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

North Dakota
http://www.dpi.state.nd.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)

234

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
323	37	189	4	2

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

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
3,879	942	2,761	59	137

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	84,920	76,255
9-12 (CCD)	32,896	38,001
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	671

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

State 41.4%, Local 45.5%, Federal 12.4%, Intermediate 1.1%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	6.1%	7.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7	0.7
Black	0.6	1.0
Hispanic	0.6	1.2
White	92.0	89.8

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
9.4%	10.3%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
7,187	6,340

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
1,413	781

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
2.5%	2.8%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
68%	74%

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

For 0 to 34%, 415 schools; 35 to 49%, 78 schools; 50 to 74%, 38 schools; and 75 to 100%, 23 schools.

*One school did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
School accreditation
8 process standards

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
None

Indicators for School Accountability
None

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Gain 2.0 points on composite NRT score (CTBS-5)

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
265(93.0%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	16,586
9-12	2,401
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	2,774	944
Asian/Pacific Islander	106	102
Black	245	179
Hispanic	113	249
White	4,250	10,466

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

$18,939,846

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

In 1996, 3 schools with schoolwide programs and 293 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 19 schoolwide, 264 targeted assistance; in 1999, 26 schoolwide, 259 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Version 5.

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

State Definition of "Proficient"
National percentile; there is no definition of proficient.

Exclusion from Assessment
No information provided

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
		National Percentile
All Students		68%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		National Percentile
All Students		64%
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		63%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		National Percentile
All Students		67%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 10

Reading
	National Percentile
All Students	70%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	National Percentile
All Students	74%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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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	25%	31%
Basic level and above	75%	77%