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title: How did Colorado fair on education spending report?
description: "NEWS:Ed Week: State earns mixed results when it comes to equity, overall spending"
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# [How did Colorado fair on education spending report?](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/how-did-colorado-fair-on-education-spending-report)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 06/08/18

A recent report from Education Week, *Quality Counts,* grades all 50 states in two key categories of school finance: overall spending on K-12 and equity, or just how fairly and evenly that money is distributed throughout a particular state.

Colorado earned mixed results, with higher-than-average scores for equity but fell well below the national average when it comes to overall spending.

[Read the full report here.](https://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/quality-counts-2018-state-finance/state-grades-on-school-finance-map-and.html) 

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