Smartest kids graphic: How Michigan and Tennessee compare on NAEP
Michigan vs Tennessee
Michigan and Tennessee are on vastly different trajectories. A series of reforms has produced huge gains for the previously struggling Volunteer State, while scores for Michigan students have remained relatively flat. Tennessee has zoomed past Michigan in the 4th-grade NAEP exam, and is neck-and-neck in 8th-grade results.
4th grade math | 8th grade math |
|---|---|
| All students | All students |
| Poor* students | Poor students |
| Not poor | Not poor |
| Black students | Black students |
| White students | White students |
4th grade reading | 8th grade reading |
| All students | All students |
| Poor* students | Poor students |
| Not poor | Not poor |
| Black students | Black students |
| White students | White students |
Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress.
* Note: Poor are those students eligible for a free or reduced lunch.
Data compiled by Mike Wilkinson
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