This report offers state profile information about teachers, students and their achievement, and standards for student learning. It includes special data about the education of children in poverty and the assistance they receive toward achieving state standards through Title I, the largest single federal education program. A particular feature of the 1998 report is the display of trend data state-by-state. For each state profile, information is grouped under four headings: (1) state context; (2) school and teacher demographics; (3) student demographics; and (4) student achievement, including assessment results. Profiles are included for the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Five appendixes contain state definitions of "proficient," information about state progress toward development of a Title I accountability system, state context indicators, 1998 disaggregation data, and information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Each state profile contains five graphs. (SLD)