Quote:
Originally Posted by hcap
Education in red states is even worse.
|
Actually, that is grossly misleading.
Almost all "rankings" such as you posted utilize macro data which ignore demographics. The only way to accurately compare education results between states with greatly divergent populations is through the use of covariates, measuring educational achievement between states within the same ethnic group.
Which is to say, how do the scores of white kids in a lower-ranking state compare to those of white kids in a high-ranking state? How do the scores of Hispanic kids rank between those two states? African-American kids?
Here's an example of the "high/low ranking" fallacy. It's an old post (2009), but the principle hasn't changed.
Longhorns 17, Badgers 1
