About Information Works! 2004

Information Works!, Rhode Island’s annual report on public education, is made possible through a collaboration between the R.I. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the National Center on Public Education and Social Policy, at the University of Rhode Island.

Now in its 7th year, Information Works! consists of three sections:

• A set of school reports
• A set of district reports
• The state report

Each school and district report contains charts, graphs and tables on student achievement, demographics and information on suspensions, attendance rates, graduation rates, teacher grievances, parental involvement, financial data on school spending, and much more.

The state report contains information for the state as a whole on student achievement over the past four years, school climate, attendance and graduation rates, parental involvement, suspensions and teacher grievances, teacher qualifications, and financial data on tax capacity and on school spending. The report also includes tables that show each school’s school-performance classification and tables that compare the performance of the students in each school with the performance of similar students statewide.