A few media updates for you. The report is intended to provide Maine citizens, legislators, and educators an annual report on the state of Maine public schools and education.
Maine students continue to be among the top performers on national standardized assessments.
Maine's 4th grade students ranked first in the nation on the 1996 NAEP reading test. In 1998, approximately 60 percent of Maine's high school graduates intended to enroll in post-secondary education. These and many other facts are provided in the 92-page report. The report was done by the Maine Education Policy Research Institute, a nonpartisan organization funded by the Maine State Legislature, the University of Southern Maine, and the University of Maine. David Silvernail, director of USM's Center for Educational Policy, Applied Research and Evaluation, is the lead author.