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

Louisiana
http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps/home.asp

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)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
799	289	247	127	38

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

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
23,235	9,464	11,775	3,382	356

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	581,702	529,557
9-12 (CCD)	201,323	205,370
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	16,204

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

State 50.4%, Local 38.3%, Federal 11.3%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.4%	0.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.1	1.3
Black	44.1	47.1
Hispanic	1.0	1.3
White	53.4	49.7

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
8.3%	10.1%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
7,088	6,494

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
4,759	6,205

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	11.4%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
53%	66%

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

For 0 to 34%, 401 schools; 35 to 49%, 317 schools; 50 to 74%, 431 schools; and 75 to 100%, 348 schools.

*Three schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
10 year goal on ITBS=55th percentile
10 year goal on LEAP=All students at Basic
20 year goal on ITBS= 75th percentile
20 year goal on LEAP=All students at Proficient

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Steady growth toward 10 year goal, with growth evaluation every two years.

Indicators for School Accountability
CRT, NRT scores, attendance, dropout

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

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
711 (81.4%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	342,549
9-12	30,197
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	2,537	306
Asian/Pacific Islander	3,483	528
Black	212,204	20,481
Hispanic	3,314	737
White	109,764	46,641

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

$198,186,703

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

In 1996, 57 schools with schoolwide programs and 779 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 714 schoolwide, 153 targeted assistance; in 1999, 721 schoolwide, 152 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, used since 1989.

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
A student at this level has demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter and is well prepared for the next level of schooling.

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

Exclusion from Assessment
No information given .

Other Assessments
Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Graduation Exit Exam

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

English/Language Arts
		Unsatisfactory	Approaching Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		21%	24%	39%	15%	1%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Unsatisfactory	Approaching Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		35%	24%	32%	8%	2%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 8

English/LanguageArts
		Unsatisfactory	Approaching Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		21%	36%	31%	11%	1%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Unsatisfactory	Approaching Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		40%	21%	33%	4%	1%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 10

English/LanguageArts
	Percent Passing
All Students	85%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Percent Passing
All Students	74%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	19%	18%
Basic level and above	48%	64%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	14%	12%
Basic level and above	57%	48%