:
You are the one that invited the comparison to Arkansas.
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eh...this is a rather trivial point to make

so i will respond in kind...the post immediately before mine (#6887) injected Arkansas into the conversation (inaccurately I might add given that NW Arkansas actually has a stunningly beautiful natural environment)

i do feel a little bit badly picking on Arkansas and Oklahoma...it is unsporting to make fun of the intellectually disabled
 
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