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Kentucky
This page shows scores for the
state of Kentucky in six major areas:
Summary of
Grades
Student Achievement
Standards & Accountability
Improving Teacher Quality
School Climate
Resources: Adequacy
Resources: Equity
To compare data from
one or more states, go to State
Data Comparisons.
Summary
of Grades
For more information
about these measures, see our 50-state Summary
of Grades by State data table.
NOTE: ? Indicates state did not participate in national
assessment, survey, or data collection.
1California did not receive a grade for school climate because
the state has dramatically reduced class size but the data do not reflect
it.
2Hawaii has a single statewide district.
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Kentucky |
STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
(% scoring at or above "proficient") |
| 4th
grade NAEP reading (1998) |
29 |
| 8th grade
NAEP reading (1998) |
29 |
| 8th grade
NAEP writing (1998) |
21 |
| 4th grade
NAEP math (1996) |
16 |
| 8th grade
NAEP math (1996) |
16 |
| 8th grade
NAEP science (1996) |
23 |
| STANDARDS
AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
A- |
| IMPROVING
TEACHER QUALITY |
C+ |
| SCHOOL
CLIMATE |
F |
| RESOURCES:
Adequacy |
B |
| RESOURCES:
Equity |
C+ |
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Student
Achievement
For more information
about these measures, see our 50-state Student
Achievement data table.
NOTE: States are ranked by % proficient, then by % basic;
ties are ranked alphabetically.
? Indicates state did not participate in national
assessment, survey, or data collection. Percentages may not add up to 100
because of rounding.
1Statistically significant change in the percent of students
scoring at or above proficient. The data are only available for 4th grade
reading and math and 8th grade math.
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Kentucky |
READING
(all figures in percents)
4th grader performance on the 1998 NAEP reading exam |
| At or
above proficient |
29 |
| Basic |
34 |
| Below
basic |
37 |
| Statistically
significant change since 19921 |
+6 |
READING
(all
figures in percents)
8th grader performance on the 1998 NAEP reading
exam |
| At or above
proficient |
29 |
| Basic |
45 |
| Below basic |
26 |
WRITING
(all
figures in percents)
8th grader performance on the 1998 NAEP writing exam |
| At or above
proficient |
21 |
| Basic |
63 |
| Below basic |
16 |
MATH
(all
figures in percents)
4th grader performance on the 1996 NAEP mathematics exam |
| At or above
proficient |
16 |
| Basic |
44 |
| Below basic |
40 |
| Statistically
significant change since 19921 |
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MATH
(all
figures in percents)
8th
grader performance on the 1996 NAEP mathematics exam |
| At or above
proficient |
16 |
| Basic |
41 |
| Below basic |
44 |
| Statistically
significant change since 19921 |
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SCIENCE
(all
figures in percents)
8th grader performance on the 1996 NAEP
science exam |
| At or
above proficient |
23 |
| Basic |
35 |
| Below
Basic |
42 |
| UNGRADED:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| State
finances statewide prekindergarten services (2000) |
 |
| %
of public high schools offering Advanced Placement courses
(2000) |
68 |
| %
of 8th graders taking an algebra class (1996) |
22 |
| %
of students taking upper-level mathematics courses (1998) |
50 |
| %
of students taking upper-level science courses (1998) |
34 |
| %
of 16- to 19-year-olds not in school who had not graduated
(1997) |
11 |
| %
of 9th to 12th graders who dropped out of school (1998) |
5.2 |
| %
of high school grads enrolled in a two- or four-year college
(1996) |
53 |
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Standards
and Accountability
For more information about these
measures, see our 50-state Standards
and Accountability data table.
NOTE: States are ranked by number grade to the nearest
decimal; ties are ranked alphabetically.
HS = High school level; MS = Middle school
level; ES = Elementary school level.
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Improving
Teacher Quality
For more information
about these measures, see our 50-state Improving
Teacher Quality data table.
NOTE: States are ranked by
number grade to the nearest decimal; ties are ranked alphabetically
1State requires test but not for beginning license.
2State holds teacher-training programs accountable.
3State requires a non-education major, but certification need
not be in that subject area.
4State requires a non-education minor, but certification need
not be in that subject area.
5State requires subject concentration on elementary certificate
if used in middle school.
aEducation Week converted semester-hour requirements
into weeks.
bColorado requires 800 hours of student teaching and other
kinds of clinical experiences. Education Week converted 400 of
these hours to estimate the minimum number of weeks required for student
teaching.
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School
Climate
For more information about these
measures, see our 50-state School
Climate data table.
NOTE: States are ranked by number grade to the nearest decimal;
ties are ranked alphabetically.
? Indicates state did not participate in national assessment,
survey, or data collection.
1California did not receive a grade because the state has dramatically
reduced class size, but the data do not reflect it.
*Total includes 37 charter schools in the District of Columbia.
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Kentucky |
| GRADE |
F |
52 |
| CLASS
SIZE 35% of grade |
| %
of 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students (1998) |
73 |
| %
of 8th graders in reading classes of 25 or fewer students
(1998) |
49 |
| STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT 20% of grade |
| %
of 8th graders in schools reporting that |
absenteeism
is not a problem or is a minor problem (1998) |
61 |
| tardiness
is not a problem or is a minor problem (1998) |
72 |
| classroom
misbehavior is not a problem or is a minor problem (1998) |
53 |
| PARENT
INVOLVEMENT 20% of grade |
| %
of 8th graders in schools reporting that |
lack of parent
involvement is not a problem or is a minor problem (1998) |
29 |
| more than half of
parents participate in open house or back-to-school nights
(1998) |
40 |
| more than half of
parents participate in parent-teacher conferences (1998) |
15 |
| CHOICE
AND AUTONOMY 25% of grade |
| State
public school open-enrollment programs (2000) |
Statewide |
|
| Limited
(interdistrict voluntary or intradistrict) |
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| None |
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| State
law allows charter schools (2000) |
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| Strength
of charter school legislation as grade point average (2000) |
? |
| Number
of charters (2000) |
? |
| UNGRADED:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| % of
students in high schools with 900 or fewer students (1998) |
42 |
| % of
students in middle schools with 600 or fewer students (1998) |
42 |
| % of
students in elementary schools of 350 or fewer students
(1998) |
24 |
| UNGRADED:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| %
of students in schools reporting that |
physical conflicts
are a serious or moderate problem: 4th grade (1998) |
15 |
| physical conflicts
are a serious or moderate problem: 8th grade (1998) |
20 |
| %
of 8th graders in schools reporting that |
gang activity
is a serious or a moderate problem (1998) |
6 |
| vandalism
is a serious or a moderate problem (1998) |
5 |
| %
of high school students who |
felt too unsafe
to go to school during the past 30 days (1999) |
? |
| carried a
weapon on school property during the past 30 days (1999) |
? |
| were threatened
or injured with a weapon on school property in the past year
(1999) |
? |
| were in a physical
fight on school property in the past year (1999) |
? |
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Resources:
Adequacy
For more information about these
measures, see our 50-state Resources: Adequacy
data table.
1Adjusted to reflect regional cost differences.
2Adjusted for inflation (1999) dollars.
3Adjusted to reflect regional cost differences and weighted for
student needs.
4Data on special education student enrollment, used to adjust
spending figures, were missing for these states.
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Kentucky |
| GRADE |
B |
86 |
| ADEQUACY |
| Education
spending per student (1999)1 |
$6,678 |
| %
change from previous year |
7.8 |
| Average
annual rate of change in expenditures per pupil 1989-992 |
3.9% |
| % of
total taxable resources spent on education (1998) |
3.6 |
| UNGRADED:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| % of
students in districts that have expenditure levels at or above the national
median ($4,600.97) (1996-1997)3 |
99 |
| % of
students in districts that have expenditure levels at or above the national
average ($4,874.28) (1996-1997)3 |
95 |
| % of
students in districts that have expenditure levels at or above $5,000
or greater per pupil (1996-1997)3 |
87 |
| % of
students in districts that have expenditure levels at or above $6,000
or greater per pupil (1996-1997)3 |
32 |
| % of
students in districts that have expenditure levels at or above $7,000
or greater per pupil (1996-1997)3 |
1 |
| Unadjusted
education spending per student (1999) |
$5,970 |
| Education
spending for every $1,000 in state wealth (gross state product)
(1998) |
$35.53 |
| % of
annual education expenditure spent on instruction (1998) |
61.2 |
| Total
instructional dollars per student (1998)1 |
$3,566 |
| Support
services expenditures per pupil (1998)1 |
$1,927 |
| Average
teacher starting salaries, adjusted for cost of living (1998) |
$27,409 |
| Average
teacher salary, adjusted for cost of living (all teachers) (1998) |
$38,842 |
| Teachers
as a percentage of total school system staff (1999) |
44.8 |
| % of
education expenditures devoted to teachers (1999) |
36.5 |
| Students
per instructional multimedia computer (1999) |
11.3 |
| % of
schools reporting at least one building in inadequate condition
(1994) |
31 |
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Resources:
Equity
For more information about these
measures, see our 50-state Resources: Equity
data table.
NOTE: States are ranked by number grade to the nearest decimal;
ties are ranked alphabetically.
1Hawaii has a single statewide district.
2Figures adjusted to reflect regional cost differences and
weighted for student needs. Students in poverty equal 1.2 and students in
special education equal 2.3.
3Data on special education student enrollment, used to adjust
spending figures, are missing for these states.
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Kentucky |
| OVERALL
GRADE FOR EQUITY |
C+ |
78 |
| 50%
of grade |
| State
equilization effort (1997) |
Overall
score |
74.6%
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| Targeting
score |
-0.09 |
| State
share of funding |
68.4%
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| 25%
of grade |
| Wealth-neutrality
score2 (1997) |
0.038
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| 12.5%
of grade |
| McLoone
Index2 (1997) |
0.9148
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| 12.5%
of grade |
| Relative
inequity in spending per student among districts (coefficient of
variation)2(1997) |
9.6%
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| UNGRADED:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Implicit-foundation
level |
$3,947 |
| Average state funding per pupil2(1997) |
$3,621 |
| Average state and local funding per pupil2(1997) |
$5,290 |
Restricted range1(1997) |
$1,532 |
| Restricted-range ratio3
(1997) |
34.5%
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© 2001 Editorial
Projects in Education Vol. 20, number 17, page web only
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