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13 October
5:46 pm

Maine's education has gone from top in the country to the bottom quintile in so many measurements of performance over the last couple of decades.

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Rick Bennett, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:46 pm
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Why we checked itA specific directional claim about Maine's relative educational performance ranking declining to the bottom quintile nationally — verifiable against standardized education data.
What we foundThe core trajectory — Maine falling from near the top to well below average — is supported by NAEP data and multiple rankings, but 'top in the country' overstates Maine's historical peak on some measures, and 'bottom quintile in so many measurements' is accurate on several but not all current metrics.
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