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Read Replies (1) | Respond to Are Wisconsin Schools Better than Those in Texas?Paul Krugman of the New York Times has shared with us the thought that low-spending Texas is as a result burdened with rotten schools: “The high school graduation rate, at just 61.3 percent, puts Texas 43rd out of 50 in state rankings.” Following suit, the Economist, once a purveyor of pretty objective information, tells us that on test score performance Wisconsin students rank 2nd in the nation, while Texas is 47th.as a shrewd blogger from Iowa, commenting under the moniker, Iowahawk , points out, the Wisconsin advantage disappears, once you look at each ethnic group’s test score performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress separately. Iowahawk is careful to point out that he is not saying students of different ethnicities have varying abilities, but he makes no bones about the fact that they come to school with differential preparation and therefore it is appropriate to look separately at how a state’s schools educates each group. Here are the results:2009 4th Grade Math 2009 8th Grade Math 2009 4th Grade Reading 2009 8th Grade Reading 2009 4th Grade Science 2009 8th Grade Science A careful econometric study of collective bargaining in education by Caroline Hoxby shows that unions drive up the costs without generating any benefits for students.
