Saturday, June 9, 2007

What grade does your state have in this test?

STATE SCHOOL FOODS
A-
Kentucky (1)1

B+
Nevada (2), Arkansas (3), New Mexico (4), Alabama (5), California (6)

B
New Jersey (7), Arizona (8), Tennessee (8)

B-
Louisiana (10), West Virginia (11), Connecticut (12), Florida (13)

C+
Hawaii (14), Texas (15)

C
Maine (16), Mississippi (17), District of Columbia (18)

C-
Colorado (19), South Carolina (20)

D+
New York (21), Maryland (22)

D
Oklahoma (23), Virginia (24), North Carolina (25)

D-
Indiana (26), Illinois (27), Georgia (28)

F
Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming (All ranked 29)
1 The numbers in parentheses give the state’s rank as compared to the school nutrition policies in other states, with (1) being the strongest policy.

I'm not sure what year this particular report card was issued but I believe it is quite recent. The full report is really an interesting read.

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