| STATE |
EVALUATIONS AND RATINGS |
| |
Does the state evaluate and assign ratings to its
schools? |
How many schools were judged to be low-performing
last year? |
What were the low-performing schools called? |
What, if any, are the other ratings? |
| Assigns ratings to all schools |
Identifies low-performing schools only |
| Alabama |
yes |
no |
111 |
academic alert 1 (77), academic
alert 2 (34) |
academic clear, academic
caution |
| Alaska |
2002 |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Arizona |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Arkansas |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| California |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Colorado |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Connecticut |
no* |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Delaware |
2001 |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Florida |
yes |
no |
4 |
critically low-performing |
undecided |
| Georgia |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Hawaii |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Idaho |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Illinois |
no |
yes |
71 |
early academic warning list
(71), academic watch list (0) |
none |
| Indiana |
yes |
no |
24 |
accredited w/
2-year review (16), probationary accreditation (8) |
full
accreditation |
| Iowa |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Kansas |
yes |
no |
4 |
conditionally
accredited |
accredited |
| Kentucky |
yes |
no |
273 |
decline (215), decline/parent
notification (58) |
reward, equal baseline |
| Louisiana |
yes** |
no |
too new |
academically
unacceptable/in decline, minimum growth |
distinguished,
exemplary growth, recognized growth |
| Maine |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Maryland |
no |
yes |
88 |
reconstitution
eligible |
none |
| Massachusetts |
future |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Michigan |
yes** |
no |
22 |
unaccredited
(22) |
interim
accredited, summary accredited |
| Minnesota |
no |
2000 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Mississippi |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Missouri |
no |
2000 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Montana |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Nebraska |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Nevada |
yes |
no |
23 |
demonstrating
inadequate achievement |
high
achievement, adequate achievement |
| New Hampshire |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| New Jersey |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| New Mexico |
no |
yes |
too new |
schools in need of improvement |
none |
| New York |
no |
yes |
100 |
schools under
registration review |
none |
| North Carolina |
yes |
no |
30 |
low-performing |
top 25/top 10, schools of
excellence, schools of distinction, exemplary, expected, adequate |
| North Dakota |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Ohio |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Oklahoma |
no |
yes** |
59 |
1st and 2nd
year low-performing (48, 10),
high challenge (1) |
none |
| Oregon |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Pennsylvania |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Rhode Island |
no |
2001 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| South
Carolina |
2001 |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| South Dakota |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Tennessee |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Texas |
yes |
no |
59 |
low-performing |
exemplary, recognized,
acceptable |
| Utah |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Vermont |
no |
yes |
too new |
schools in need of technical
assistance |
none |
| Virginia |
yes |
no |
too new |
provisionally
accredited, accredited with warning |
accredited |
| Washington |
future |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| West
Virginia |
yes |
no |
0 |
seriously
impaired |
full,
temporary, conditional accreditation |
| Wisconsin |
no |
yes |
156 |
identified for improvement |
none |
| Wyoming |
no |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| U.S. |
12 |
7 |
1024 |
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