Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Alaska
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
179	37	72	209	0

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
18:1	17:1	18:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
3,351	1,041	1,817	1,357	0

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	81,698	94,922
9-12 (CCD)	27,582	38,382
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	2,017

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 62.2%, Local 25.6%, Federal 12.3%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	22.4%	24.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.6	5.1
Black	4.5	4.6
Hispanic	1.9	3.0
White	67.6	62.5

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
10.9%	12.2%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
11,103	34,942

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
16,732	12,203

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	4.6%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
37%	42%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program
(CCD, 1998-99)

Data not available

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Planned for 2002

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Planned for 2002

Indicators for School Accountability
Planned for 2002

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
>40 percent of students scoring proficient on CAT-5 every 2 years

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
353 (97.8%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	21,663
9-12	3,054
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	8,756	6,922
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,150	153
Black	1,241	132
Hispanic	821	146
White	3,632	2,479

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$25,556,617

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 12 schools with schoolwide programs and 238 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 94 schoolwide, 137 targeted assistance; in 1999, 80 schoolwide, 281 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
California Achievement Test, Version 5, used since 1995-1996

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance descriptor of standards met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
50% or more questions answered correctly

Definition of Title I Targeted Assistance
All students in Title I schools at tested grade are included in the assessment results.

Exclusion from Assessment
No information provided

Other Assessments
High School Graduation Qualifying Exam, Benchmark Tests

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading
		Below Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient
All Students		22.8%	39.1%	38.2%
Title I Schoolwide		43.9	38.5	17.6
Title I Targeted		25.3	40.3	34.4
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	17.2	39.9	42.9
	75-100	63.9	28.5	7.7
LEP Students		53.4	38.7	7.8
Migrant students		52.6	35.1	12.2

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 77.3% of all students meet Proficient, 82.8% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty meet Proficient, and 36.2% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet Proficient.

Mathematics
		Below Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient
All Students		20.1%	42.7%	37.1%
Title I Schoolwide		35.2	43.9	20.8
Title I Targeted		23.4	43.2	33.5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	18.1	42.1	39.8
	75-100	50.6	38.6	10.9
LEP Students		39.7	44.9	15.4
Migrant students		40.3	42.4	17.4

Grade 8

Reading
		Below Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient
All Students		22.8%	38.6%	38.5%
Title I Schoolwide		55.9	29.4	14.8
Title I Targeted		33.6	36.2	30.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	21.5	39.2	39.3
	75-100	74.3	18.5	7.2
LEP Students		63.4	31.2	5.4
Migrant students		55.2	31.0	13.9

Mathematics
		Below Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient
All Students		30.9%	41.9%	27.2%
Title I Schoolwide		55.5	31.4	13.1
Title I Targeted		36.6	39.8	23.5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	27.2	42.8	30.0
	75-100	62.4	29.2	8.4
LEP Students		58.5	33.5	7.9
Migrant students		49.1	35.7	15.1

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 69.1% of all students, 72.8% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 37.6% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade

Reading
	Below Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Below Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a