What would it look like if someone put up the NAEP tests scores right beside a ranking of states by poverty?
NAEP (best to worst) ------------------ Poverty (least to greatest)
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire
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Massachusetts
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Vermont
Indiana
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==Minnesota
Vermont
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=Hawaii
Colorado
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=Delaware
New Jersey
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Utah
- Washington=
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==Virginia
North Dakota
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=Connecticut
Ohio
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=Nebraska
Wyoming
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=Maryland
Iowa
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Kansas =
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Maine
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Virginia =
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Washington
Wisconsin
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Wisconsin
- Maryland=
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- Hawaii=
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Wyoming
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- North Carolina
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=Florida
Connecticut
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==North Dakota
Montana
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=Pennsylvania
Nebraska
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=Iowa
Pennsylvania
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=Colorado
Utah
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=Illinois
Rhode Island
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=Missouri
Delaware
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=South Dakota
Kentucky
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Michigan
Texas
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==Oregon
Florida
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=Rhode Island
South Dakota
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Ohio
Tennessee
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==Kansas
Oregon
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=Indiana
Idaho
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==Maine
New York
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==North Carolina
Arizona
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=California
Georgia
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=Montana
Arkansas
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=Georgia
Illinois
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==New York
Missouri
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=Kentucky
Michigan
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=Tennessee
Alaska
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South Carolina
Oklahoma
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Arizona
West Virginia
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=West Virginia
South Carolina
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Oklahoma
Nevada
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==Arkansas
California
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Texas
New Mexico
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=Alabama
Alabama
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=New Mexico
DC
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==Louisiana
Louisiana
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Mississippi
Mississippi
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DC