Not that I disagree with your point about Cato Institute's bias, but this mashup http://www.datamasher.org/mash-ups/spent-student-and-sat-scores http://www.data

Not that I disagree with your point about Cato Institute's bias, but this mashup http://www.datamasher.org/mash-ups/spent-student-and-sat-scores http://www.datamasher.org/mash-ups/spent-student-and-sat-sco... of SAT scores vs expenditure per pupil would suggest that more money != better education.