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

Nebraska
http://www.nde.state.ne.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)

644

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
906	107	306	9	5

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
15:1	14:1	14:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
10,093	3,037	6,935	66	57

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	194,227	195,159
9-12 (CCD)	76,693	91,386
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	4,595

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

State 33.1%, Local 59.5%, Federal 6.7%, Intermediate 0.7%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1.1%	1.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.0	1.5
Black	5.3	6.5
Hispanic	2.3	3.0
White	90.3	87.5

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
10.7%	12.1%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
950	6,252

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
6,806	11,617

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
4.5%	4.4%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
60%	64%

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

For 0 to 34%, 1,087 schools; 35 to 49%, 139 schools; 50 to 74%, 70 schools; and 75 to 100%, 13 schools.

*24 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Public reporting, Accreditation

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
None.

Indicators for School Accountability
None

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Meet annual progress goals for each school to attain 100% proficient in 10 years

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
292 (58.9%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	41,506
9-12	1,361
Pre-K	924

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1,657	357
Asian/Pacific Islander	452	95
Black	6,142	542
Hispanic	4,807	1,431
White	14,469	12,403

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

$36,867,608

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

In 1996, 4 schools with schoolwide programs and 570 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 70 schoolwide, 424 targeted assistance; in 1999, 83 schoolwide, 413 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Multiple Assessment Tools. Scores reported by elementary, middle, and high levels rather than by grade.

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

State Definition of "Proficient"
Four Levels of Proficiency were defined: State standards were established for the NRT. Each district submitted standard points for the CRT which were reviewed by the SEA. Standard Criteria for the combined NRT and CRT points determine the level of performance. The pre-emerging and emerging levels represent the level of partially proficient as defined in the law.

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

Exclusion from Assessment
No statewide testing, only Title I

Other Assessments
Locally determined

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grades 3-5 Title I Students

Reading/Language Arts
		Preemerging	Emerging	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		25.7%	29.3%	22.5%	22.5%
Title I Targeted		12.5	27.7	29.5	30.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	10.7	26.4	30.1	32.7
	75-100	30.8	29.5	18.9	20.7
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Preemerging	Emerging	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		21.3%	27.5%	23.7%	27.5%
Title I Targeted		12.2	25.6	27.6	34.6
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	9.7	24.3	28.8	37.2
	75-100	23.6	27.5	20.1	28.8
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grades 6-9 Title I Students

Reading/Language Arts
		Preemerging	Emerging	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		27.6%	30.8%	24.0%	17.5%
Title I Targeted		10.9	26.6	31.8	30.7
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	10.2	26.0	32.1	31.8
	75-100	35.9	31.4	19.8	12.9
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Preemerging	Emerging	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		24.8%	29.0%	22.7%	23.5%
Title I Targeted		10.4	23.1	28.2	38.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	9.7	22.6	28.5	39.2
	75-100	30.6	31.2	18.3	19.8
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 10-12 Title I Students

Reading
	Preemerging	Emerging	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide	19.8%	27.1%	32.4%	20.6%
Title I Targeted	12.0	25.1	32.2	30.6

Mathematics
	Preemerging	Emerging	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide	17.4	23.5	28.3	30.8
Title I Targeted	8.9	22.2	29.1	39.9

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	24%	31%
Basic level and above	67%	74%