Which State Is Smartest?

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STATE RANK SMART RATING 2005-2006 RANK CHANGE
Vermont 1 18.57 1 0
Massachusetts 2 16.09 3 1 There are
Connecticut 3 14.46 2 -1 do here:
New Jersey 4 14.35 4 0 1. Highligh
Maine 5 10.79 5 0 F54.
Virginia 6 10.07 7 1 2. In the d
Montana 7 9.55 9 2 actual ico
Wisconsin 8 9.04 8 0 the data b
Iowa 9 8.82 14 5 rank. Mak
Pennsylvania 10 8.69 11 1 highlighte
Nebraska 11 6.4 12 1 you will m
New Hampshire 12 5.9 15 3 chart.
Minnesota 13 5.33 6 -7
Rhode Island 14 4.31 16 2 3. Find the
Kansas 15 4.27 13 -2 the bottom
New York 16 3.66 10 -6
South Dakota 17 3.25 18 1
Maryland 18 2.27 19 1
Wyoming 19 1.35 17 -2
Idaho 20 1.29 28 8
North Dakota 21 0.95 20 -1
Missouri 22 0.94 21 -1 This inform
North Carolina 23 0.84 22 -1 published in
Indiana 24 0.06 26 2 Wednesday
Texas 25 -0.11 24 -1 reference is
South Carolina 26 -1.19 29 3 http://www.
Colorado 27 -1.32 23 -4 s.htm
Delaware 28 -2.47 25 -3
Florida 29 -2.9 36 7
Tennessee 30 -3.01 41 11
Kentucky 31 -3.24 35 4
Arkansas 32 -3.44 37 5
Washington 33 -3.85 30 -3
Ohio 34 -4 31 -3
Illinois 35 -4.32 32 -3
Oklahoma 36 -5.81 39 3
West Virginia 37 -5.82 34 -3
Utah 38 -6.3 33 -5
Michigan 39 -6.43 27 -12
Oregon 40 -6.87 38 -2
Georgia 41 -6.92 40 -1
Hawaii 42 -9.31 42 0
New Mexico 43 -10.6 48 5
Louisiana 44 -10.95 45 1
Alabama 45 -11 43 -2
Alaska 46 -11.91 44 -2
California 47 -13.1 46 -1
Mississippi 48 -14.78 49 1
Nevada 49 -15.81 47 -2
Arizona 50 -17.61 50 0
25.5 -0.4364 25.5 0
 There are only three things to
do here:
1. Highlight from B4 down to
F54.
2. In the data tab, click on the
actual icon that says Sort. Sort
the data by Column C, the
rank. Make sure you have
highlighted all of the columns or
you will mess up the whole
chart.

3. Find the AVERAGE score on

the bottom of the chart..

This information is all true. It was

published in the Arizona Republic on
Wednesday, October 18, 2006. The
reference is:
http://www.morganquitno.com/edpres
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