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Quality Counts

Quality Counts is Education Week’s annual report card grading the nation and the states on their performance in K-12 education.

Since 1997, Quality Counts has provided the critical indicators that educators, policymakers, and the general public need to evaluate strengths and weaknesses in the education systems that serve our nation’s students.

Beginning in 2018, the report card has been published in three annual installments based on exclusive data from the EdWeek Research Center.

  • The January installment features grades on the Chance-for-Success Index.
  • In June, the report card examines state-by-state results in school finance.
  • The September publication focuses on the K-12 Achievement Index and provides overall grades.

We won’t be publishing Quality Counts in 2022 due to the pandemic’s impact on data collection for the federal databases on which the grading relies.

Please check back for information on future reports. You can also access our archive of previous reports below.

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A student passes through security at the beginning of the school day at Christian Fenger High School in Chicago.
A student passes through security at the beginning of the school day at Christian Fenger High School in Chicago.
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In March 2024, Education Week announced the end of the Quality Counts report after 25 years of serving as a comprehensive K-12 education scorecard. In response to new challenges and a shifting landscape, we are refocusing our efforts on research and analysis to better serve the K-12 community. For more information, please go here for the full context or learn more about the EdWeek Research Center.