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America's Smartest Kids
Every other year, 4th and 8th graders are tested in reading and math, and some states produce far more top achievers than others. The Daily Beast ranks which states are acing, and which are failing.
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1, Massachusetts
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2, Vermont
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3, New Jersey
Cody Glenn, The Daily Journal / AP Photo
4, New Hampshire
Cheryl Senter / AP Photo
5, Minnesota
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6, Connecticut
7, Pennsylvania
Matt Rourke / AP Photo
8, Maryland
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9, Washington
Ted S. Warren / AP Photo
10, Ohio
Scott Heckel, The Repository / AP Photo
11, Colorado
12, Virginia
Michaele White / AP Photo
13, Montana
Nikki Carlson, Havre Daily News / AP Photo
14, Maine
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15, Wisconsin
Joseph W. Jackson III / AP Photo
16, Kansas
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17, Illinois
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18, Missouri
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19, New York
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20, Indiana
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21, Oregon
Don Ryan / AP Photo
22, South Dakota
Jay Pickthorn / AP Photo
23, Overseas Military Bases
24, Nebraska
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25, North Dakota
Sarah Kolberg, Grand Forks Herald / AP Photo
26, Delaware
27, Iowa
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28, Utah
Alan Murray / AP Photo
29, North Carolina
Chris Hondros, Newsmakers / Getty Images
30, Florida
31, Kentucky
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32, Idaho
33, Michigan
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34, Wyoming
Andy Carpenean / AP Photo
35, Texas
Andrew Nenque / AP Photo
36, Rhode Island
Victoria Arocho / AP Photo
37, Alaska
38, South Carolina
Mary Ann Chastain / AP Photo
39, Georgia
40, Arizona
41, California
42, Arkansas
43, Hawaii
44, Tennessee
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45, Alabama
46, Nevada
Steve Marcus, The Las Vegas Sun / AP Photo
47, Oklahoma
Sue Ogrocki / AP Photo
48, Louisiana
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49, New Mexico
Jim Thompson, Albuquerque Journal / AP Photo
50, West Virginia
Lori Wolfe / AP Photo
51, District of Columbia
