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<p>Here are the percentages of those scoring from 70-80 in New Jersey last year, where the cutoff was 6 points higher than in Illinois:</p>
<p>V 2.7 M 4.0 W 4.1</p>
<p>They are all lower than Illinois from last year....whats going on???? If there cutoff is so high, shoulden't a HIGHER percentage of kids be scoring in the 70-80 range?
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<p>What you are forgetting is that percentages are a useful comparison within the SAME state, when comparing between states, you also have to take into account the population (which can also be taken into account in same state comparisons as to what ranges are looked at, since if there is a large population in a state and a high cutoff, look primarily at 75-80 and ignore 70-74).</p>
<p>For 2004 (class of 2006), New Jersey had 67,344 people compared to Illinois' 51,579. For 2003 (class of 2005), NJ had 63,758 and Illinois had 51,429.</p>