In 2009, Iowa had an average scale score of 243. Six states had scores that were significantly higher and twenty-one states had scores that were not significantly different than Iowa’s score.
In 2011, Iowa’s average scale score is 243 and ten states have scores that are significantly higher:
- Massachusetts (253),
- New Hampshire (252),
- Minnesota (249),
- New Jersey (248),
- Maryland (247),
- Vermont (247),
- Kansas (246),
- Pennsylvania (246),
- North Dakota (245), and
- Virginia (245).
Sixteen states have scores that are not significantly different from Iowa’s: Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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