Information on K-12 Education

 

Alabama Reading & Mathematics Test Results

 

 

School System Performance Comparisons for Madison County July 28, 2006

 

 

Analysis of Non-Instructional Expenditures, Staffing, and Operating Practices in the Huntsville City School System

 

 

Presentation of Dr. Katherine Mitchell on the Alabama Reading Initiative at the PARCA Annual Meeting

 

 

2005 Southern Workforce Index

 

 

MDC Report "State of the South, 2004"

 

 

Local, State and National Indicators for Schools

 

 

School Finances (by System)

 

Public School Revenues Per Student by Source, 2002

 

Local Public Revenue Per Student, 2002

 

School Property Tax Millages, 2002

 

 Operating Expenditures for Alabama School Systems 2002

 

The Foundation Program and Related Allowances to Local School System, Revised August 2004 

 

 

 

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON EDUCATION SPENDING

 

Performance Indicators

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP Scores)

Reading 4th Grade

Reading 8th Grade

Mathematics 4th Grade

Mathematics 8th Grade

Science 4th Grade

Science 8th Grade

Writing 4th Grade

Writing 8th Grade

 

Performance Comparisons for Alabama Schools, 2001 

Performance Comparisons for Alabama Schools, 2000   

Finances

2003 Alabama State & Local Property Tax Millages

 

Latest NEA State Rankings

Teacher Salaries 2002

Teacher Salaries 2000

Student Teacher Ratio

Total Revenue Per Student

Local Revenue Per Student

 

State Revenue Per Student

Federal Revenue Per Student

 

 

 

 

School Finances (by System)

 

Public School Revenues Per Student, 2002

 

Public School Revenues Per Student by Revenue Source, 2002

 

School Property Tax Millages, 2002

 

 Operating Expenditures for Alabama School Systems 2002

 

The Foundation Program and Related Allowances to Local School System, Revised August 2004 

 

 

 

At-Risk Programs

Measuring Success Remarks to the 2003 At-Risk Conference Hoover , Alabama June 23, 2004

Best Practices

Teachers

The Payoff from Faculty Teamwork:Student Performance Is Higher in Alabama Schools With a Stable Faculty and Moderate Size A Report Prepared for the Governor's Task Force on Teacher Quality December 2002

TEACHING PERFORMANCE AND TURNOVER, 1999-2001, AMONG NOVICE TEACHERS HIRED IN 1999 Governor' Commission on Teacher Quality

TURNOVER AMONG 1999 NOVICE TEACHERS AFTER ONE YEAR OF TEACHING Governor' Commission on Teacher Quality

Report on the Spring 2000 Survey of First- and Second-Year Teachers, Governor' Commission on Teacher Quality

Report on the 1999 Professional Education Personnel Evaluation (P.E.P.E.) Scores for Novice Teachers, Governor' Commission on Teacher Quality

How Alabama's Public School Teacher Compensation Compares (PARCA Report No. 38, November 1999)

Technology

The Alabama Technology Plan for K-12 Education

Accountability

Accountability Plan For Alabama Schools

Workforce Development

Alabama's Real Y2K Problem is Workforce Development, Presentation by Jim Williams at the 1999 PARCA Annual Meeting, February 2, 1999.

Looking at Workforce Development Logically, October 1998.

Articles and PARCA materials on K-12 Schools in Alabama

A Review of Selected Administrative Operations in the Mountain Brook City Schools, A Report Prepared by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, June 2000.

Current Status of Employment Protection for School Principals in the Fifty States, A Report Prepared by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, October 1998.




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