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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Smartest kids graphic: How Michigan and Tennessee compare on NAEP

by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan
September 9, 2014

					<h1>Smartest kids graphic: How Michigan and Tennessee compare on NAEP</h1>
<p class="byline">by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan <br />September 9, 2014</p>
					
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Michigan vs Tennessee</h2>
<p class="editorsnote">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.</p>
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<p class="editorsnote">Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress.</p>
<p class="editorsnote">* Note: Poor are those students eligible for a free or reduced lunch.</p>
<p><em>Data compiled by Mike Wilkinson</em></p></p>

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