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Study: MA’s Students Among the Smartest in America

Educational data collected by FindTheBest.com shows that Bay State kids are among the smartest in the nation.

Those of us who live in Massachusetts know that we have great kids - but not everyone realizes that we have some of the smartest kids in the nation.

That’s what a new compilation of data by FindTheBest.com has found when it looked at all the educational data available from education departments across the United States, according to a story on The Huffington Post.

Researchers took scores from SATs, ACT, AP, and National Assessment of Educational Progress tests and created a map to present the data.

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After all the data was tabulated, Massachusetts’ students received a 4.92 rating. 

Students in New Hampshire led the way with a 5 rating. Students in Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Minnesota also received high ratings.

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