State Rankings
Learn more about how states measure up in school finance, student achievement, and socioeconomic factors affecting long-term student success
Quality Counts
Quality Counts was 澳门跑狗论坛鈥檚 annual report card grading the nation and the states on their performance in K-12 education.
Education Funding
How School Funding Falls Short, by the Numbers
See how states measure up in an annual report on state school funding and equity.
Recruitment & Retention
School Support Staffers Don't Make a Living Wage. Here's a Comparison by State
The average full-time paraprofessional or other support worker makes $32,837 a year, a National Education Association analysis finds.
Teaching Profession
Teacher Salaries Aren't Keeping Up With Inflation. See How Your State Compares
Teachers are making less now than they did a decade ago, according to an inflation-adjusted analysis by the National Education Association.
Student Well-Being
Data
Data: Does Your State Have Enough School Psychologists and Counselors?
澳门跑狗论坛 examined ratios of school psychologists and counselors to students across the country.
States
From Our Research Center
Map: A-F Grades, Rankings for States on School Quality
Here鈥檚 a map showing grades for all the states on this year鈥檚 Quality Counts summative report card, on which the nation gets a C overall.
States
From Our Research Center
Nation Gets a 'C' on Latest School Quality Report Card, While N.J. Again Boasts Top Grade
A slight increase in this year's Quality Counts score isn't enough to boost the nation's school system above last year's middling grade.
States
From Our Research Center
State Grades on K-12 Achievement: 2021 Map and Rankings
Examine the grades and scores that states and the nation earned on K-12 achievement, along with how they scored on a host of indicators.
Quality Counts
Special Report
Quality Counts 2021: Grading the States
See how the nation and the states score on this year's comprehensive report card for the nation鈥檚 schools.
Student Achievement
From Our Research Center
Schools Straddle the Pandemic and Familiar Headwinds in Quest to Boost Quality
The latest Quality Counts summative grades show stubbornly average performance by the nation's schools overall, despite pockets of promise.
States
From Our Research Center
A User鈥檚 Guide to the Grading and Methodology
Here's a quick and easy guide to the grading scale and each of the indicators that go into making up the 50-state grades for school finance.
Quality Counts
Special Report
Quality Counts 2021: School Finance
This Quality Counts 2021 installment grades the nation and states on school finance and surveys educators' fiscal pressures and priorities.
States
From Our Research Center
State Grades on School Finance: 2021 Map and Rankings
Examine the grades and scores that states and the nation earned on school finance, along with how they scored on a host of indicators.
Education Funding
From Our Research Center
Nation Earns a 'C' on School Finance, Reflecting Inconsistency in K-12 Funding and Equity
The Edweek Research Center's latest analysis finds a gulf in many states between per-pupil spending and how that K-12 money goes out.
Teaching Profession
Teacher Salaries Are Increasing. See How Your State Compares
The National Education Association warns that some of the progress in teacher pay could be jeopardized by the pandemic.