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Governor:Mary Fallin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction:Janet Barresi
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:659,828
Number of school districts:532
Number of public schools:1,785
Number of public school teachers:41,278
Unadjusted education spending per student:$7,929
Percent minority students:45.4%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:60.5%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.7%
Percent of English-language learners:6.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:33.5%
8th grade math:27.3%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:26.6%
8th grade reading:26.7%

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After training thousands of teachers over the past five years in a massive effort to raise reading achievement, Oklahoma officials are worried that the exercise may have been for naught.
February 19, 2003 - Education Week
Oklahoma could greatly improve its efforts to create a strong K-12 education system by devising a more rigorous system of standards and assessments that holds all schools accountable for results, according to an independent evaluation.
September 11, 2002 - Education Week
As the 1999 legislative sessions wind down, two more states have joined the charter school fold.
June 23, 1999 - Education Week
The House education committee of the Oklahoma legislature once again has swatted down Gov. Frank Keating's "4 x 4" plan for increasing the rigor of earning a high school diploma.
March 31, 1999 - Education Week

The gavel slammed last week on the last of 99 parcels of land being auctioned by the Oklahoma School Land Commission over the past two weeks. Crowds attended auctions at 16 county courthouses to hear the auctioneer's spiel and bid on a total of 14,769 acres, mostly pasture.

October 16, 1996 - Education Week
March 6, 1996 - Education Week

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