The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requires a statewide school accountability system.  The state is required to determine annually if every district and school is making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward reaching the goal, by 2014, of having 100 percent of its student population scoring at or above the Proficient level in mathematics and reading on the CMT and CAPT.  For a school or district to have made AYP, the following criteria must have been met by all students in the district and each subgroup (major racial and ethnic groups, students in poverty, students with disabilities and English language learners):

• 95 percent participation on both the mathematics and reading CMT and CAPT;
• achievement of the AYP target percentage at or above Proficient in mathematics and reading on the CMT and CAPT; and
• achievement of the AYP target for an additional academic indicator, 70 percent or above Basic on the writing subtest of the CMT or improvement over the previous year at the elementary and middle school level, or 70 percent graduation rate or improvement from the previous year for high schools.

Attached please find the following Federal Reports 2008-2009 for the Windsor Schools:

• Windsor School District and Individual School Reports

In order for a district to make adequate yearly progress, the AYP criteria must be met on both the CMT and CAPT by all students and in each subgroup. Under the law the expectation is that by 2014 all students will be performing at or above the proficient level in math, reading and writing on both the CMT and CAPT. Each year, the bar will be raised with respect to the percent of students expected to meet proficiency, and each year it will be determined if districts have made sufficient progress (AYP).  The goal is daunting and there are clearly issues around it, but its intent of having all students perform at higher levels is laudable.  A district NCLB Improvement Plan has been developed to address the performance of students in the identified subgroups. Good work is going on across the system.  Our desire to continuously improve insures that student performance will continue to strengthen.  

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