What is making adequate yearly progress?
The federal government left it up to each state to define what is considered making adequate yearly progress. However, there is an ultimate requirement for all states – by 2014, 100 percent of students must meet academic standards. Each state has set criteria to measure how its schools are making adequate yearly progress toward the 100th percentile requirement. What is Oregon’s criteria for adequate yearly progress? Oregon bases adequate yearly progress on several items, and if any one item in any school is below standard or not met, then the entire state does not make adequate yearly progress. Here are the items: Participation rate Each school giving Oregon State assessment tests must have 95 percent of its student population take the test on the test date. If they do not, then the school does not make adequate yearly progress – even if all the students who did take the test meet or exceed state standards. Be on target Each year until 2014, the state has set targets for State assessme
