Criteria for Selection of States

Appendix A: Criteria for the Selection of States; Study of School Turnaround

State	Right to Work	Level of Spending1	SIG Eligible2		Total Enrollment3	Geographic Region4	Race to the Top	Data Use and State Data Infrastructure5		Vertically Equated Assessments6
			#	%				# of Essential Elements Met	# of Actions Met	English/ Language Arts	Mathematics
Alabama		$8,769	263	16	744,865	South		10	0		
Alaska		$12,090	139	27	131,029	West		7	2		
Arizona		$7,112	305	13	1,087,447	West		7	1		
Arkansas		$9,756	279	24	479,016	South		10	7		
California		$7,571	2,720	27	6,343,471	West		8	0
Colorado		$8,514	280	15	801,867	West		7	2		
Connecticut		$11,885	234	20	570,626	Northeast		7	2		
Delaware		$11,426	28	11	122,572	South		10	4		
District of Columbia		$11,193	128	48	78,422	South		4	0
Florida		$8,437	829	20	2,666,811	South		10	5		
Georgia		$8,754	217	8	1,649,589	South		10	3
Hawaii		$10,426			179,897	West		8	2
Idaho		$8,034	165	22	272,119	West		3	0		
Illinois		$8,829	738	17	2,112,805	Midwest		8	1		
Indiana		$10,053	290	15	1,046,766	Midwest		8	3		
Iowa		$9,977	130	9	485,115	Midwest		7	2		
Kansas		$10,216	49	3	468,295	Midwest		8	4
Kentucky		$8,681	109	7	666,225	South		10	4
Louisiana		$9,787	295	18	681,038	South		10	1
Maine		$12,985	54	8	196,245	Northeast		7	3
Maryland		$10,088	72	5	845,700	South		7	1
Massachusetts		$11,545	676	36	962,958	Northeast		8	1
Michigan		$9,809	228	5	1,692,739	Midwest		8	3
Minnesota		$9,476	294	11	837,578	Midwest		8	3
Mississippi		$8,635	225	21	494,122	South		10	1		
Missouri		$9,146	459	19	917,188	Midwest		8	3
Montana		$11,660	130	15	142,823	West		6	0
Nebraska		$11,023	52	4	291,244	Midwest		7	1
Nevada		$7,213	139	22	429,362	West		8	1
New Hampshire		$11,169	158	32	200,772	Northeast		6	3
New Jersey		$13,238	206	8	1,382,348	Northeast		8	1
New Mexico		$9,525	32	4	329,040	West		9	2		
New York		$13,064	438	9	2,765,435	Northeast		6	3
North Carolina		$7,835	769	30	1,489,492	South		8	4		
North Dakota		$10,885	72	13	95,059	Midwest		7	2		
Ohio		$10,119	786	20	1,827,184	Midwest		9	3
Oklahoma		$8,255	44	2	642,065	South		8	1
Oregon		$9,460	75	6	565,586	West		7	3		
Pennsylvania		$11,252	431	13	1,801,971	Northeast		8	2
Rhode Island		$12,478	43	13	147,629	Northeast		7	1
South Carolina		$9,008	28	2	712,317	South		8	1
South Dakota		$10 223	61	8	121,606	Midwest		7	1		
Tennessee		$7,620	118	7	964,259	South		10	1		
Texas		$7,561	1,644	18	4,674,832	South		9	8		
Utah		$5,964	60	6	576,244	West		10	2
Vermont		$15,139	69	21	94,038	Northeast		8	2
Virginia		$8,725	65	3	1,230,857	South		8	5
Washington		$7,688	480	20	1,030,247	West		10	3
West Virginia		$11,150	33	4	282,535	South		9	2		
Wisconsin		$10,529	62	3	874,633	Midwest		7	4		
Wyoming		$14,126	52	14	86,422	West		10	3		

¹ 2006–07 per-pupil expenditures. Education Week Quality Counts, 2009.

² Percentages of SIG eligible schools from state SIG applications are based on the total number of schools in Common Core of Data, 2008-09.

³ 2007–08 total enrollment. Common Core of Data, 2007-08.

⁴ US Census Bureau Population Regions.

⁵ The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) has identified 10 elements and 10 state actions related to data use and longitudinal data systems. Data Quality Campaign, 2009–10 State Survey.

⁶ State English/language arts and mathematics assessments for the 2009-10 school year have been vertically equated in grades 3–8 so that scores for each grade have been placed on a common metric. Education Week Quality Counts, 2010.

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