Minnesota Ranks
#1 in Academic Achievement, 2007-2008
#17 on Average Salary, Instructional Staff
#22 in Expenditures per Pupil, 2006-2007
#41 in Pupil-Teacher Ratio
#42 on Average Teacher Salary as a % of Average Bachelor Degree Salary
#45 on % of Funds from Federal Sources

Student Achievement
2007 NAEP: #2 Grade 8 Mathematics; #5 Grade 4 Mathematics; #8 Grade 8 Reading; #12 Grade 4 Reading
#1 2008 ACT, among states in which a majority of students took the test
#2 average composite score, 2008 SAT (only 8% of MN students took the SAT in 2008)
#2 on % Change in SAT scores, 1998-2008

September 2004 - Report Card on American Education: A State-by-State Analysis, 1981-2003, American Legislative Exchange Council.

• December 2004 - Smart ALEC in the Classroom - An irreverent criticism of the September 2004 ALEC report, Center for Media and Democracy.