School Accountability and Youth Obesity: Can Physical Education Mandates Make a Difference?

Table 1

Accountability measures by state, 2003.

State	Quality Counts index (0–3)	Carnoy-Loeb index (0–5)
Alabama	2	5
Alaska	1	3
Arizona	2	4
Arkansas	3	4
California	2	4
Colorado	1	2
Connecticut	1	2
Delaware	1	2
District of Columbia	0	0
Florida	3	5
Georgia	3	5
Hawaii	2	4
Idaho	1	1
Illinois	2	4
Indiana	3	5
Iowa	0	0
Kansas	1	2
Kentucky	3	4
Louisiana	3	5
Maine	0	1
Maryland	3	5
Massachusetts	2	5
Michigan	2	4
Minnesota	0	2
Mississippi	3	5
Missouri	2	4
Montana	0	1
Nebraska	1	2
Nevada	2	5
New Hampshire	0	1
New Jersey	0	2
New Mexico	3	5
New York	2	5
North Carolina	3	5
North Dakota	0	1
Ohio	2	5
Oklahoma	3	4
Oregon	0	1
Pennsylvania	1	2
Rhode Island	1	2
South Carolina	3	5
South Dakota	0	1
Tennessee	3	5
Texas	2	5
Utah	0	1
Vermont	2	4
Virginia	1	3
Washington	1	2
West Virginia	2	4
Wisconsin	1	2
Wyoming	0	1