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AYP expected by mid-August
Public school districts can expect to
receive their adequate yearly progress determinations for
2006-07 in mid-August. The determinations are based on student
scores on the spring 2007 Dakota STEP. Districts currently are
reviewing their preliminary determinations and student data
files to clean up any reporting errors. Districts must make
any changes to their student data files by Aug. 8, 5 p.m. (CDT).
“For the past several years, we have offered districts the
opportunity to review preliminary determinations,” said
Education Secretary Rick Melmer. “The purpose of this process is
to uncover and clean up any data reporting errors prior to
releasing official AYP determinations and putting the
information online in mid-August.”
Annual measurable objective, or AMO, targets for reading have
gone up this year. For grades 3-8, the reading goal is 82
percent proficient, compared to last year’s 78 percent. At grade
11, the reading goal is 72 percent proficient, compared to last
year’s 66 percent. AMO targets slowly increase as the year
2013-2014 approaches, by which time the federal law calls for
100 percent proficiency. Math AMO targets remain the same as
last year.
Questions regarding AYP determinations and student data clean-up
can be directed to the department’s Data Collection office.
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