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If you search Google for “State SAT ranking”, you find some guy did a chart for 1999. He felt compelled recently to add a comment that people are idiots for using his chart in these arguments (the Wisconsin teachers used this same argument).

In fact, Virginia does very well in the ACT test, and well in the SAT test. I can’t speak for other states.

Half the students taking the test in Texas no habla ingles.

Are results broken down by race?

Union teachers can't compete with HOME SCHOOLERS.
Read A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling

Reports

Click here or on graph for Excel Workbook.
Note that Baseline is at 19.5, not zero (0).

1997 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 1,926 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.5. [959,301 students took the test in all, averaging 21.0.] [0.20% homeschoolers]
1998 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 2,610 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.8. [995,039 students took the test in all, averaging 21.0.] [0.26% homeschoolers]
1999 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 3,257 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.7. [1,019,053 students took the test in all, averaging 21.0.] [0.32% homeschoolers]
2000 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 4,593 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.8. [1,065,138 students took the test in all, averaging 21.0.] [0.43% homeschoolers]
2001 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 5,379 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.7. [1,069,772 students took the test in all, averaging 21.0.] [0.50% homeschoolers]
2002 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 6,185 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.5. [1,116,082 students took the test in all, averaging 20.8.] [0.55% homeschoolers]
2003 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 7,225 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.5. [1,175,059 students took the test in all, averaging 20.8.] [0.61% homeschoolers]
2004 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! 7,858 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.6. [1,171,460 students took the test in all, averaging 20.9.] [0.67% homeschoolers]
2005 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2005, 8,075 homeschoolers average composite score (from bottom of page) was 22.5. [1,186,251 students took the test in all, averaging 20.9.] [0.68% homeschoolers]
2006 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2006, 9,117 homeschoolers average composite score was 22.4. [1,206,455 students took the test in all, averaging 21.1.] [0.76% homeschoolers].
2007 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2007, 10,072 students who list themselves as homeschooled took the test, and their average composite score was 22.3. [1,300,599 students took the test in all, averaging 21.2.] [0.77% homeschoolers].
2008 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2008, 11,195 students who list themselves as homeschooled took the test, and their average composite score was 22.4. [1,420,000 students took the test in all, averaging 21.1.] [0.78% homeschoolers].
2009 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2009, 11,535 students who list themselves as homeschooled took the test, and their average composite score was 22.5. [1,480,469 students took the test in all, averaging 21.1.] [0.78% homeschoolers].
2010 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2010, 12,230 students who list themselves as homeschooled took the test, and their average composite score was 22.6. [1,568,835 students took the test in all, averaging 21.0.] [0.78% homeschoolers].
2011 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2011, 12,731 students who list themselves as homeschooled took the test, and their average composite score was 22.6. [1,623,112 students took the test in all, averaging 21.1.] [0.78% homeschoolers].
2012 ACT High School Profile Report
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2012, 13,647 students who list themselves as homeschooled took the test, and their average composite score was 22.6. [1,666,017 students took the test in all, averaging 21.1.] [0.82% homeschoolers].

I again caution you that the designation that someone is home-schooled is self-reported, and that we have no way of knowing how long they have been home-schooled. There may be many students who home-school until they get to high school, and these would not be included. Similarly, students who list themselves as home-schooled may have been so for only a year, and these would be included.

I thought the union teachers believed that teaching to the test was a bad thing.

Now it’s a good thing?

LOL idiots.

If anyone wants to be added to the Michigan Cap Con ping list, let me know.

I can tell you in our town we have the public school AND The Catholic School (grades K-8th)

The Catholic School grades blow away the Public School Grades and then when the Catholic School Kids go to the High School then end up finishing in the top academic rankings and have taking the Valedictorian and The Salutatorian spots for over 30 years running.

And here is the kicker. Of course the Catholic School is non-union BUT the Public School spends on average almost 10K a year per student(way more if you include building costs), while the catholic school spends a little more than half that (about $5,400) YET every classroom has a computer per student AND its all networked to the teacher's Smartboard. But the Public High School has only a single computer lab with about 30 computers, and (this is the part I love the most /sarc) Public High School students are banned from bringing their own laptops to school because its not fair to those that don't have them.