State Report Cards

The following state-by-state narratives highlight some of the factors that contributed to state performance in the four graded sections of Quality Counts 2005 — standards and accountability , efforts to improve teacher quality , school climate , and resource equity — and to state rankings in the ungraded section on education spending.

The grades are based on the annual state policy survey conducted by the Education Week Research Center (see survey methodology ) and additional state- and district-level data (see "Sources and Notes." )

Fora more detailed look at the grading process, see "How Education Week Graded the States." The data and other information included in this report are available .