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

Illinois
http://www.isbe.state.il.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)

976

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
2,616	721	744	129	41

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
18:1	16:1	16:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
63,343	19,714	33,002	2,074	490

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	1,280,021	1,389,843
9-12 (CCD)	517,334	558,505
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	59,389

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	0.1%	0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.6	3.2
Black	21.9	21.4
Hispanic	9.3	13.9
White	66.0	61.4

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
11.5%	11.9%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
73,185	118,246

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
3,619	3,266

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	6.9%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
64%	70%

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
Early warning/Academic watch list >50 percent students above IGAP state goals (4 subjects) (in transition to new system).

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Gains to meet 50 percent in 5 years.

Indicators for School Accountability
None

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Annual gain to 90% proficient by 2007

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
1,532 (67.8%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	374,668
9-12	52,199
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	374	182
Asian/Pacific Islander	3,933	2,018
Black	187,909	23,448
Hispanic	79,144	28,585
White	65,784	52,303

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

$335,498,088

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

In 1996, 106 schools with schoolwide programs and 2,394 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 570 schoolwide, 2,140 targeted assistance; in 1999, 742 schoolwide, 1,517 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Illinois Standards Achievement Test, first use.

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

State Definition of "Proficient"
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/isat/mathperfdef.html
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/isat/readperfdef.html

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

Exclusion from Assessment
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/isat/ideanew.html

Other Assessments
2001 Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois Measure of Annual Growth in English(IMAGE)

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 3

Reading/Language Arts
		Academic Warning	Below Standards	Meets Standards	Exceeds Standards
All Students		8%	31%	44%	17%
Title I Schoolwide		18	48	29	5
Title I Targeted		5	29	48	18
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	3	22	51	25
	75-100	20	50	26	3
LEP Students
Migrant students

Student achievement trend
Reading 3rd grade meets or exceeds Standards

For 1998-99, 61% of all students, 76% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 29% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Standards.

Mathematics
		Academic Warning	Below Standards	Meets Standards	Exceeds Standards
All Students		12%	20%	47%	21%
Title I Schoolwide		26	32	36	6
Title I Targeted		8	19	52	21
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	5	13	52	31
	75-100	28	34	34	4
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/LanguageArts
		Academic Warning	Below Standards	Meets Standards	Exceeds Standards
All Students		1%	27%	54%	18%
Title I Schoolwide		2	47	45	6
Title I Targeted		1	27	55	17
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	1	19	57	23
	75-100	2	48	45	5
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Academic Warning	Below Standards	Meets Standards	Exceeds Standards
All Students		5%	52%	36%	7%
Title I Schoolwide		12	73	14	1
Title I Targeted		4	54	36	5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	2	43	45	10
	75-100	12	75	12	0
LEP Students
Migrant students

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade meets or exceeds Standards

For 1998-99, 43% of all students, 55% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 12% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Standards.

Grade 10

Reading
	Academic Warning	Below Standards	Meets Standards	Exceeds Standards
All Students	5%	25%	55%	15%
Title I Schoolwide	16	47	34	3
Title I Targeted	5	25	56	14

Mathematics
	Academic Warning	Below Standards	Meets Standards	Exceeds Standards
All Students	6%	41%	47%	5%
Title I Schoolwide	20	65	15	0
Title I Targeted	5	42	48	4

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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	22%	27%
Basic level and above	66%	68%