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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK

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To: Who, me? who wrote (1556)9/5/1998 4:23:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor  Read Replies (4) of 67261
 
Who Me,
Regarding Arkansas being 49th in education, well thats pretty dismal, but for a number of reasons not unexpected, however Ca in the lowest 10% IS ABSOLUTELY AWFUL, (and Ca USED to have good schools so this is how far Ca has fallen).

Now, in an effort to counter my claim that Ca has bad schools, someone (j_b) sent me this article:

Here are students' average scores on the SAT verbal and math tests, and the percentage of high school graduates in each state who took the test. The College Board says it is invalid to compare or rank states on the basis of SAT scores alone because varying numbers of students take the test in each state.
St. Verbal Math
Ala. 562 558

Alaska 521 520

Arizona 525 528

Arkansas 568 555

California 497 516
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Now, I know that Sat scores are not really indicative of the overall education level etc. but since this was used as an argument in favor of Ca schools let me use it also in favor of AK schools.

Notice Arkansas Scores higher than Ca in both Verbal and Math

Heres the whole article:
mercurycenter.com
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