Quality Counts 2005: Data Table

Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality
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Note: A dash (—) indicates data were not available or, in U.S. row, that a total was not appropriate. States are ranked by number grade to the nearest decimal; ties are ranked alphabetically. G = Graded; U = Ungraded.
STATE
	Overall grade for efforts to improve teacher quality^G
Louisiana	A	93
South Carolina	A-	92
Connecticut	A-	91
Arkansas	B+	89
Kentucky	B+	89
Indiana	B+	87
Oklahoma	B	86
North Carolina	B	86
Ohio	B	85
Virginia	B	85
California	B-	82
Wisconsin	B-	82
New York	B-	81
West Virginia	B-	81
Missouri	B-	81
New Jersey	B-	81
New Mexico	B-	81
Maryland	C+	79
Tennessee	C+	78
Nebraska	C+	77
Kansas	C+	77
Pennsylvania	C	76
Alabama	C	75
Iowa	C	75
Illinois	C	75
Colorado	C	75
Florida	C	74
Massachusetts	C	74
Delaware	C	74
Georgia	C	74
Nevada	C	73
Vermont	C	73
Mississippi	C-	72
Texas	C-	72
Hawaii	C-	72
Oregon	C-	70
Rhode Island	C-	70
Washington	C-	70
Minnesota	D+	69
New Hampshire	D+	69
Montana	D+	67
Utah	D+	67
Michigan	D	66
District of Columbia	D	66
Wyoming	D	66
Maine	D	65
Idaho	D	65
South Dakota	D	63
North Dakota	D	63
Arizona	D-	62
Alaska	D-	61
U.S.	—	—

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