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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

Montana
http://www.metnet.state.mt.us/

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)		 461
Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High Combined Other
468 232 175 9 2
Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High
16:1 15:1 15:1
Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High Combined Other
4,757 2,093 3,278 49 49
Public school enrollment
  1989-90 1998-99
K-8
(CCD)		 109,791 108,757
9-12
(CCD)		 41,474 50,348
Pre-K
(by state definition)		 n/a 515

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

State 46.9%, Local 33.9%, Federal 10.2%, Intermediate 9.0%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
  1989-90 1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives n/a 10.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander n/a 0.8
Black n/a 0.5
Hispanic n/a 1.6
White n/a 86.9
Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91 1998-99
9.8% 10.4%
Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90 1996-97
3,877 8,846
Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94 1998-99
1,381 1,413
High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94 1997-98
n/a 4.4%
Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95 1997-98
54% 57%

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

For 0 to 34%, 553 schools; 35 to 49%, 116 schools; 50 to 74%, 62 schools; and 75 to 100%, 31 schools.

*Interpret with caution; 124 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
School accreditation process

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
50 lowest scoring schools identified deficient.

Indicators for School Accountability
None

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Average score on reading and math over 41st percentile two consecutive years

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
557 (90.0%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
  1998-99
K-8 26,914
9-12 7,087
Pre-K n/a
Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
  Schoolwide Targeted
Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives 7,379 2,326
Asian/Pacific Islander 125 100
Black 477 398
Hispanic 106 147
White 8,448 14,853
Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)		 $26,813,909

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

In 1996, 4 schools with schoolwide programs and 622 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 81 schoolwide, 539 targeted assistance; in 1999, 93 schoolwide, 526 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Multiple Assessment Tools, used since 1990
CTBS/Terra Nova, ITBS, Stanford, CAT, MAT.

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards did not meet review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient" used since 1997
Proficient: Students scoring in stanines 5-7, from 45.2 to 76.9 NCEs, or from the 42nd to the 90th percentile

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 committee decision, LEP team decision

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/Language Arts
  Novice Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced
All Students 13.3% 14.8% 56.8% 15.1%
Title I Schoolwide 22.8 18.0 48.9 10.3
Title I Targeted 12.7 15.5 57.3 14.5
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 10.2 14.1 58.1 17.6
  75-100 38.6 22.1 34.5 4.9
LEP Students        
Migrant students        

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1996-97, 72% of all students, 80.2% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 36.4% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1997-98, 71.8% of all students, 78.8% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 38.3% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1998-99, 71.9% of all students, 75.7% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 39.4% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Mathematics
  Novice Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced
All Students 13.1% 14.6% 57.2% 15.1%
Title I Schoolwide 22.6 18.8 48.8 9.7
Title I Targeted 13.0 14.8 57.8 14.4
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 10.0 13.1 61.2 15.8
  75-100 41.6 19.3 32.0 7.1
LEP Students        
Migrant students        

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
  Novice Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced
All Students 11.9% 13.8% 58.6% 15.8%
Title I Schoolwide 29.2 17.9 45.3 7.7
Title I Targeted 11.8 14.3 58.8 15.1
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 10.6 14.1 59.4 15.9
  75-100 42.2 18.7 36.3 2.8
LEP Students        
Migrant students        

 

Mathematics
  Novice Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced
All Students 14.0% 14.6% 57.3% 14.2%
Title I Schoolwide 33.0 17.4 40.0 9.5
Title I Targeted 13.0 13.3 56.8 16.8
Percent of School in Poverty        
  00-34 12.1 12.6 57.2 18.1
  75-100 46.5 19.2 30.4 3.9
LEP Students        
Migrant students        

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 71.8% of all students, 75.9% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 27.3% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1998-99, 72.5% of all students, 76.7% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 27.7% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1998-99, 71.5% of all students, 75.3% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 34.3% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade 11

Reading
  Novice Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced
All Students 12.2% 13.2% 59.4% 15.1%
Title I Schoolwide 24.7 26.5 43.0 5.8
Title I Targeted 12.3 13.6 59.9 14.2

 

Mathematics
  Novice Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced
All Students 11.3% 11.1% 56.5% 21.1%
Title I Schoolwide 33.8 22.4 34.7 9.1
Title I Targeted 11.1 11.0 57.4 20.5

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NAEP State Results
  Grade 4 Grade 8
Reading, 1998:  
Proficient level and above 37% 38%
Basic level and above 73% 83%
Math, 2000:  
Proficient level and above 25% 38%
Basic level and above 73% 81%

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Sources

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