How Michigan, Tennessee compare
Tennessee has made great strides on national tests in recent years, a byproduct officials say of better teacher training and blah blah blah
4th grade math, all4th grade reading, all4th grade math, poor* students
4th grade math, not poor
4th grade math, black students
4th grade math, white students
4th grade reading, poor students
4th grade reading, not poor
4th grade reading, black students
4th grade reading, white students
8th grade math, all
8th grade reading, all
8th grade math, poor students
8th grade math, not poor
8th grade math, black students
8th grade math, white students
8th grade reading, poor students
8th grade reading, not poor
8th grade reading, black students
8th grade reading, white students
Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress.
* Note: Poor are those students eligible for a free or reduced lunch.
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