AYP goals

• All Title I schools and students in the schools are accountable for improvement
• The starting points are set up in the AYP targets
• Performance targets are set at 2005, 2008, 2011, and 2014

Statewide test results are reported by subgroup, as follows:

• Total students in School
• Racial and ethnic groups
• White, Black, Hispanic, Asian Pacific Islander, and other
• Economically Disavantage
• Students with Disabilities (excluding the 1% with severe disabilities)
• Limited English Proficient (LEP) students
• Other

Assessment

• Testing grades 3, 4, & 8

Flexibility Provisions for the reporting of data include:

• Mobility
• Minimum "n" of 20 (if there are fewer than 20 students in a subgroup, this data is not included in the performance calculations leading to AYP)
• Minimun "n" of 35 for special education.
• Five - percent misclassification rate (5% is added to the data result)
• Safe Harbor (see Glossary)