New Mexico has the Second HIGHEST Fund...
Land Grant Permanent Fund Values (in billions; FY 08)i
$25.38
$10.27
$2.38
$1.76
$1.14
$1.11
$0.90
$0.89
$0.73
$0.70
$0.69
$0.55
$0.44
$0.40
$0.33
$0.29
$0.18
$0.17
$0.16
$0.06
$0
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Oregon
North Dakota
Utah
Idaho
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Colorado
Montana
Nebraska
Alaska
Nevada
Mississippi
Washington
South Dakota
California
The other 30 states
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...and the Second LOWEST Scores
Fourth Graders Who Are Proficient Readers
(by NAEP test scores; 2009)ii
47%
42%
41%
40%
38%
37%
36%
35%
34%
33%
32%
31%
30%
29%
28%
27%
26%
25%
24%
22%
20%
18%
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire, Vermont
Colorado, New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania
Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island
Delaware, Kansas, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota
Indiana, Iowa
South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina
Oregon, Utah
Michigan
Arkansas, Georgia
Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
Alaska
Hawaii, West Virginia
Arizona
California, Nevada
Mississippi
New Mexico
Louisiana
i Children’s Land Alliance Supporting Schools, data collected directly from each state, 2009
ii U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress