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  • U.S. News & World Report ranks states on education by evaluating both higher education and Pre-K–12 systems, each contributing 50% to the total score. Higher education rankings consider factors like college graduation rates, costs, and the percentage of residents with degrees, while Pre-K–12 rankings assess standardized test scores, preschool enrollment, and high school graduation rates. These metrics are weighted based on their impact on educational outcomes to determine overall rankings.
  • NAEP is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, unofficially known as the “Nation’s Report Card”, which has been overseen and administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) since 1969.