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

Nevada
http://www.nde.state.nv.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)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
291	71	72	20	7

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
18:1	21:1	22:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
9,263	3,083	3,519	139	327

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	137,455	226,456
9-12 (CCD)	49,379	81,768
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	2,140

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

State 31.8%, Local 63.6%, Federal 4.6%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	2.0%	1.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.3	5.1
Black	9.2	9.8
Hispanic	9.8	21.9
White	75.6	61.4

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
7.9%	9.7%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
7,423	27,977

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
1,404	306

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
10.3%	10.1%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
38%	38%

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

For 0 to 34%, 276 schools; 35 to 49%, 53 schools; 50 to 74%, 53 schools; and 75 to 100%, 5 schools.

*Interpret with caution. 74 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
>60 percent above bottom quartile on NRT (adequate level)

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Annual improvement in rating.

Indicators for School Accountability
NRT (Terra Nova) scores, attendance, percent taking tests

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Improvement on weighted percentages at 4 levels

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
56 (57.1%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	49,815
9-12	n/a
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1,229	93
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,585	36
Black	8,687	249
Hispanic	23,495	423
White	14,219	902

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

$23,156,792

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

In 1996, no schools with schoolwide programs and 122 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 38 schoolwide, 52 targeted assistance; in 1999, 69 schoolwide, 29 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Terra Nova Form A/B, used since 1997.

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards are in development. The U.S. Department of Education extended a waiver.

State Definition of "Proficient"
>60 percent above bottom quartile on NRT. Within the state four reporting levels are used: Below Standard, Approaching Standard, Meets Standard, and Exceeds Standard.

Exclusion from Assessment
IEP and LEP students scoring below prescribed levels on the LAS pretest

Other Assessments
Nevada high school proficiency examinations in Reading, Mathematics, and Writing required for graduation 4th and 8th Grade Writing Exam.

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/Language Arts
		National Percentile
All Students		48%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		National Percentile
All Students		52%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
		National Percentile
All Students		52%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		National Percentile
All Students		49%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade

Reading

All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics

All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	21%	24%
Basic level and above	53%	69%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	16%	19%
Basic level and above	60%	58%