claim: massachusetts schools "are ranked no. 1 of all 50 states."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: 1 best state in education, by all these measures – new jersey no. 2. several other eastern seaboard states stand out – new hampshire, connecticut, maryland and virginia. and some midwestern and western states also rank in the top 10 in education: nebraska, iowa, utah and washington. more than half the states that ...
evidence_2: jul 31, 2017 ... to determine the top-performing school systems in america, wallethub's analysts compared the 50 states and the district of columbia across 21 key ... note: spendings ranking refers to “total current expenditures for public elementary and secondary day schools per student” (highest amount = rank 1).
evidence_3: mar 2, 2017 ... march 2, 2017 11:50 pm by nathan bindseil. u.s news and world report ranks massachusetts as the no. 1 state in the country. photo by olivia falcigno/ daily free press staff. the u.s. news and world report released their inaugural best state rankings on tuesday, naming massachusetts ...
evidence_4: “the 50 best american public elementary schools” is a ranking article, but the take away lesson from it is not whether a school was 20 or 41, 1 or 50. all 50 schools on this list ... when looking at state assessment scores, all state-administered tests were considered in a school's overall average for grades three through five.
evidence_5: jan 8, 2015 ... 1 state in public education on thursday, but the shove came from a change in the ranking criteria, not from any slide in performance. education week, the national newspaper that ranks state education systems based on statistical information, places maryland third, behind massachusetts and new jersey, ...