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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
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.