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Education in Alabama consists of public and private schools in Alabama, including the University of Alabama, private colleges, and secondary and primary schools. ==Primary and secondary education== Public primary and secondary education in Alabama is under the overview of the Alabama State Board of Education as well as local oversight by 67 county school boards and 60 city boards of education. Together, 1,541 individual schools provide education for 743,364 elementary and secondary students.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Alabama Education Quick Facts 2007 )〕 Public school funding is appropriated through the Alabama Legislature through the Education Trust Fund. In FY 2006–2007, Alabama appropriated $3,775,163,578 for primary and secondary education. That represented an increase of $444,736,387 over the previous fiscal year.〔 In 2007, over 82 percent of schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward student proficiency under the National No Child Left Behind law, using measures determined by the state of Alabama. In 2004, 23 percent of schools met AYP.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Eighty-Two Percent of Alabama Schools Make AYP While Increasing Annual Measurable Objectives )〕 While Alabama's public education system has improved, it lags behind in achievement compared to other states. According to U.S. Census data from 2000, Alabama's high school graduation rate – 75% – is the second lowest in the United States (after Mississippi).〔http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-24.pdf〕 The largest educational gains were among people with some college education but without degrees.〔(Education Statistics ). CensusScope.org〕 This value dropped to 72% for the 2010-2011 school year, but at least 8 states had a lower figure than Alabama that year.〔()〕 There have been concerns about literacy. 130 high schools out of 367 in the state either failed reading or were classified as "borderline" for 11th graders for the school year 2008-9. 60% of Alabama's school systems had at least one school that failed reading or was borderline. The state provides education from grades Kindergarten through grade 12. It established a pre-kindergarten program. This program was recognized in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 as having the highest quality standards, tied for first place with North Carolina.〔http://www.alabamaschoolreadiness.org/alabamas-pre-k/?pageID=19〕 In addition to state funded pre-k programs administered through the state, some public schools in the state offer pre-k through the use of local and federal funds. The appropriation for the state funded pre-k program is $18,376,806.〔http://www.alabamaschoolreadiness.org/about-us/?pageID=3〕〔(Alabama School Readiness Alliance )〕 Currently, 7% of the state's four-year-olds participate in the First Class program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Education in Alabama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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