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

Vermont
http://education.vermont.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)

287

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
262	26	48	21	1

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
13.1	13:1	12:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
4,199	764	2,643	542	8

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	69,103	70,881
9-12 (CCD)	25,676	31,522
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	2,325

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

State 29.4%, Local 65.4%, Federal 5.2%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.5%	0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.5	1.0
Black	0.4	0.9
Hispanic	0.2	0.4
White	98.4	97.1

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
11.4%	11.9%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
8,519	7,773

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
1,403	1,158

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
384	750

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
51%	54%

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

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

*Interpret with caution. 132 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Transitional--Schools with fewer than 60% students meeting standard on basic skills & 50% meeting standard on analytical skills on a majority of indicators were identified for technical assistance.

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
The final system, under development in 1998-99, will set a long range goal and interim growth targets

Indicators for School Accountability
Reporting areas from student assessments were used in 1998-99.

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

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
185 (87.3%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	14,621
9-12	1,124
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	n/a
Asian/Pacific Islander	n/a	136
Black	94	105
Hispanic	127	284
White	68	48

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

$18,888,810

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

In 1996, no schools with schoolwide programs and 299 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 22 schoolwide, 198 targeted assistance; in 1999, 58 schoolwide, 154 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
New Standards Reference Exam.

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient" used since 1996-97
Please note scores are disaggregated by content area only, levels are set in partnership between VT and test publisher.

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 information provided.

Other Assessments
VT Devel. Reading Assess. Gr. 2; Vermont Science Assess. Grade 6; Writing Portfolio Assess. Gr. 5 & 8

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

English/Language Arts - Reading, All Students
	Achieved Standard
Reading Basic	86%
Reading Analysis & Interpretation	68

Mathematics - All Students
	Achieved Standard
Concepts	38%
Skills	67
Problem Solving	35

Grade 8

English/Language Arts - Reading, All Students
	Achieved Standard
Basic Understanding	62%
Analysis & Interpretation	32

Mathematics - All Students
	Achieved Standard
Concepts	30%
Skills	67
Problem Solving	42

Grade 10

English/Language Arts - Reading, All Students
	Achieved Standard
Basic Understanding	46%
Analysis & Interpretation	44

Mathematics - All Students
	Achieved Standard
Concepts	33%
Skills	53
Problem Solving	27

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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	30%	32%
Basic level and above	74%	75%