Report Cards Addendum, Sorted by Final Percentage Score
It has been suggested that we include the table of state science standards rankings sorted by Final Score (Percentage), which is now available below the fold. Please leave comments under the original post, “Report Cards are In”.
| RANK | STATE | SCORE(%) | LETTER GRADE | EVOLUTION SCORE/3 |
| 1 | California | 97 | A | 3 |
| 2 | Virginia | 96 | A | 3 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 94 | A | 3 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 93 | A | 3 |
| 5 | Indiana | 91 | A | 3 |
| 6 | New York | 88 | A | 3 |
| 7 | New Mexico | 86 | A | 3 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 83 | B | 3 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 79 | B | 1 |
| 10 | New Jersey | 77 | B | 3 |
| 11 | Colorado | 76 | B | 1 |
| 12 | Georgia | 75 | B | 3 |
| 13 | Louisiana | 74 | B | 2 |
| 14 | Ohio | 74 | B | 3 |
| 15 | Arizona | 72 | B | 2 |
| 16 | Maryland | 72 | B | 3 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 71 | B | 2 |
| 18 | Illinois | 70 | B | 3 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 70 | B | 1 |
| 20 | Delaware | 68 | C | 3 |
| 21 | Missouri | 66 | C | 3 |
| 22 | Kansas | 65 | F* | 3* |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | 65 | C | 3 |
| 24 | Washington | 65 | C | 3 |
| 25 | District of Columbia | 63 | C | 2 |
| 26 | Utah | 62 | C | 2 |
| 27 | Vermont | 60 | C | 3 |
| 28 | Connecticut | 59 | C | 0 |
| 29 | Rhode Island | 58 | C | 3 |
| 30 | South Dakota | 52 | D | 1 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 51 | D | 1 |
| 32 | Maine | 51 | D | 0 |
| 33 | Nevada | 51 | D | 2 |
| 34 | Oklahoma | 50 | F | 0 |
| 35 | Florida | 48 | F | 0 |
| 36 | Michigan | 48 | D | 3 |
| 37 | North Dakota | 48 | D | 1 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 47 | F | 0 |
| 39 | Arkansas | 45 | D | 0 |
| 40 | Alabama | 42 | F | 0 |
| 41 | Oregon | 40 | F | 2 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 39 | F | 1 |
| 43 | Montana | 39 | F | 0 |
| 44 | Nebraska | 38 | F | 1 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 37 | F | 1 |
| 46 | New Hampshire | 36 | F | 0 |
| 47 | Idaho | 34 | F | 0 |
| 48 | Texas | 34 | F | 1 |
| 49 | Wisconsin | 29 | F | 0 |
| 50 | Alaska | 19 | F | 0 |