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

Colorado
http://www.cde.state.co.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)

176

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
902	271	302	32	32

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

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
19,286	8,232	10,656	493	412

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	407,525	487,684
9-12 (CCD)	155,230	197,136
Pre-K (by state definition)	3,366	13,068

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

State 43.4%, Local 51.3%, Federal 5.1%, Intermediate 0.2%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.9%	1.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.2	2.7
Black	5.1	5.6
Hispanic	16.1	19.9
White	75.6	70.6

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
8.8%	9.1%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
15,011	24,675

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
8,896	20,259

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	5.8%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
52%	53%

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

For 0 to 34%, 1,155 schools; 35 to 49%, 192 schools; 50 to 74%, 153 schools; and 75 to 100%, 39 schools.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Accreditation: Letter grades based on all test scores
Rewards & sanctions after 2 years.

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
No information available

Indicators for School Accountability
Test scores, graduation, attendance, dropout, expelled, suspended, percent not tested.

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Target for Schools
Reduce difference between base index and 100 by 10 % annually (Read, math, writing)

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
280 (46.9%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	85,188
9-12	483
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1,506	379
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,109	402
Black	4,591	2,615
Hispanic	26,729	11,631
White	28,005	13,221

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

$76,109,069

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

In 1996, 14 schools with schoolwide programs and 582 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 106 schoolwide, 479 targeted assistance; in 1999, 146 schoolwide, 451 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Colorado Student Assessment Program, used since 1996-97 (writing only for this year)

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Descriptors for performance standards met review criteria of the U.S Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Definition provided, see Appendix A

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
A variety of assessments are used for math until state assessment is in place.

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Writing
		In Progress	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced	Not Tested
All Students		15.9%	43.9%	31.2%	3.0%	6.0%
Title I Schoolwide		26.5	45.8	18.4	1.2	8.1
Title I Targeted		19.1	45.7	26.3	2.0	6.8
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		In Progress	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced	Not Tested
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 7

Writing
		In Progress	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced	Not Tested
All Students		2.1%	49.4%	40.2%	0.6%	7.8%
Title I Schoolwide		4.3	64.2	21.2	0.1	10.2
Title I Targeted		3.7	57.1	26.5	0.2	12.5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		In Progress	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced	Not Tested
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade

Reading
	In Progress	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced	Not Tested
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	In Progress	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced	Not Tested
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	34%	30%
Basic level and above	69%	76%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a