In the 2013 edition of Education Week’s Quality Counts report: Code of Conduct: Safety Discipline and School Climate, California ranked 36th in the nation in how it runs its schools.
As the nation scored, so scored California with an overall grade of C, which is just below the national average. California did excel in standards and performance, receiving an A in that category, but earned an F in school spending, dragging down the overall grade. The rest of the report card shows more underachieving with a C in teaching and “chance for success”, and a B – for transitioning students from one grade to another.
Education Week collaborates with the editorial projects in Education Research Center to investigate the impact of a school’s social and disciplinary environment on the students’ ability to learn, as well as on the teachers and administrators who have the responsibility to guide them.
Massachusetts, New York and Virginia typically earn the highest grades overall with Maryland taking the top spot for the fifth year in a row with the only B+ awarded. Nevada, Mississippi, South Dakota, Idaho and Alaska had the most dismal showings, with South Dakota squeaking by for its second year in a row at the bottom with a D+ overall.
