Last week, Education Week published Quality Counts 2012, its annual report card for the nation and individual states for education performance.   Pennsylvania ranked 7th in the nation for K-12 achievement and 13th in the nation overall when graded across the six distinct areas of policy and performance tracked by the report. The report shows that Pennsylvania received a grade at above the average state score on five of the six areas.

Source: PSBA Legislative Report, Jan. 13, 2012.