Minnesota

		REPORT CARD
		NAEP exams		% Scoring proficient
		1996 8th grade math		34%
		1996 4th grade math		29%
		1996 8th grade science		37%
		1994 4th grade reading		33%
		QUALITY COUNTS 1999 grades
		Standards and assessments		C-
		Efforts to raise teacher quality		B
		School climate		C-
		Resources (funding):
			Adequacy	C+
			Equity	C
			Allocation	C

T he American Federation of Teachers gave a nod to Minnesota's mathematics standards last year but said standards in other subjects still need work. Last year, for the first time, elementary students in key grades took new tests aligned with the standards. The state is phasing in a series of "performance packages" to measure whether high school students have met the standards and can earn a diploma.

* NOTE: The equity grade is based on 1994-95 data, the most recent available.

© 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

Vol. 18, number 17, page 153