ERIC ED371662: Educational Benchmarks 1994: State-By-State Background Data.

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Educational Benchmarks 1994: State-By-State
TITLE
Background Data.
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, Ga.
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Dropout Rate; Early Childhood Education; Educational
Finance; Educational Quality; Elementary Secondary
Education; Higher Education; *Outcomes of Education;
Postsecondary Education; *Regional Characteristics;
School Readiness; *State Norms; *State Standards;
Teacher Education; Teacher Salaries
*Benchmarking; Southern Regional Education Board;
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*United States (South)
ABSTRACT
This report provides statistics on academic
states
achievement and educational outcomes for each of the 15 member
comparing them to
of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB),
report
past SREB figures and to national averages. The bulk of the
(1) number of
consists of 38 tables and charts that present data on:
(2) readiness for school;
(3)
schools, students, and teachers;
(4) dropout rates; (5) adult education; (6)
student achievement;
(8) teacher education;
(9)
(7) college attendance;
college readiness;
(MDM)
teacher salaries; and (10) educational funding.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
A. GENERAL BACKGROUND
2
schools, SREB states
Number of public elementary and secondary
A.1
3
schools, SREB states
Membership in public elementary and secondary
A.2
4
schools, SREB states
Number of teachers in public elementary and secondary
A.3
schools, SREB states
5
Pupil-teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary
A.4
schools, SREB states,
Number of teachers in public elementary and secondary
A.5
6
school years 1988 and 1994
7
B. READINESS FOR SCHOOL
pre-kindergarten children, SREB
State funded educational progams for
B.1
8
states, 1993
10
Percentage of children in poverty, SREB states
B.2
11
C. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
credits (Carnegie units)
Percentage of graduates earning indicated minimum
C.1
12
in core curriculum courses
levelsmathematics,
Percentage of grade 8 students at or above achievement
C.2
13
1990 and 1992 NAEP trial state assessment results, SREB states
achievement levelsmathematics,
Percentage of grade 8 students at or above
C.3
by selected
1990 and 1992 NAEP trial state assessment results, SREB states,
14
race/ethnic groups
achievement levelsmathematics,
Percentage of grade 4 students at or above
C.4
15
1992 NAEP trial state assessment results, SREB states
levelsmathematics,
Percentage of grade 4 students at or above achievement
C.5
selected race/
1992 NAEP trial state assessment results, SREB states, by
16
ethnic groups
levelsreading,
Percentage of grade 4 students at or above achievement
C.6
selected race/
1992 NAEP trial state assessment results, SREB state, by
17
ethnic groups in public schools
Placement courses,
Percent of public secondary schools offering Advanced
C.7
18
SREB states, 1993
high school
Number of 1993 Advanced Placement examinations per 1,000
C.8
19
juniors and seniors, SREB states
of 3 to 5,
Percentage of Advanced Placement examinations with scores
C.9
20
public schools, SREB states, 1993
21
Participation in Advanced Placement program, SREB states
C.10
23
Statewide assessment programs in SREB states, 1992-93
C.11
25
1992-93 results on national tests administered in SREB states
C.12
27
D. DROPOUT RATE
credential,
Percentage of 16- to 19-year-olds without a high school
D.1
28
SREB states
E. ADULT EDUCATION
29
E.1
Percent of population aged 25 to 34 who
are high school graduates
30
E.2
Number of General Education Development
(GED) credential issued,
SREB states
31
E.3
General Education Development (GED)
credentials issued, by age,
SREB states, 1989-92
32
E.4
State-administered adult education
program, 1989-91 enrollment,
SREB states
34
F. COLLEGE READINESS
35
F.1
Average SAT combined scores, SREB
states, 1988 and 1993
36
F.2
Average ACT composite scores, SREB
states, 1989 and 1993
37
G. COLLEGE AITENDANCE
39
G.1
1991 educational attainment, percent with 4
or more years of college,
persons aged 25 and over
40
G.2
Education attainment of the population aged 25-34
41
G.3
Percentage of persons over 25 years of
age with associates, Bachelors,
and graduate degrees, SREB states, 1990
42
II. TEACHER EDUCATION
43
H.1
Standards for teachers in the SREB
states, 1993
44
H.2
Number and percent of years teaching
experience for teachers in
public elementary and secondary schools, SREB
states, 1990-91
46
H.3
Number and percent of degree earned by teachers
in public elementary
and secondary schools, SREB states, 1990-91
47
I. SALARIES
49
1.1
Average salaries for teachers and faculty in SREB
states as a percent
of national average
50
Teacher salaries, SREB states, 1986-94
1.2
51
1.3
National rankings of SREB states adjusted for
cost-of-living, 1992-93
52
J. FUNDING
53
J.1
Elementary and secondary and higher education
as a percent of total
expenditure of state and local gwernments, SREB
states
54
J.2
HiEcner education as a percent of total expenditure
of state and local
government, SREB states
55
j.3
Elementary and secondary education
as a percent of total expenditure of
state and local government, SREB states
56
BACKGROUND
A. GENERAL
API
A.1 Pumber of
Public Elementary
And Secondary
Schools
SREB States
Number
Percent
1988-89
1991-92
Change
Change
United States
83,165
84,578
1,413
1.7 %
SREB States
26,831
26,990
159
0.6
Alabama
1,292
1,291
(1)
-0.1
Arkansas
1,094
1,098
4
0.4
Florida
2,432
2,517
85
3.5
Georgia
1,728
1,728
0
0.0
Kentucky
1,394
1,400
6
0.4
Louisiana
1,582
1,518
(64)
-4.0
Maryland
1,217
1,228
11
0.9
Mississippi
957
973
16
1.7
North Carolina
1,949
1,950
1
0.1
Oklahoma
1,832
1,817
(15)
-0.8
South Carolina
1,103
1,102
(1)
-0.1
Tennessee
1,565
1,519
(46)
-2.9
Texas
5,856
6,052
196
3.3
Virginia
1,765
1,810
45
2.5
West Virginia
1,065
987
(78)
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Source:
National Center for
Education Statistics,
Digest of Education
Statistics,
1993
(page 105, table 95).
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