Exclusive | More tax dollars for education doesn't mean better-performing students: study

WASHINGTON — Money talks, but doesn’t teach.

A stunning new study of more than 12,000 school districts across America obtained by The Post concludes there is no link between increased spending on education and student performance on a key standardized test.

In fact, researchers found a slight negative correlation between education-related salaries and student performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, also known as the Nation’s Report Card, according to the analysis conducted by Open The Books , a pro-transparency organization.

In one case study, education payrolls in Maine rose 19% between 2019 and 2023, but scores on the NAEP plummeted — with state 4th- and 8th-graders falling from 22nd in the US for reading and math in 2019 to 38th in 2024.