Research for Kentucky
As part of its ongoing assessment of regional education needs, REL Appalachia has released a new working paper, Contexts and Conditions of Public K-12 Education in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Based on an expansive custom dataset, the paper describes student demographics, staffing and enrollment, education revenue/expenditures, and student achievement of districts in the REL Appalachia region disaggregated by locale (i.e., urban vs. rural; Appalachian vs. non-Appalachian) and district poverty levels.
This paper, and the dataset on which it is based, were created by REL Appalachia Affiliated Researcher Jerry Johnson of Ohio University and the Rural School and Community Trust.
Under the accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, states are required to assess students in reading and math and to identify them as below proficient or as proficient or advanced (both considered passing). Because schools are held accountable only for ensuring that students test proficient or better, there have been concerns that a focus on increasing the percentage of students testing proficient might unintentionally lead to fewer students testing at the advanced level. This report finds that schools in Kentucky and Virginia with the greatest increases in the percentage testing proficient or better also have the greatest increases in the percentage testing advanced. Prepared by Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Appalachia, administered by CNA Education.
This report aims to help school districts deal with the challenges of newly enrolling or rapidly increasing English language learner students by offering background information and sharing the experiences of districts that have addressed similar challenges in providing services and infrastructure to support the success of English language learners. Prepared by Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Appalachia, administered by CNA Education.
This report seeks to alert administrators, school staff, and database managers to variations in the naming systems of other cultures; to help these groups accommodate other cultures and identify students consistently in school databases; and to provide knowledge of other cultures' naming conventions and forms of address to assist in interacting with students and their family members. Prepared by Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Appalachia, administered by CNA Education.
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