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

Massachusetts
http://www.doe.mass.edu/

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)

352

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
1,214	323	310	19	7

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
n/a	n/a	n/a

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	590,238	671,470
9-12 (CCD)	235,350	256,722
Pre-K (by state definition)	6,819	8,851

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

State 40.7%, Local 54.3%, Federal 5.0%

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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	3.2	4.2
Black	7.5	8.5
Hispanic	7.4	9.9
White	81.8	77.1

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
16.3%	14.3%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
40,057	44,394

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
4,436	4,525

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
3.5%	3.2%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
65%	85%

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

For 0 to 34%, 1,491 schools; 35 to 49%, 96 schools; 50 to 74%, 163 schools; and 75 to 100%, 123 schools.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Two years scores on MCAS, Decrease percentage of students at Failing level and increase percentage at Proficient or Advanced level. Rewards & sanctions

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Increase average scaled scores, dependent on baseline performance.

Indicators for School Accountability
Results of CRT (MCAS) tests.

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Same as statewide goal (progress on math, reading tests)

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
530 (56.8%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	186,340
9-12	26,265
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	541	90
Asian/Pacific Islander	14,753	1,268
Black	48,066	2,374
Hispanic	60,965	4,444
White	55,897	27,125

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

$152,061,992

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

In 1996, 84 schools with schoolwide programs and 533 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 329 schoolwide, 575 targeted assistance; in 1999, 391 schoolwide, 542 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, second year in use.

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

State Definition of "Proficient"
Students at this level demonstrate a solid understanding of challenging subject matter and solve a wide variety of problems.

Exclusion from Assessment
Spanish speaking LEP students enrolled > 3 yrs. in U.S will not be enrolled in reg ed until SY 2000-2001. Spanish speaking LEP whose reading/writing skills do not permit participation in Spanish MCAS. Non-Spanish speaking LEP students enrolled > 3 yrs. in U.S will not be enrolled in regular ed. until SY 2001-2002

Other Assessments
MCAS-ALT field tested in 2000-2001

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

English Language Arts
		Failing (Absent & Tested)	Needs Improvement	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		12%	67%	21%	0%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		43	53	3	0
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Failing (Absent & Tested)	Needs Improvement	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		19%	44%	24%	12%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		61	34	5	1
Migrant students

Grade 8

English Language Arts
		Failing (Absent)	Failing (Tested)	Needs Improvement	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		1%	12%	31%	53%	3%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		1	47	39	14	0
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Failing (Absent)	Failing (Tested)	Needs Improvement	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		1%	39%	31%	22%	6%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		0	87	8	3	1
Migrant students

Grade 10

English Language Arts
	Failing (Absent)	Failing (Tested)	Needs Improvement	Proficient	Advanced
All Students	1%	31%	34%	30%	4%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Failing (Absent)	Failing (Tested)	Needs Improvement	Proficient	Advanced
All Students	3%	50%	23%	15%	9%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	37%	36%
Basic level and above	73%	80%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	33%	33%
Basic level and above	78%	76%