<p>I’m curious to know; I’m a junior in high school right now and I’m only in Pre-Calculus for an example of my school’s curriculum.</p>
<p>I want to know, what state in the US has the average highest curriculum for both public and private schools; elementary, middle, and high schools. </p>
<p>Also, if you could have any source of reference, that’d be nice too.
Maybe one day if I have kids I could send them to a place with a high curriculum.</p>
<p>IDK, my school barely gets people through Algebra 2. It’s definitely not NC because of that reason.</p>
<p>New England, Maryland, and NJ before Christie all have good systems.</p>
<p>Evanb, you know in Family Guy: Lois Kills Stewie, there’s a short gag saying North Carolina: 1st in Flight, 48th in Education.</p>
<p>MA, NY, NJ (BC- Before Christie), MD</p>
<p>What do you mean by “highest curriculum”?</p>
<p>Maybe these will help though:</p>
<p>[ALEC</a> | Report Card on American Education: K-12 Performance, Progress, and Reform](<a href=“http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Report_Card_on_American_Education]ALEC”>http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Report_Card_on_American_Education)
<a href=“http://www.menteach.org/files/2011NEArankings.pdf[/url]”>http://www.menteach.org/files/2011NEArankings.pdf</a>
[State</a> Education Rankings: The Best And Worst For Math And Science](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>State Education Rankings: The Best And Worst For Math And Science | HuffPost Latest News)
[Best</a> and Worst States: Does Spending More on Education Work? State Rankings of Education Spending.](<a href=“http://blog.bestandworststates.com/2009/01/29/state-rankings-on-education-spending.aspx]Best”>http://blog.bestandworststates.com/2009/01/29/state-rankings-on-education-spending.aspx)
[Best</a> High Schools: State-by-State Statistics - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2009/12/09/americas-best-high-schools-state-by-state-statistics]Best”>http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2009/12/09/americas-best-high-schools-state-by-state-statistics)
[Best</a> Educated Index statistics - States Compared - StateMaster](<a href=“http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_bes_edu_ind-education-best-educated-index]Best”>http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_bes_edu_ind-education-best-educated-index)
[State</a> Profiles Home Page](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/]State”>http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/)</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it varies drastically in different areas of different states, and may change a lot by the time you have kids.
Schools with more funding usually have higher curriculums and better performance.</p>
<p>It is generally accepted that CT and Mass are the best, although the northeast is extremely solid in general.</p>
<p>Really? Once saw an article about cal having an extremely tough curriculum. Of course that was before it went bankrupt.</p>
<p>Not Nevada.</p>
<p>OP…I go to prep school and most juniors are in precalc. Plenty are higher and some are lower, but it’s not bad at all to “only” be in precalc junior year.</p>
<p>As for public school systems…those in Massachusetts and Connecticut are really good. However, I’d say no matter what state you’re in, the school district matters way more than the state.</p>
<p>Certainly not Texas…lol we either rank the worst or just about the worst in pretty much everything.</p>
<p>Yep, gold ole Rick Perry made sure of that.</p>
<p>Massachusetts is supposed to have a really good public school system. Apparently, compared to the rest of the country we do extremely well in math.</p>
<p>You guys have a great system. I think every education system, however, should be measured BTP (Before Tea Party), DTP (During Tea Party), and ATP (After Tea Party).</p>
<p>Massachusetts probably has the highest, maybe NJ
I think you can get a good gauge on “highest curriculum” by looking at NMS cutoffs</p>
<p>How does Virginia fare? I go to a VA public school, and the class selection is fairly broad as well as advanced.</p>
<p>Northern VA (Loudon and Fairfax) are top notch. The rest of the state, in the west, isn’t really that good.</p>
<p>Why not look at the PSAT scores? Highest ones equal smartest ones RIGHT?</p>
<p>PSAT scores are a good gauge, but it could vary based on who takes it, a school’s requirement, and so on and so on. My school doesn’t care, but encourage people to take it because they can either take it for free and it gives good SAT prep. SAT scores are fairly low for my school (averaging in the 1200s), but many NC schools have exceptionally high averages (NCSSM’s is ~2000-2100 and Raleigh Charter’s and Enloe’s are pretty high also)</p>