Wyoming

		REPORT CARD
		NAEP exams		% Scoring proficient
		1996 8th grade math		22%
		1996 4th grade math		19%
		1996 8th grade science		34%
		1994 4th grade reading		32%
		QUALITY COUNTS 1999 grades
		Standards and assessments		C
		Efforts to raise teacher quality		D
		School climate		C
		Resources (funding):
			Adequacy	F
			Equity	C
			Allocation	C

W yoming adopted standards in math and English last year. The math standards earned passing marks from the American Federation of Teachers, but the English standards did not. This year, the state will issue its first assessments geared to the standards. Although the state adopted a new finance system in 1997, it came under fire last year, when two-thirds of Wyoming's districts filed a lawsuit charging that the state has failed to provide adequate funding, especially for smaller districts.

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

© 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

Vol. 18, number 17, page 185