What I found about West Virginia compared to the national average is that we are consistently behind the national average in the years from 2000 to 2005. Looking at the trends it seems as if the state declined for several years before rebounding somewhat in 2007. The graph to the left shows the NAEP trends.
What I can conclude from the data is that West Virginia has one of the lowest income per capita and has the lowest number of IEP's. The graph to the right illustrates this conclusion.
The data for the NAEP chart was found on the following website: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/profile.asp
The data for the IEP vs. Income Per Capita was found on two different sites. Theincome data was found on the following website:
The IEP data was found on this site:
To create both of these graphs I used the suggested Kid's Zone website: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/
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