Quality Counts 2011, the 15th edition of this annual report produced through the joint efforts of the Education Week newsroom and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, arrives at a time of continued fiscal anxiety and education policy ferment in the wake of what has been widely described as the "Great Recession" of 2007-09.
Concerns persist about the recovery's pace and stability even as states and school districts seek to rebuild ravaged budgets—and as they cope with an end to massive one-time federal aid to education under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic-stimulus measure passed two years ago.
The report grades the nation and states on various education criteria. For the third year in a row, Maryland is the top-ranked state, earning the nation's highest overall grade, a B-plus. To access the Quality Counts 2011
report, visit the Education Week website.
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