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STATE PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATING
color safe Does the state have an annual report card on each of its schools? Does the state make all the school report cards available on its Web site? Does the state require school report cards to be sent home?
Alabama yes yes no
Alaska yes 2000 no
Arizona yes yes yes
Arkansas no n/a n/a
California yes no** no
Colorado 2000 2000 n/a
Connecticut yes yes no
Delaware yes yes no
Florida yes yes yes
Georgia yes yes no
Hawaii yes yes no
Idaho no n/a n/a
Illinois yes no yes
Indiana yes yes no
Iowa 2000 n/a n/a
Kansas yes yes no
Kentucky*** yes yes yes
Louisiana*** yes yes no
Maine no* n/a n/a
Maryland yes yes no
Massachusetts yes yes no
Michigan yes yes yes
Minnesota yes no no
Mississippi no* n/a n/a
Missouri yes no no
Montana no* n/a n/a
Nebraska 2000 n/a 2000
Nevada yes no yes
New Hampshire 2000* n/a n/a
New Jersey yes yes no
New Mexico yes yes no
New York yes yes no
North Carolina yes yes no
North Dakota no n/a n/a
Ohio yes yes yes
Oklahoma yes yes yes
Oregon no* n/a n/a
Pennsylvania yes yes no
Rhode Island yes yes no
South Carolina 2001* n/a n/a
South Dakota yes yes no
Tennessee no* n/a n/a
Texas yes yes yes
Utah no* n/a n/a
Vermont yes yes no
Virginia yes no yes
Washington yes no yes
West Virginia yes no yes
Wisconsin yes yes yes
Wyoming yes no no
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*   State currently publishes school-by-school test score results, but not report cards with multiple indicators.
**  California publishes only high school report cars on the Web; Connecticut includes a "similar districts" comparison for high schools only.
***  Kentucky and Louisiana had not decided on report card content as of fall 1998.
n/a  indicates not applicable.
NOTE: States sometimes have multiple report cards on schools; we tried to reflect the one most accessible to parents, usually the one sent home to them.  A year indicates when the state plans to implement a policy.
SOURCE:  Education Week

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(c) 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

Vol. 18, number 17, page 87