What is South Dakota ’s definition of making progress?
Making progress is defined as advancing at least one-half of a performance level (meet or exceed the midpoint scaled score between the cut scores for the performance levels for the grade assessed), or by maintaining a level 5 as measured by the Stanford ELP. A student is given credit for advancing one-half of a performance level if the student’s scaled score meets or exceeds the midpoint scaled score between the performance levels for the grade assessed. If a student scored above the midpoint for that performance level the prior year but does not advance to the next performance level during the year assessed, the student is determined not to have made progress.
