What elements are considered in determining whether a school or school district has made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)?
• Student Performance: A Mathematics Achievement Index and a Reading Achievement Index are calculated from state assessments results of all students in tested grades. For grades 3-8 and grade 11, students are tested in the fall on the academic content that they would be expected to have mastered by the end of the previous year. • Student Participation: The student participation rate is based on the number of students in the tested grades who were enrolled for the official test window for all Vermont state assessments (regular and alternate). • Academic Indicator: The state designates another measure, such as graduation rate, that is closely associated with student achievement and applicable to the grade span of the school or school district. • For all schools containing the 9-12 grade span, it is the graduation rate. • For all other schools, it is the percentage of students in the bottom achievement level of NECAP Reading.
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