[Redmen4ever]

It’s not surprising that scores are lower when spending is higher. Spending is high because schools are run for the benefit of teachers, usually unionized and highly partisan left-wing teachers. Accordingly, the headline should be scores are lower BECAUSE OF higher spending, not IN SPITE OF higher spending.

[17th Miss Regt]

Accordingly, the headline should be scores are lower BECAUSE OF higher spending, not IN SPITE OF higher spending.

Yep. Inverse correlation.