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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.