Being 5th, or even 1st, in a race among socialized school systems isn’t anything to brag about. Moroever, comparing relative rankings among school systems that are all subject to the same law is a totally useless exercise in measuring the impact of that law. If your state’s rise is attributable to the law then it must also be true that the other states’ decline relative to your state is attributable to the law? Assuming for argument’s sake that that were so, why would that be a good thing for the nation? Your argument is quite silly.