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Table 3.8. School report cards include information on parent involvement and percent of 4th and 8th grade students in schools where a school official reports on parent involvement, by state: 2005–2006 and 2003 | |||||||||||
State | School report cards include information on parent involvement (2005–2006)1 | Percent of students in schools where a school official reports that (2003)2 | |||||||||
Lack of parent involvement is not a problem or is a minor problem | More than half of parents participate in parent-teacher conferences | ||||||||||
4th grade | 8th grade | 4th grade | 8th grade | ||||||||
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United States | 103 | 66 | 58 | 89 | 61 | ||||||
Alabama | No | 54 | 44 | 69 | 39 | ||||||
Alaska | Yes | 63 | 50 | 96 | 78 | ||||||
Arizona | No | 56 | 45 | 96 | 50 | ||||||
Arkansas | No | 53 | 45 | 96 | 63 | ||||||
California | No | 63 | 65 | 94 | 50 | ||||||
Colorado | No | 75 | 69 | 99 | 68 | ||||||
Connecticut | No | 70 | 68 | 94 | 82 | ||||||
Delaware | Yes | 62 | 24 | 90 | 28 | ||||||
District of Columbia | No | 47 | 36 | 76 | 66 | ||||||
Florida | No | 60 | 45 | 77 | 57 | ||||||
Georgia | No | 53 | 55 | 73 | 57 | ||||||
Hawaii | Yes | 52 | 20 | 99 | 37 | ||||||
Idaho | No | 68 | 62 | 100 | 75 | ||||||
Illinois | Yes | 63 | 69 | 96 | 85 | ||||||
Indiana | No | 63 | 52 | 98 | 69 | ||||||
Iowa | No | 70 | 75 | 99 | 93 | ||||||
Kansas | No | 72 | 70 | 100 | 88 | ||||||
Kentucky | Yes | 61 | 48 | 79 | 46 | ||||||
Louisiana | No | 46 | 36 | 67 | 46 | ||||||
Maine | No | 75 | 67 | 100 | 92 | ||||||
Maryland | No | 65 | 60 | 84 | 44 | ||||||
Massachusetts | No | 79 | 75 | 94 | 62 | ||||||
Michigan | No | 64 | 59 | 94 | 87 | ||||||
Minnesota | No | 81 | 65 | 100 | 88 | ||||||
Mississippi | No | 59 | 45 | 77 | 52 | ||||||
Missouri | No | 74 | 61 | 98 | 76 | ||||||
Montana | No | 77 | 64 | 99 | 75 | ||||||
Nebraska | No | 71 | 79 | 100 | 92 | ||||||
Nevada | Yes | 63 | 55 | 95 | 41 | ||||||
New Hampshire | No | 80 | 67 | 93 | 70 | ||||||
New Jersey | No | 72 | 61 | 86 | 71 | ||||||
New Mexico | No | 54 | 34 | 98 | 61 | ||||||
New York | No | 68 | 56 | 94 | 66 | ||||||
North Carolina | No | 68 | 49 | 93 | 56 | ||||||
North Dakota | No | 82 | 80 | 100 | 98 | ||||||
Ohio | No | 64 | 55 | 86 | 55 | ||||||
Oklahoma | Yes | 66 | 66 | 91 | 57 | ||||||
Oregon | No | 64 | 58 | 100 | 82 | ||||||
Pennsylvania | No | 73 | 59 | 92 | 47 | ||||||
Rhode Island | Yes | 66 | 52 | 85 | 62 | ||||||
South Carolina | Yes | 56 | 44 | 88 | 78 | ||||||
South Dakota | No | 74 | 65 | 99 | 94 | ||||||
Tennessee | No | 61 | 50 | 54 | 49 | ||||||
Texas | No | 69 | 57 | 79 | 46 | ||||||
Utah | No | 71 | 70 | 99 | 76 | ||||||
Vermont | No | 76 | 62 | 100 | 83 | ||||||
Virginia | No | 75 | 67 | 90 | 50 | ||||||
Washington | No | 65 | 46 | 100 | 45 | ||||||
West Virginia | No | 74 | 68 | 64 | 41 | ||||||
Wisconsin | No | 77 | 63 | 99 | 86 | ||||||
Wyoming | Yes | 66 | 57 | 98 | 87 | ||||||
1 The Editorial Projects in Education Research Center analysis of school report cards using the most recently available report cards in each state as of Oct. 21, 2005. The year of the report card does not always reflect the year of all the data included on the report card. Twenty-three states have more than one type of school report card. States whose most recently released report cards are from 2004–2005 include: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin. States whose most recently released report cards are from 2003–2004 include: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wyoming. | |||||||||||
2 Education Week analysis of 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment background-survey data. | |||||||||||
3 National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for each column. | |||||||||||
SOURCE: School Climate table from Editorial Projects in Education Research Center. (2006). Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards-Based Education. Washington, DC: Education Week. Data Source. |