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Watch for preliminary AYP determinations
Preliminary
determinations on adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 2006 should
be distributed at the Superintendents
Conference, July 17-19, in Pierre. For those superintendents
unable to attend the conference, the early determinations will
be mailed out.
“We instituted
the preliminary determinations last year in an effort to give
schools more time to review their data,” said Melody Schopp,
director of the department’s Office of Accreditation and Teacher
Quality. “This is a district’s opportunity to really comb
through the data to make sure everything is in order.”
Assuming that
the data collection and programming process runs smoothly, the
preliminary determinations should be available mid-July, Schopp
said. Final AYP determinations will be
released to superintendents sometime in early August. Shortly
after, the information will be released to the public via a
media release. Last year, the media release was timed so that
school districts had a chance to inform their school boards at
their regular Monday night meetings. The department plans to
follow a similar schedule this year.
Plan now to receive your district’s
preliminary AYP determination in mid-July. Specific dates will
be available as release date approaches.
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