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

Kentucky
http://www.kde.state.ky.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
782	229	303	8	24

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
23:1	16:1	17:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
13,841	7,911	11,411	88	174

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	451,858	450,445
9-12 (CCD)	178,830	188,371
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	16,864

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

State 61.7%, Local 28.7%, Federal 9.6%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4
Black	9.4	10.4
Hispanic	0.2	0.7
White	90.0	88.4

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
10.6%	11.1%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
1,344	3,194

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
17,262	25,146

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	5.2%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
49%	57%

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

For 0 to 34%, 481 schools; 35 to 49%, 324 schools; 50 to 74%, 391 schools; and 75 to 100%, 115 schools.

*No data for 30 schools.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Score of 100 on 0-140 scale (7 content areas)

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Gain every 2 years toward 100 score by 2014.

Indicators for School Accountability
CRT scores (open response & mult. Choice), Attendance, retention, dropout rates, transition from school, NRT

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Same as statewide goal

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
257 (29.5%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	268,114
9-12	16,254
Pre-K	5,406

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	211	n/a
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,190	92
Black	33,942	1,658
Hispanic	2,012	261
White	227,002	23,081

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

$139,210,082

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

In 1996, 183 schools with schoolwide programs and 518 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 626 schoolwide, 246 targeted assistance; in 1999, 659 schoolwide, 213 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Kentucky Core Content Test, First year of use.

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

State Definition of "Proficient" used since 1999
Score of 100 and above

Definition of Title I Targeted Assistance
Only Title I students at tested grade are reported in the assessment results.

Exclusion from Assessment
Students with an alternative learning portfolio are not counted in a grade.

Other Assessments
CTBS-5 Survey Edition

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/Language Arts
		Non Perf.	Novice	Apprentice	Proficient	Distinguished
All Students		0.3%	3.4%	64.0%	31.1%	1.2%
Title I Schoolwide		0.4	4.4	68.7	25.8	0.8
Title I Targeted		0.2	1.7	60.9	35.7	1.6
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	0.2	1.2	51.6	44.6	2.4
	75-100	0.5	6.0	70.8	22.1	0.6
LEP Students		4.5	6.5	68.7	19.9	0.5
Migrant students		0.2	5.8	73.9	19.7	0.4

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 32.3% of all students, 47.0% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 22.7% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade 5

Mathematics
		Non Perf.	Novice	Apprentice	Proficient	Distinguished
All Students		0.6%	23.3%	54.7%	10.3%	11.2%
Title I Schoolwide		0.8	28.6	54.9	8.3	7.5
Title I Targeted		0.3	17.1	56.8	12.4	13.4
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	0.3	11.3	52.8	14.7	20.9
	75-100	1.1	34.1	52.9	6.7	5.2
LEP Students		2.3	25.8	52.3	6.8	12.9
Migrant students		0.8	33.2	55.8	5.5	4.8

Grade 7

Reading/LanguageArts
		Non Perf.	Novice	Apprentice	Proficient	Distinguished
All Students		0.6%	3.0%	84.0%	12.3%	0.2%
Title I Schoolwide		0.7	4.0	84.9	10.2	0.2
Title I Targeted		0.4	1.7	84.7	13.1	0.2
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	0.4	1.4	81.7	16.2	0.3
	75-100	1.1	5.5	85.3	8.0	0.2
LEP Students		0.0	7.9	88.8	3.4	0.0
Migrant students		0.4	4.9	89.5	5.2	0.0

Grade 8

Mathematics
		Non Perf.	Novice	Apprentice	Proficient	Distinguished
All Students		1.5%	29.0%	36.3%	18.9%	14.3%
Title I Schoolwide		2.0	35.7	36.3	15.9	10.2
Title I Targeted		1.0	24.0	37.5	21.7	15.8
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	0.9	18.7	34.6	23.7	22.2
	75-100	2.9	46.5	34.3	10.3	6.0
LEP Students		4.1	41.1	27.4	20.6	6.9
Migrant students		2.3	42.0	38.3	12.7	4.8

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 33.2% of all students, 45.9% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 16.3% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade 10

Reading/LanguageArts
	Non Perf.	Novice	Apprentice	Proficient	Distinguished
All Students	1.6%	15.3%	54.6%	26.7%	1.9%
Title I Schoolwide	1.6	17.4	55.8	24.0	1.1
Title I Targeted	3.3	23.8	55.0	17.2	0.7

Grade 11

Mathematics
	Non Perf.	Novice	Apprentice	Proficient	Distinguished
All Students	3.2%	23.1%	41.0%	22.2%	10.6%
Title I Schoolwide	5.0	30.6	42.5	17.2	4.8
Title I Targeted	3.7	23.1	43.8	20.8	8.6

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	29%	29%
Basic level and above	63%	74%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	17%	21%
Basic level and above	60%	63%