New York: The State of Learning. Statistical Profiles of Public School Districts. A Report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Educational Status of the State's Schools. February 1994 Edition.

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Achievement Tests; Attendance; Dropouts; Educational Attainment; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; High School Graduates; Institutional Characteristics; Profiles; Public Schools; Racial Differences; School Districts; School Statistics; Student Characteristics; Tables (Data); Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Salaries; Teacher Student Ratio; Teacher Supply and Demand; Test Results; Urban Schools

This report contains six tables of summary statistics for the public schools of New York State, including schools in New York City. The public schools of New York served 2,637,745 students as of February 1994. Information about these students, their teachers, and the schools they attended, is presented in the following tables: (1) District type; Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Enrollment; Attendance Rate; Dropouts and Youth at Risk; High School Graduates; and Pupil-Teacher Ratio; (2) Classroom Teachers: Percent Minority, Annual Turnover Rate, Median Salary, Certification Status, Median Years' Experience, and Educational Attainment; Total Expenditures per Pupil, New York State Revenue Share, and Combined Wealth Ratio; and Percent of Expenditures per Pupil for Major Functions; (3) Results of Pupil Evaluation Program, Program Evaluation Tests, and Preliminary Competency Tests; (4) Results of Regents Examinations in Comprehensive English, Global Studies, U.S. History and Government, and Comprehensive French; (5) Results of Regents Examinations in Comprehensive Spanish and Sequential Mathematics I, II, and III; and (6) Results of Regents Examinations in Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. A glossary of terms used in the tables is included. (SLD)

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