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

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

166

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
662	186	177	40	4

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
15:1	13:1	13:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
18,284	8,663	11,158	583	29

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	338,378	389,325
9-12 (CCD)	123,182	145,317
Pre-K (by state definition)	4,870	10,056

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

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.2%	0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.0	2.6
Black	12.5	13.6
Hispanic	9.7	12.4
White	75.6	71.2

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
12.1%	11.3%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
16,495	19,819

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
3,882	5,357

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
4.9%	3.5%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
72%	73%

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

For 0 to 34%, 789 schools; 35 to 49%, 66 schools; 50 to 74%, 77 schools; and 75 to 100%, 67 schools.

*70 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Above 40 on 100 point performance index (3 subjects) average over 2 years (in place 2001)

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
One standard deviation over prior year

Indicators for School Accountability
Grades 4,6 and 8 CRT scores 3 subjects
Grade 10 CRT scores 4 subjects

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Gain on performance index to level 2 (40) over 2 years.

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
396 (93.8%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	67,749
9-12	6,911
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	52	162
Asian/Pacific Islander	818	598
Black	22,801	5,850
Hispanic	21,221	5,595
White	4,485	15,220

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

$73,477,384

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

In 1996, 1 school with schoolwide programs and 536 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 85 schoolwide, 335 targeted assistance; in 1999, 90 schoolwide, 332 targeted assistance

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Assessment Reported
Connecticut Mastery Test, used since 1985; grades 4,6,8
Connecticut Academic Performance Test, used since 1995 (grade 10)
Connecticut administers the CMT in September. Fall CMT test results are considered an outcome measure for the previous school year.
The CAPT is administered in May.

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

State Definition of "Proficient", set in 1995
Reading Score Band 3, Math Score Band 4, used since 1993, high school levels set in 1994. Definitions provided in 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
Percent tested: valid test scores available; percent excluded includes exemptions due to disability status or enrollment in a bilingual or ESL program, absences, and invalid test scores

Other Assessments
None

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/LanguageArts
		Score Band 1	Score Band 2	Score Band 3
All Students		21.9%	22.3%	55.9%
Title I Schoolwide		51.6	28.5	20.0
Title I Targeted		22.3	23.4	54.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	14.2	20.0	65.7
	75-100	52.3	28.1	19.6
LEP Students		77.0	13.1	9.9
Migrant students		66.7	20.4	13.0

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade in Score Band 3

Mathematics
		Score Band 1	Score Band 2	Score Band 3	Score Band 4
All Students		8.1%	9.7%	18.1%	64.2%
Title I Schoolwide		22.8	19.6	25.4	32.2
Title I Targeted		7.9	10.1	18.6	63.5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	4.3	6.9	15.8	73.0
	75-100	22.0	20.1	25.2	32.7
LEP Students		44.0	20.6	15.2	20.1
Migrant students		42.6	16.7	25.9	14.8

Grade 8

Reading/LanguageArts
		Score Band 1	Score Band 2	Score Band 3
All Students		15.0%	17.5%	67.5%
Title I Schoolwide		39.2	29.9	30.9
Title I Targeted		13.0	16.4	70.6
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	10.0	15.3	74.8
	75-100	34.6	30.2	35.3
LEP Students		72.7	14.1	13.1
Migrant students		72.9	15.7	11.4

Mathematics
		Score Band 1	Score Band 2	Score Band 3	Score Band 4
All Students		8.4%	12.2%	20.7%	58.7%
Title I Schoolwide		26.7	26.8	24.5	22.0
Title I Targeted		7.0	10.8	21.2	61.0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	4.5	9.4	19.7	66.4
	75-100	24.2	25.7	24.7	25.4
LEP Students		55.2	17.1	8.6	19.0
Migrant students		44.3	27.1	18.6	10.0

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade in Score Band 4

For 1995-96, 51.0% of all students are in Score Band 4, 58.5% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty are in Score Band 4, and 11.2% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty are in Score Band 4. For 1996-97, 52.7% of all students are in Score Band 4, 61.0% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty are in Score Band 4, and 10.6% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty are in Score Band 4. For 1997-98, 56.7% of all students are in Score Band 4, 64.6% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty are in Score Band 4, and 14.6% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty are in Score Band 4. For 1998-99, 58.7% of all students are in Score Band 4, 66.4% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty are in Score Band 4, and 25.4% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty are in Score Band 4.

Grade 10

Reading
	Score Band 1	Score Band 2	Score Band 3	Score Band 4
All Students	7.6%	17.7%	35.5%	39.2%
Title I Schoolwide	17.3	33.7	39.5	9.5
Title I Targeted	7.1	19.0	38.6	35.2

Mathematics
	Score Band 1	Score Band 2	Score Band 3	Score Band 4
All Students	7.6%	11.9%	37.4%	43.1%
Title I Schoolwide	26.7	26.9	38.6	7.8
Title I Targeted	5.4	11.3	37.7	45.6

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	46%	42%
Basic level and above	78%	82%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	32%	34%
Basic level and above	77%	72%