Technical Report 25: Where's Waldo? A Third Search for Students with Disabilities in State Accountability Reports

Appendix A

List of Documents Reviewed

*Alabama State Department of Education. (Undated). State of Alabama state superintendent’s report card FY 1997-98 for Oxford City school system. AL: Author.

*Alabama State Department of Education. (Oct. 15, 1999). State report card. Available at: http://alsde.edu/

Alaska Department of Education. (1998, April). Report card to the public: A summary of statistics from Alaska’s public schools. Anchorage, AK: Author. (E, Exc, St)

*Arizona Department of Education. (June 17, 1999). School report card for A Avenue Elementary School, Douglas Unified District (On-line). Available at: http://www.ade.state.az.us

*Arkansas Department of Education. (Nov. 24, 1999). Annual school district report card: Acorn School district in Polk county. Available at: http://asis.org/reportcard/search_page2.cgi?lea=57-01

*Arkansas Department of Education. (Nov. 24, 1999). Historical view for years 1993 to 1997, Acorn School district in Polk county (On-line). Available at:

www.as-is.org/reportcard/search=page1.cgi?lea=57-01

*California Department of Education, Office of Policy & Evaluation. (Undated). California high school performance report, 1996-1997. CA: Author.

*California Department of Education, Office of Policy & Evaluation. (Undated). Explanatory notes: California high school performance report, 1996-1997. CA: Author.

*California Department of Education. (July 19, 1999). Statewide 1997-98 STAR test results – national percentile ranking (On-line). Available at: http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/star/starstate.asp?ReportName=4&FYR=

*California Department of Education. (July 7, 1999). California district profile, Alameda City Unified, 1997-1998. Available at: http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/fiscal/DistrictProfile.asp?CountyCode2=01&

California Department of Education. (Nov. 29, 1999). California public school profiles, Bay Farm Elementary. Available at: www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/dev/School.asp (St)

*Colorado Department of Education. (1999, Mar.). The road to high achievement: Standards, assessment and accountability. CO: Author.

*Connecticut State Board of Education. (1998, Nov.). Connecticut Academic Performance Test: Grade 10 statewide test results, spring 1998 administration. CT: Author.

*Connecticut State Department of Education. (1999, Jan.). Connecticut Mastery Test statewide test results school year: 1998-1999, grade 4. CT: Author.

*Connecticut State Department of Education. (1999, Jan.). Connecticut Mastery Test statewide test results school year: 1998-1999, grade 6. CT: Author.

*Connecticut State Department of Education. (1999, Jan.). Connecticut Mastery Test statewide test results school year: 1998-1999, grade 8. CT: Author.

Connecticut State Department of Education. (1999, Feb.) Special education in Connecticut, 1997-1998. CT: Author. (E, Ex, P, St, T)

Connecticut State Department of Education. (March 15, 1999). Special education profiles school year data, 1997-1998, West Hartford district. Available at: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/ssp.htm (E, Ex, Exc, T)

Connecticut State Department of Education. (March 15, 1999). Strategic school profiles, 1997-1998, Andover elementary school. Available at: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/ssp.htm (E)

Delaware Department of Education. (June 28, 1999). Delaware education at a glance, 1997-1998. Available at: www.doe.state.de.us/reporting/glance/1998/glance98.htm (E, T)

Delaware Department of Education. (June 28, 1999). Delaware school profiles: Educational statistics for Brandywine school district, summary 1997-1998. Available at: www.doe.state.de.us/reporting/glance/1998/glance98.htm (E)

Delaware Department of Education, Assessment and Accountability Branch. (1999, Jan.). Delaware Student Testing Program: State summary report 1998 administration. Dover, DE: Author. (Exc, P, T)

District of Columbia Public Schools. (1996, Dec.). A five year statistical glance at D.C. public schools: School years 1991-92 through 1995-96. DC: Author. (E)

Florida Department of Education. (1998, Nov.). Florida district indicators report: Elementary schools, middle schools, & high schools, 1997-1998. Tallahassee: Author. (E)

Florida Department of Education (June 17, 1998). Florida school indicators report: Elementary schools, middle schools, & high schools, 1997-1998. Available at: http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00068/doestart.html (E)

*Florida Department of Education (1998, Nov.). School advisory council report, 1997-1998, middle school sample report. Tallahassee, FL: Author.

*Florida Department of Education. (1998). 1997-1998 School public accountability report: Neptune Middle School, Osceola School District. Tallahassee, FL: Author.

*Florida Department of Education. (1998). 1997-1998 School public accountability report: Pleasant Hill Elementary School. Tallahassee, FL: Author.

*Florida Department of Education. (1998). 1997-1998 School public accountability report: St. Cloud high school, Osceola School District. Tallahassee, FL: Author.

Georgia Department of Education (1999). 1997-1998 Georgia public education report card state summary. Available at: http://www/168.31.216.185/RCP/GaPage1.gif (E)

*Georgia Department of Education (1999). Georgia statewide student assessment program, 1998-1999 test coordinator’s handbook. Atlanta: Author.

Hawaii Department of Education. (1999, Mar.). The superintendent’s eighth annual report on school performance and improvement in Hawaii. Honolulu: Author. (E)

Hawaii Department of Education. (1998). School status and improvement report, Jarrett middle school. Honolulu: Author. (E, St, SR)

Hawaii Department of Education. (1998). School status and improvement report, Kane‘ohe elementary school. Honolulu: Author. (E, St, SR)

Hawaii Department of Education. (1998). School status and improvement report, Moanalua high school. Honolulu: Author. (E, St, SR)

Hawaii Department of Education. (1998). Hawaii department of education school reports, Ala Wai elementary school. Available at: http://www2.k12.hi.us/STATE/src1.nsf/ (E)

Hawaii Department of Education. (1998). Hawaii department of education school reports, Highlands intermediate school. Available at: http://www2.k12.hi.us/STATE/src1.nsf/ (E)

Hawaii Department of Education. (1998). Hawaii department of education school reports, Radford high school. Available at: http://www2.k12.hi.us/STATE/src1.nsf/ (E)

Idaho Department of Education. (1998, Feb.). Idaho annual statistical report 1997-98. Boise, ID: Author. (St)

Idaho Department of Education. (Undated). Profiles of Idaho school districts 1997-98. Boise, ID: Author. (E)

*Illinois State Board of Education. (1998, Oct.). A profile of Illinois public schools: Selections from the school report card files. Springfield, IL: Author.

*Illinois State Board of Education. (1998, Sept.). 1998 school report card: Sample K-12 card. Springfield, IL: Author.

Indiana Department of Education. (June 17, 1999). Annual performance and financial report for Anderson Community School Corporation. Available at: http://dew4.doe.state.in.us/schlstats/ (E)

Iowa Department of Education. (1998). A report on prekindergarten, elementary, secondary and community college education in Iowa. Des Moines, IA: Author. (E, St)

Kansas State Board of Education. (Undated). Accountability report 1997-98. Topeka, KS: Author. (E, D, V)

*Kansas State Department of Education. (1998, Nov.). Kansas assessment program: Results of 1998 mathematics, reading and writing assessments. Topeka, KS: Author.

*Kansas State Department of Education. (1998, Nov.). Kansas school building report card school year 1997-98, Riley county high school. Available at: http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/rcard/D03784952.htm

Kentucky Department of Education. (Undated). Annual performance report 1996-97, Ashland independent school district. Frankfort, KY: Author. (E)

*Kentucky Department of Education. (1998, Dec.). Kentucky instructional results information system, school and district accountability results: Accountability cycle 3 (1994-95 to 1997-98). Frankfort, KY: Author.

Louisiana Department of Education, Division of Planning, Analysis and Information Resources. (1998, July). State special education data profile. Baton Rouge, LA: Author. (E, Ex)

*Louisiana Department of Education, Office of Management and Finance, & Division of Planning, Analysis, and Information Resources. (1999, April). 1997-98 Louisiana progress profiles district composite reports (CD-Rom). Baton Rouge, LA: Author.

*Louisiana Department of Education, Office of Management and Finance, & Division of Planning, Analysis, and Information Resources. (1999, May). 1997-98 Louisiana progress profiles state report. Baton Rouge, LA: Author.

Maine Department of Education. (July 18, 1999). Maine Department of Education Data Center. Available at: http://www.janus.state.me.us/education/homepage.htm (R)

*Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Planning, Results, and Information Management. (1998, March). Educational improvement in Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Maryland State Department of Education. (Undated). The fact book 1997-1998: A statistical handbook. Baltimore, MD: Author. (E)

*Maryland State Department of Education. (1998, Dec.). Maryland school performance report 1998: Executive summary. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Maryland State Department of Education. (1998, Dec.). Maryland school performance report 1998: State and school systems. Baltimore, MD: Author. (E, D, T)

Massachusetts Department of Education. (1998, Nov.). Report of the 1998 statewide results: The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). Malden, MA: Author. (P, T)

Massachusetts Department of Education. (June 29, 1999). Massachusetts school district profile, 1997-1998: Abington public schools. Available at: http://www.doe.mass.edu/pic.www/prd001.htm (E, F)

Massachusetts Department of Education. (June 29, 1999). Spring 1998 Iowa Test of Basic Skills grade 3 reading test. Available at: http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/iowa98/report2.htm (P, T)

*Michigan Department of Education. (August 25, 1998). 1996-1997 Bulletin 1014: Michigan K-12 financial data and ranking glossary of terms. Available at: http://www.state.mi.us/mde/reports/B1014/Terms.htm

*Michigan Department of Education. (1998). 1996-1997 Bulletin 1014: Michigan public school districts ranked by selected financial data. Lansing, MI: Author.

*Michigan Department of Education. (November 19, 1999). Michigan Educational Assessment Program district and school proportions report. Available at: http://www.gopher.mde.state.mi.us:70/00/reports/meap

*Michigan Department of Education. (1999, Sept.). Michigan Educational Assessment Program high school tests: Statewide results, Spring 1999. Available at: http://www.mde.state.us/off/meap

*Michigan Department of Education. (1999, June). Michigan Educational Assessment Program statewide results: Winter 1999, grades 4, 5, 7, and 8 in mathematics, reading, science and writing. Available at: http://www.mde.state.us/off/meap

*Michigan Department of Education. (Undated). Michigan’s progress toward the National Education Goals 1996. Lansing, MI: Author. Also available at http://www.mde.state.mi.us/reports/neg/

*Michigan Department of Education. (Undated). Michigan’s progress toward the National Education Goals: Executive summary, 1996. Lansing, MI: Author.

*Michigan Department of Education. (November 19, 1999). 1999 Michigan school report: Van Buren school district. Available at: http://www.mi.us/mde/cfdata/msr99/msr_dist.cfm

*Mississippi Department of Education. (November 19, 1999). 1999 Annual report of the state superintendent of education: 1997-1998 Educational Statistics. Available at: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/account/report/TabofCon.htm

Mississippi Department of Education. (November 19, 1999). 1999 Annual report of the state superintendent of education: 1997-1997 Statistics, Mississippi statewide testing program (Fall 1998). Available at: http://mde.k12.state.ms.us/acad/td/d0000000.htm (T)

Mississippi Department of Education. (November 19, 1999). Mississippi report card. Available at: http://www.mde.k12.state.ms.us/account/report/mrc.htm (E, Ex)

*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (1999). District financial profile: Gallatin R V. Jefferson City, MO: Author.

*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (1998). The 1998 Missouri report: Achieving the National Education Goals. Jefferson City, MO: Author.

*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (1998, Feb.). Profiles of Missouri public schools: Financial, pupil, and staff data for fiscal year 1996-97. Jefferson City, MO: Author.

*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (1997, Dec.). Raising the bar – closing the gap: Recommendations for improving the academic achievement of African-American students in Missouri. Jefferson City, MO: Author.

Missouri State Board of Education. (1999, Jan.). 1997-98 report of the public schools of Missouri. Jefferson City, MO: Author. (E, Ex, F)

*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Division of School Services. (May 14, 1999). School improvement planning profile for Rockwood R-VI. Available at: http://www.dese.state.mo.us/planning/profile/096091/html

*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (Oct. 13, 1999). 1998 School district report card: Albany R-III. Available at: http://www.dese.state.mo.us/reportsummary/schdistlist.html

*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (1997, Nov.). 1998 supplement Raising the bar – closing the gap: Recommendations for improving the academic achievement of African-American students in Missouri.

Montana Office of Public Instruction. (1999, April). Montana statewide education profile: K-12 public schools school year 1996-97. Helena, MT: Author. (E, F, St)

Nebraska Department of Education. (1998). Statistics and facts about Nebraska schools. Lincoln, NE: Author. (E, Sc)

Nevada Department of Education, Finance and Accountability. (1998, Dec.). Overview of Nevada school accountability system and review of school year 1996-97 reporting. Carson City, NV: Author. (District E)

Nevada Department of Education, Standards, Curricula and Assessments. (1998, April). Results of statewide TerraNova NRT examinations October 1997. Carson City, NV: Author. (Exc, P, T)

New Hampshire Department of Education. (1998, Oct.). New Hampshire educational assessment report, end-of-grade six, May 1998. Concord, NH: Author. (Exc, P, T)

New Hampshire Department of Education. (1998, Oct.). New Hampshire educational assessment report, end-of-grade ten, May 1998. Concord, NH: Author. (Exc, P, T)

New Hampshire Department of Education. (1998, Oct.). New Hampshire educational assessment report, end-of-grade three, May 1998. Concord, NH: Author. (Exc, P, T)

New Hampshire Department of Education. (1998, Mar.). New Hampshire statistical report #1: Fall enrollment, student teacher ratio and teacher average salary for 1998-99. Concord, NH: Author. (E)

*New Hampshire Department of Education. (1999, Mar.). New Hampshire statistical report #3: Race of pupils enrolled in New Hampshire schools. Concord, NH: Author.

New Jersey State Department of Education. (1998, Dec.). March 1998 grade 8 Early Warning Test (EWT): State summary. Trenton, NJ: Author. (P)

New Jersey State Department of Education. (1998, Dec.). October 1997 grade 11 High School Proficiency Test (HSPT11): State summary. Trenton, NJ: Author. (P)

New Jersey State Department of Education. (1999, May). New Jersey school report card 1997-98, Millburn Senior High. Available at: http://www.philly.com/packages/njschools/njs98-sec.asp?CO=13&DIST=3190&SCHOOL=050 (E)

*New Mexico State Department of Education, Assessment & Evaluation Unit. (Undated). Statewide articulated assessment system: 1997-1998 Summary report. Santa Fe, NM: Author.

New Mexico State Department of Education. (1998, Nov.). The accountability report: Indicators of the condition of public education in New Mexico. Santa Fe, NM: Author. (E, F)

*North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (June 30, 1999). ABCs report card: 1997-98 K-8 ABCs results for Alleghany County, Sugar Loaf Elementary. Available at: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/Lasso.acgi?-search

*North Carolina State Board of Education. (1999, July). State of the state education performance in North Carolina, 1998. Raleigh, NC: Author.

North Carolina State Board of Education, & North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (Undated). Public schools of North Carolina statistical profile, 1998. Raleigh, NC: Author. (E)

*North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Office of Management Information Systems. (1999, Jan.). School finance facts. Bismarck, ND: Author.

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. Undated. Special education annual report 1997-1998. Bismarck, ND: Author. (E, F)

The Office of Educational Accountability & College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. (1999). Minnesota education yearbook: The status of pre-k-12 education in Minnesota 1998. Minneapolis, MN: Author. (D, E, Ex, F, P, T)

*Ohio Department of Education. (June 16, 1999). Information management services Ohio school district’s proficiency test data. Columbus, OH: Author.

*(District E, P, T) Ohio Department of Education. (1999). 1999 State of Ohio school district report cards (CD-Rom). Columbus, OH: Author. Also available at: www.ode.ohio.gov/www/ims/prof_test.html

Oklahoma Department of Education, Office of Accountability. (1999, May). Oklahoma educational indicators program: Profiles 1998 district report, volume 1 of 2. Oklahoma City, OK: Author. (E, St)

Oklahoma Department of Education, Office of Accountability. (1999, May). Oklahoma educational indicators program: Profiles 1998 district report, volume 2 of 2. Oklahoma City, OK: Author. (E, St)

*Oregon Department of Education. (Sept. 15, 1999). 1999 Oregon statewide assessment results: Percent of students meeting performance standards in mathematics problem solving. Salem, OR: Author. Available at: www.ode.state.us

*Oregon Department of Education. (Sept. 15, 1999). 1999 Oregon statewide assessment results: Percent of students meeting performance standards in reading/literature and mathematics. Salem, OR: Author. Available at: www.ode.state.us

*Oregon Department of Education. (Sept. 15, 1999). 1999 Oregon statewide assessment results: Percent of students meeting performance standards in writing. Salem, OR: Author. Available at: www.ode.state.us

*Oregon Department of Education. (Sept. 15, 1999). 1999 Oregon statewide assessment results: School report card for Alpine Elementary School, Monroe School District. Salem, OR: Author. Available at: www.ode.state.or.us

Oregon Department of Education. (1998, Sept.). Oregon report card: An annual report to the legislature on Oregon public schools, 1997-1998. Salem, OR: Author. (E, F)

*Pennsylvania Department of Education. (1998). Pennsylvania system of school assessment: 1998 mathematics and reading grade 11. Harrisburg, PA: Author.

*Pennsylvania Department of Education. (1998, March). Pennsylvania system of school assessment: 1996-97 school by school report scaled scores. Harrisburg, PA: Author.

*Pennsylvania Department of Education. (1998). Pennsylvania system of school assessment school profile for Bermudian Springs High School, Bermudian Springs School District. Available at: http://www.paprofiles.org

Pennsylvania Department of Education. (1998). Status report on education in Pennsylvania: A statistical summary 1998. Harrisburg, PA: Author. (E, F)

Public Schools of North Carolina, North Carolina State Board of Education, & North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (1998, March). The North Carolina state testing results: Multiple-choice end-of-grade and end-of-course tests: Reporting on the state and 117 public school systems. Raleigh, NC: Author. (Exc, P, T)

Rhode Island Department of Education & National Center for Public Education & Social Policy at University of Rhode Island. (1999). Information works! 100% proficiency of all Rhode Island fourth graders: What will it take? Providence, RI: Authors. (E, T)

Rhode Island Department of Education & National Center for Public Education & Social Policy at University of Rhode Island. (1999). Information works! Measuring Rhode Island schools for change 1999. Providence, RI: Authors. (E, F, T)

South Carolina Department of Education, Division of Development and Education Initiatives/Offices of Research and Assessment. (1998, Sept.). Data update: 1998 results of the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP). Columbia, SC: Author. (Exc, P, T)

South Carolina Department of Education, Division of Development and Education Initiatives/Offices of Research and Assessment. (1998, Dec.). Data update: 1998 results of the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB). Columbia, SC: Author. (P, T)

South Carolina Department of Education, Division of Development and Education Initiatives/Offices of Research and Assessment. (1998, Aug.). Data update: 1998 results of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Seventh Edition (MAT 7). Columbia, SC: Author. (Exc, P, T)

South Carolina Department of Education. (1998, Oct.). South Carolina education profiles 1998. Columbia, SC: Author. (E)

South Carolina Department of Education. (Undated). 1998 South Carolina performance profiles: State performance profile. Columbia, SC: Author. (P)

South Carolina Department of Education. (Undated). 1998 South Carolina performance profiles: District performance profile for Aiken district. Columbia, SC: Author. (P)

South Carolina Department of Education. (Undated). 1998 South Carolina performance profiles: School performance profile for Pontiac Elementary, Richland School District. Columbia, SC: Author. (P)

South Carolina State Board of Education and South Carolina State Department of Education. (1998, Dec.). What is the penny buying for South Carolina? Fourteenth annual reporting on the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984. Columbia, SC: Author. (E, F)

South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs. (Undated). Education in South Dakota: A statistical profile. Pierre, SD: Author. (E)

South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs. (1999, Feb.). South Dakota annual report of academic progress. Pierre, SD: Author. (E)

South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs. (1999, Sept.). Statewide report for the South Dakota achievement and ability testing program. Pierre, SD: Author. (T)

Tennessee Department of Education. (1998, Nov.). State of Tennessee report card. Nashville, TN: Author (E, F).

*Tennessee Department of Education. (1998, Nov.). State of Tennessee report card supplement. Nashville, TN: Author.

Tennessee Department of Education. (June 30, 1999). 1997-98 Tennessee annual statistical report: Statistical and financial summaries. Available at: http://www.state.tn.us/education/asr9798/sum97-98.html (E, Ex)

Texas Education Agency. (1998, Dec.). A report to the 76th Texas Legislature from the Texas Education Agency: 1998 Comprehensive biennial report on Texas public schools. Austin, TX: Author. (D, E, Ex, Exc, F, P, St, T)

Texas Education Agency. (June 18, 1999). Texas snapshot 98: 1997-98 state profile. Available at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/snapshot/98/sumtables.html (E, F, St)

Texas Education Agency, Division of Performance Reporting. (1998, Nov.). Pocket edition 1997-98 Texas public school statistics. Austin, TX: Author. (E)

Texas Education Agency, Division of Performance Reporting. (Undated). 1997-98 School report card. Austin, TX: Author. (Exc)

Texas Education Agency, Division of Performance Reporting & Office of Policy Planning and Research. (Undated). Academic excellence indicator system 1997-98: District report. Austin, TX: Author. (D, E, Ex, Exc, F, P, R, St, T)

Texas Education Agency, Division of Performance Reporting & Office of Policy Planning and Research. (Undated). Academic excellence indicator system 1997-98: State report. Austin, TX: Author. (D, E, Ex, Exc, F, P, R, St, T)

*Texas Education Agency, Division of Performance Reporting & Office of Policy Planning and Research. (1998, Nov.). Four year trends tables: District accountability ratings. Austin, TX: Author.

Texas Education Agency, Division of Performance Reporting & Office of Policy Planning and Research. (Undated). Glossary for the academic excellence indicator system 1997-98 report. Austin, TX: Author.

Texas Education Agency, Office of Policy Planning and Research. (1999, April). 1999 Accountability manual: The 1999 accountability rating system for Texas public schools and school districts and preview for the 2000-2003 accountability systems. Austin, Texas: Author. (P, T)

Texas Education Agency, Student Assessment Division. (Undated). Student performance results 1997-98: Texas student assessment program. Austin, TX: Author. (Exc, P, T)

University of the State of New York, & New York State Education Department. (1999, March). New York state school report card for St. Lawrence Junior-Senior School in Brasher Falls Central School District: An overview of academic performance. (1999, March). Albany, NY: Author. (E, Ex, Exc, P, T)

University of the State of New York, New York State Education Department, & Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. (1998, Nov.). Performance report of educational and vocational services and results for individuals with disabilities, 1996-1997. Albany, NY: Author. (D, Di, E, Ex, Exc, F, P, T, S, St)

University of the State of New York, New York State Education Department, & Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. (1999, Aug.). 1999 Pocketbook of goals and results for individuals with disabilities. Albany, NY: Author. (D, E, Ex, F, P, T, S)

University of the State of New York, New York State Education Department, & Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. (Undated). VESID Report for 1998. Albany, NY: Author. (Ex, T)

University of the State of New York, & New York State Education Department. (1998, April). A report to the governor and legislature on the educational status of the state’s schools submitted April 1998: Statewide profile of the educational system. Albany, NY: Author. (D, E, Ex, Exc, P, St, T

University of the State of New York, & New York State Education Department. (1998, April). A report to the governor and legislature on the educational status of the state’s schools submitted April 1998: Statistical profiles of public school districts. Albany, NY: Author. (D, Ex)

Utah State Office of Education. (Undated). 1997-98 Summary of statistical and financial data. Salt Lake City, UT: Author. (E, F, SR)

*Utah State Office of Education. (1999, Jan.). The Utah statewide testing program 1998: Accountability reports for all districts and schools. Salt Lake City, UT: Author.

Vermont Department of Education. (1999). Special education cost and outcome report FY 98. Montpelier, VT: Author. (E, Ex, Exc, F, P, St, T)

*Vermont Department of Education. (1999, May). Summary of the annual statistical report of schools: Describing and summarizing the FY98 school statistical report. Montpelier, VT: Author.

*Vermont Department of Education. (1999, Feb.). Summary of 1998 transitional accountability reports. Montpelier, VT: Author.

Vermont Department of Education. (Undated). Vermont department of education report. Available at: http://www.state.vt.us/educ/ (E, F)

Vermont Department of Education. (Undated). Vermont department of education school report 1998 for Addison Central School (K-6). Available at: http://www.state.vt.us/educ/ (E, F)

Virginia Department of Education. (Undated). 1997-98 Superintendent’s annual report. Richmond, VA: Author. Available at: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Publications/asrstat/1997-98/asrbook.html (Exc, T)

Virginia Department of Education. (July 7, 1999). Virginia school performance report card. Available at: http://www.pen.k12.va.us (Exc)

Virginia Department of Education. (1998, July). Virginia’s literacy passport program: Report of the Virginia Literacy testing program spring 1998. Richmond, VA: Author. (P, T)

Virginia Department of Education. (Undated). 1998 Virginia summary report: Outcome accountability project. Richmond, VA: Author. (D, E, Ex, T)

Virginia Department of Education, Division of Assessment and Reporting. (Undated). Virginia state assessment program 1998 detail report. Richmond, VA: Author. (Exc, T)

*Washington Department of Education, Assessment and Evaluation. (1998, Dec.). Washington assessment of student learning: District and school summary of student performance, 4th grade assessment, Spring 1998. Olympia, WA: Author.

*Washington Department of Education, Assessment and Evaluation. (1998, March). Washington state assessment program: District-level summaries, grades 4, 8, and 11. Olympia, WA: Author.

*Washington Department of Education, Assessment and Evaluation. (1998, March). Washington state assessment program: A five-year summary of achievement test trends in Washington school districts for the years 1993 – 1997, grades 4, 8, and 11. Olympia, WA: Author.

*Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, & Center for the Improvement of Student Learning. A parent’s guide to the Washington Assessment of Student Learning: Reaching higher. Olympia, WA: Author.

*West Virginia Board of Education. (1998, Dec.). A process for improving education: Performance based accreditation system. Charleston, WV: Author.

West Virginia Department of Education. (Undated). Participation and results: Stanford Achievement Test, 9th edition, Spring 1998. Charleston, WV: Author. (E, P, T)

*West Virginia Department of Education. (Undated). Statewide assessment report: 1996-97 and 1997-98 results. Charleston, WV: Author.

*West Virginia Department of Education. (Undated). West Virginia state, county, and school data report cards 1997-1998. Charleston, WV: Author.

*Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. (1998, Sept.). Wisconsin comprehension performance report summary by district and by school within district, revised: 1998 Wisconsin reading comprehension test, an assessment of primary-level reading at grade three. Madison, WI: Author.

*Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. (Undated). Wisconsin school performance report: Greenfield school district. Madison, WI: Author.

*Wyoming Department of Education. (1999, Jan.). Statistical report series no. 1: 1998 school district property valuations, mill levies, and bonded debt. Cheyenne, WY: Author.

Wyoming Department of Education. (1999, March). Statistical report series no. 2: 1998 school districts fall report of staffing and enrollments. Cheyenne, WY: Author. (E)

*Wyoming Department of Education. (1999, Jan.). Statistical report series no. 3: 1997-98 Wyoming public schools fund accounting and reporting. Cheyenne, WY: Author.

Wyoming Department of Education. (June 18, 1999). Wyoming education statistics. Available at: http://www.k12.wy.us.statistics/wystatop.html (E, F, St)

 

*Indicates accountability reports that were collected but did not contain information beyond financial data on students with disabilities (N=74).

 

Legend: Data Given on Students with Disabilities in State Reports

Symbol/

Acronym

Data Indicator

*

Did not contain any state Academic & Functional Literacy or Process data on SWD; however, these reports may contain Financial data on SWD

D

Drop-out data on SWD

Di

Discipline data on SWD (Suspensions)

E

Enrollment/attendance of SWD

Ex

Exit data of SWD

Exc

Exclusion/exemption of SWD from large scale-assessments

F

Financial data of SWD

P

Participation in large-scale assessment of SWD

R

Grade Retention of SWD

S

SWD satisfaction with services

Sc

# of SpEd schools

St

Special Education staff data

SR

SWD - Staff member ratio

T

Test Performance Results of SWD

V

Violent acts by SWD against students/teachers

 

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