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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.

      Updated Jul. 13, 2017 12:16PM ET / Published Jan. 21, 2011 6:00AM ET 

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      1, Massachusetts

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      2, Vermont

      Toby Talbot / AP Photo

      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

      Chris Hondros / Getty Images

      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

      Larry W. Smith / Getty Images

      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

      Joe Murphy / Getty Images

      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

      52, Mississippi

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