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

New York
http://www.nysed.gov/

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)

705

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
2,459	712	764	138	151

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
16:1	15:1	16:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
90,756	36,057	48,528	5,485	7,516

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	1,790,143	1,907,253
9-12 (CCD)	775,698	773,715
Pre-K (by state definition)	28,172	38,180

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

State 39.7%, Local 54.4%, Federal 5.4%, Intermediate 0.4%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.3%	0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.9	5.6
Black	20.5	20.4
Hispanic	13.2	18.1
White	62.1	55.6

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
10.6%	12.1%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
158,007	220,840

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
9,065	11,976

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
4.1%	n/a

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
70%	84%

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

For 0 to 34%, 2,541 schools; 35 to 49%, 412 schools; 50 to 74%, 538 schools; and 75 to 100%, 733 schools.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
90 percent of students at or above level 2 on E/LA, Math at grade 4,8:90 percent meet graduation test requirements

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Improve percent students moving from level 1 to 2 and level 2 to 3: Reduce specified percent gap toward 90 percent target, based on 2 years scores

Indicators for School Accountability
CRT, attendance, suspension, high school dropout < 5 percent

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

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
208(8.0%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	537,099
9-12	30,193
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	2,146	925
Asian/Pacific Islander	21,083	16,252
Black	160,577	66,600
Hispanic	157,346	78,807
White	82,975	102,343

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

$705,011,874

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

In 1996, 215 schools with schoolwide programs and 3,387 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 380 schoolwide, 2,732 targeted assistance; in 1999, 571 schoolwide, 2,030 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Preliminary Competency Test, First year of use.

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

State Definition of "Proficient"
Not available

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

Exclusion from Assessment
LEP students are tested using alternate assessments

Other Assessments
No information provided

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/Language Arts
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students		11.8%	41.3%	42.0%	4.9%
Title I Schoolwide		24.1	50.3	24.0	1.6
Title I Targeted		9.9	41.6	43.7	4.8
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	3.6	33.0	55.8	7.6
	75-100	25.8	51.5	21.5	1.1
LEP Students		47.5	49.1	3.3	0.1
Migrant students		18.4	62.1	18.4	1.0

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Level 3

For 1998-99, 46.9% of all students, 63.4% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 22.6% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Level 3.

Mathematics
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students		9.8%	23.3%	42.6%	24.3%
Title I Schoolwide		20.9	34.4	35.4	9.3
Title I Targeted		7.9	22.3	44.8	25.0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	2.6	14.9	47.0	35.4
	75-100	22.8	35.6	33.7	7.9
LEP Students		44.7	34.6	17.4	3.2
Migrant students		15.0	36.3	40.6	8.1

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students		9.8%	43.2%	38.6%	8.4%
Title I Schoolwide		22.0	54.1	21.0	2.9
Title I Targeted		9.6	44.6	38.3	7.4
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	4.2	37.3	47.4	11.1
	75-100	23.0	54.6	20.0	2.4
LEP Students		43.8	54.1	1.9	0.2
Migrant students		22.5	59.2	18.3	0.0

Mathematics
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students		29.1%	33.0%	30.7%	7.2%
Title I Schoolwide		56.8	28.8	13.0	1.4
Title I Targeted		28.1	34.8	30.8	6.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	15.5	34.3	39.9	10.2
	75-100	57.3	29.0	12.5	1.2
LEP Students		74.1	18.6	6.4	1.0
Migrant students		56.2	31.5	9.6	2.7

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade meets or exceeds Level 3

For 1998-99, 37.9% of all students, 50.1% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 13.7% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Level 3.

Grade 11

Reading/Language Arts
	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide	4.3%	17.1%	61.6%	17.1%
Title I Targeted	5.0	18.6	58.7	19.8

Mathematics
	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Above Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide	5.3%	24.3%	53.4%	17.0%
Title I Targeted	4.9	19.3	42.9	33.0

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	29%	34%
Basic level and above	62%	78%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	22%	26%
Basic level and above	67%	68%