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Chart of the Day: Pennsylvania Spending and Performance
Following yesterday’s post highlighting Pennsylvania’s performance on the Nation’s Report Card, a fan asked us to chart performance side-by-side with public school spending.
The chart below shows the increase in Pennsylvania public school spending (up 56%) compared with average test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (change of less than 4 percent in 4th- and 8th-grade scores in reading and math).