School Report Cards
State by State Around the Nation

        Many states offer "report cards" on schools' and school districts' performance. However, buyer beware: those analyses offered by state departments of education can be difficult, if not impossible, to decipher in trying to get to the heart of the matter on student achievement. In addition to the "official" DOE report card links, we've provided, where available, and recommend, other sources -- often privately sponsored -- that tell it like it is. If you have any comments, or have a link to add, please send email to parentpower@edreform.com

Alabama: www.alsde.edu

Alaska: www.eed.state.ak.us/stats/

Arizona: www2.ade.state.az.us/srcs/
To cut directly through the jargon, and see what it all really means, see: http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/go/AZ

Arkansas: N/A

California: http://www.cde.ca.gov/psaa/
To cut directly through the jargon, and see what it all really means, see: http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/go/CA (Note: 2000 API results are now available.)
See also: www.schoolwisepress.com (School Wise Press)

Connecticut: N/A

Colorado: http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_assess.htm
See also http://i2i.org, Independence Institute Parent Information Center.

Delaware: http://issm.doe.state.de.us/profiles/

District of Columbia: N/A

Florida: N/A

Georgia: www.doe.k12.ga.us, http://168.31.216.190/
See also: http://www.gppf.org/reportcards.htm, The Georgia Report Card For Parents, The Center for Education Policy, Georgia Public Policy Foundation 

Hawaii: N/A

Idaho: N/A

Illinois: www.isbe.state.il.us/research/reports.htm#Report%20Card

Indiana: N/A

Iowa: www.state.ia.us/educate/publications/coe.html

Kansas: http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/reportcard.html

Kentucky: www.kde.state.ky.us/comm/commrel/school_report_card/

Louisiana: www.lcet.doe.state.la.us/doe/omf/sps9899/spsframe.asp

Maine: http://janus.state.me.us/education/lres/lres.htm

Maryland: http://www.msde.state.md.us/MSPReportCard/default.htm

Massachusetts: http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/results.html

Michigan: www.mde.state.mi.us/reports/msr/

Minnesota: http://cfl.state.mn.us/PUB&RES.htm

Mississippi: www.mde.k12.ms.us/account/report/mrc.htm

Missouri: www.dese.state.mo.us/reportsummary/

Montana: www.metnet.state.mt.us/Montana%20Education/OPI/Measurement&Acctability/
Education%20Profile/HTM/index.shtml

Nebraska: N/A

Nevada: www.nsn.k12.nv.us/nvdoe/

New Hampshire: www.state.nh.us/doe/Reports%20and%20Statistics/reports.htm

New Jersey: www.state.nj.us/njded/stass/index.html
or www.state.nj.us/njded/reportcard/index.html

New Mexico: N/A

New York: www.emsc.nysed.gov/repcrd399

North Carolina: www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/reporting/index.html#Report
See also: http://www.smartschools.org/

North Dakota: www.dpi.state.nd.us/dpi/reports/publicat.htm

Ohio: www.ode.state.oh.us/rc_download.htm

Oklahoma: http://sde.state.ok.us/pro/stutest/drc.html

Oregon: www.ode.state.or.us/ReportCard/

Pennsylvania: www.paprofiles.org/

Rhode Island: N/A

South Carolina: N/A

South Dakota: www.state.sd.us/deca/DATA/99digest/

Tennessee: www.state.tn.us/education/rptcrd99/index.html

Texas: www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/

Utah: www.usoe.k12.ut.us/pr/facts.htm

Vermont: http://crs.uvm.edu/schlrpt/

Virginia: www.pen.k12.va.us/html/reportcard.shtml

Washington: www.k12.wa.us/assessment/default.asp

West Virginia: wvde.state.wv.us/data/report_cards/

Wisconsin: N/A

Wyoming: N/A

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