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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

Kansas
http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)		 304
Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High Combined Other
861 210 355 n/a n/a
Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High
15:1 15:1 14:1
Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High Combined Other
15,649 5,755 10,092 n/a n/a
Public school enrollment
  1989-90 1998-99
K-8
(CCD)		 313,588 317,903
9-12
(CCD)		 117,276 142,094
Pre-K
(by state definition)		 n/a 2,732

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

State 57.9%, Local 32.6%, Federal 5.9%, Intermediate 3.6%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
  1989-90 1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives 1.0% 1.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.4 2.1
Black 8.0 8.6
Hispanic 4.2 7.4
White 85.4 80.7
Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91 1998-99
9.2% 10.6%
Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90 1996-97
4,789 11,631
Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94 1998-99
14,482 22,718
High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94 1997-98
5.0% 4.2%
Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95 1997-98
57% 63%

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
Reading: Grades 3, 7, 10: >62%
Math: Grade 4: >60%, Grades 7, 10: >50%

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Annual gain toward goal.

Indicators for School Accountability
State Assessments and local assessments

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
4 percent gain every 2 years

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
533 (77.6%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
  1998-99
K-8 75,448
9-12 182
Pre-K n/a
Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
  Schoolwide Targeted
Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives 949 355
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,858 184
Black 13,758 1,332
Hispanic 11,475 1,471
White 27,570 16,533
Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)		 $64,751,369

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

In 1996, 26 schools with schoolwide programs and 723 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 162 schoolwide, 536 targeted assistance; in 1999, 190 schoolwide, 497 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Kansas Math/Reading Assessment, used since 1992.

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

State Definition of "Proficient" used since 1998
Proficient: Reading: Grades 3, 7, 10: >62%
Math Grade 4: >60%, Grades 7,10: >50%

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

Exclusion from Assessment
IEP and LEP status

Other Assessments
None

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 3

Reading/Language Arts
  Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Excellent
All Students 22.2% 16.7% 22.3% 38.8%
Title I Schoolwide 37.4 17.0 19.3 26.3
Title I Targeted 19.4 17.5 23.7 39.4
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 17.5 18.0 23.8 40.7
  75-100 46.8 15.8 16.5 20.9
LEP Students 49.1 12.9 12.1 9.5
Migrant students 41.4 17.1 19.9 21.6

Student achievement trend
Reading 3rd grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1996-97, 61.9% of all students, 66.8% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 38.6% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1997-98, 63.1% of all students, 69.6% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 41.9% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1998-99, 61.1% of all students, 64.5% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 37.4% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade 4

Mathematics
  Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Excellent
All Students 22.6% 22.0% 21.9% 33.5%
Title I Schoolwide 38.1 24.2 18.4 19.3
Title I Targeted 21.4 23.4 23.5 32.7
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 17.5 23.5 24.7 34.4
  75-100 48.2 23.8 14.8 13.3
LEP Students 57.8 19.0 9.1 5.6
Migrant students 43.1 26.3 16.4 14.2

Grade 7

Reading/LanguageArts
  Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Excellent
All Students 23.4% 15.9% 34.6% 26.1%
Title I Schoolwide 39.1 16.6 27.6 16.7
Title I Targeted 20.2 15.5 35.7 28.6
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 19.5 14.9 36.4 29.3
  75-100 47.7 15.7 25.1 11.5
LEP Students 60.1 15.9 9.1 3.4
Migrant students 53.8 15.6 23.7 6.9

 

Mathematics
  Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Excellent
All Students 29.5% 20.2% 41.8% 8.5%
Title I Schoolwide 48.4 19.9 27.9 3.8
Title I Targeted 26.8 20.9 44.9 7.4
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 25.1 21.3 45.6 8.0
  75-100 57.8 19.9 21.7 0.6
LEP Students 59.5 17.1 12.7 1.5
Migrant students 63.5 16.8 17.5 2.1

Student achievement trend
Math 7th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1996-97, 45.2% of all students, 48.8% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 12.2% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1997-98, 47.4% of all students, 54.7% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 13.7% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1998-99, 50.3% of all students, 53.6% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 22.3% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade 10

Reading
  Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Excellent
All Students 21.5% 19.6% 39.7% 19.2%
Title I Schoolwide        
Title I Targeted 17.6 19.9 40.5 21.9

 

Mathematics
  Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Excellent
All Students 41.9% 32.5% 21.2% 4.4%
Title I Schoolwide        
Title I Targeted 33.4 36.3 24.3 6.0

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NAEP State Results
  Grade 4 Grade 8
Reading, 1998:  
Proficient level and above 34% 35%
Basic level and above 71% 81%
Math, 2000:  
Proficient level and above 30% 34%
Basic level and above 76% 77%

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Sources

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