R.I. ranks 10th in nation on state education report card with C+

RHODE ISLAND received a grade of C+ in the 2017 Quality Counts rankings  state education report card rankings from Education Week. / COURTESY EDUCATION WEEK
RHODE ISLAND received a grade of C+ in the 2017 Quality Counts rankings state education report card rankings from Education Week. / COURTESY EDUCATION WEEK

PROVIDENCE – Massachusetts ranked first with a B in the annual report card about the state of education in the United States from Education Week, while Rhode Island finished 10th, receiving a grade of C+.

While this is the third year Rhode Island received a C+ grade, it did move up three spots from last year in the 2017 Quality Counts rankings released this week from Education Week, a national newspaper covering K-12 education policy. It also is the third year Massachusetts claimed the top spot.

The newspaper ranked all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

The nation as a whole received a grade of C, or 74.2 points out of 100.

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The Ocean State had 79.4 points out of 100, compared with Massachusetts’ 86.5.

A state’s overall grade is the average of its scores on the three separate indices tracked by the report – chance for success, K-12 achievement index and school finance. Chance for success captured the role of education in a person’s life from cradle to career, while achievement index assesses the performance of a state’s public schools against 18 indicators capturing current achievement levels, improvements over time and poverty-based gaps. School finance examines educational expenditure patterns and the distribution of those funds within states.

In the three categories, Rhode Island’s best grade was B in school finance, ranking sixth, followed by a B- in chance for success, ranking 17th. The average state earned grades of C and C+ in those respective categories.

Rhode Island’s lowest category grade was C- in the achievement index, finishing 23rd and matching the average state’s grade.

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