Data available for individual schools. Includes summary data for school districts. The tables contain data on revenues, expenditures and debt for individual public elementary and secondary school systems with enrollments of 5,000 students or more. Quality Counts , a series of annual reports on education in the states from Education Week . Each report includes essays, state report cards, and indicator tables with data on all states.
Data are available for onscreen viewing or download.
The 2001 report examines standards, testing, and tools the states need to improve student performance. Earlier reports examined attracting and retaining qualified teachers, accountability, an analysis of urban education, and the condition of public education. The reports assess the writing proficiency of students in 8th grade. In addition, a Summary Data Tables database which contains the underlying summary data for all NAEP reports is also available online. The student, teacher, and school data from these assessments help to describe some of the current practices and emphases in education and provide an educational context for understanding information about students' proficiency.