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REGION: North America
TOPIC: Education
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IN-DEPTH COVERAGE
No Child Left Behind
Mapping Educational Performance
STATE IN FOCUS
Wisconsin		 Outline of Wisconsin
GENERAL INFORMATION
Students enrolled   864,757
Number of schools   2,283
Per student spending   $9,227
Students per teacher   14.3
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND INFORMATION - SCHOOLS MEETING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS GOALS
Total number of schools   2,206
Number of schools meeting AYP   2,155
Percentage of schools meeting AYP   98%
MORE INFORMATION
Wisconsin's full Adequate Yearly Progress plan
Wisconsin's State Performance Report
Wisconsin Department of Education
Click on the map to view education information for each state
Map of the United States - Click on the map to view education information for each state Disctric of Columbia Maryland Delaware New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island New York Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire Maine New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Michigan Wisconsin Arkansas Misouri Iowa Minnesota Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Wyoming Montana Idaho Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona Nevada California Oregon Washington Hawaii Alaska
HOW STUDENTS COMPARE NATIONALLY
MATH READING
Grade 4 8 4 8
State Average    241    285     221     266
National Average    237    278     217     260
Scale: 0 - 500
ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL PERCENTAGE
Advanced    5.0    7.0     7.0     3.0
Proficient    40.0    36.0     33.0     35.0
Basic    84.0    76.0     67.0     77.0
Below Average    16.0    24.0     33.0     23.0
How to read these statistics
Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
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  Teacher Accountability
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  of Education
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