**Oregon**

**Consolidated State Application**

**Accountability Workbook**

**for State Grants under Title IX, Part C, Section 9302 of the
Elementary and**

> **Secondary Education Act (Public Law 107-110)**

**DUE: JANUARY 31, 2003**

###### Approved: May 29, 2003

Revision Approved: January 26, 2004

Revision Approved: May 20, 2004

**Revision Approved: June 10, 2005**

**Revision Approved: August 24, 2005**

**Revision Approved: July 20, 2006**

**Revision Approved: July 6, 2007**

**Revision Proposed: February 14, 2008**

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**U. S. Department of Education**

**Office of Elementary and Secondary Education**

**Washington, D.C. 20202**

**Instructions for Completing Consolidated State Application
Accountability Workbook**

By January 31, 2003, States must complete and submit to the Department
this Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook. We
understand that some of the critical elements for the key principles may
still be under consideration and may not yet be final State policy by
the January 31 due date. States that do not have final approval for some
of these elements or that have not finalized a decision on these
elements by January 31 should, when completing the Workbook, indicate
the status of each element which is not yet official State policy and
provide the anticipated date by which the proposed policy will become
effective. In each of these cases, States must include a timeline of
steps to complete to ensure that such elements are in place by May 1,
2003, and implemented during the 2002-2003 school year. By no later than
May 1, 2003, States must submit to the Department final information for
all sections of the Consolidated State Application Accountability
Workbook.

**Transmittal Instructions**

To expedite the receipt of this Consolidated State Application
Accountability Workbook, please send your submission via the Internet as
a .doc file, pdf file, rtf or .txt file or provide the URL for the site
where your submission is posted on the Internet. Send electronic
submissions to conapp@ed.gov.

A State that submits only a paper submission should mail the submission
by express courier to:

Celia Sims

U.S. Department of Education

400 Maryland Ave., SW

Room 3W300

Washington, D.C. 20202-6400

\(202\) 401-0113

# PART I: Summary of Required Elements for State Accountability Systems 

# Instructions 

# 

# The following chart is an overview of States\' implementation of the critical elements required for approval of their State accountability systems. States must provide detailed implementation information for each of these elements in Part II of this Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook. 

# 

# For each of the elements listed in the following chart, States should indicate the current implementation status in their State using the following legend:

# 

# F: State has a final policy, approved by all the required entities in the State (e.g., State Board of Education, State Legislature), for implementing this element in its accountability system. 

# 

# P: State has a proposed policy for implementing this element in its accountability system, but must still receive approval by required entities in the State (e.g., State Board of Education, State Legislature). 

# 

# W: State is still working on formulating a policy to implement this element in its accountability system. 

# 

#  

# Summary of Implementation Status for Required Elements of

# State Accountability Systems

+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| * |    | **State Accountability System Element**                      |
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 1  | Accountability system includes *all schools and districts in |
|   | .1 | the state*.                                                  |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 1  | Accountability system holds *all schools to the same         |
|   | .2 | criteria*.                                                   |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 1  | Accountability system incorporates the *academic achievement |
|   | .3 | standards*.                                                  |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 1  | Accountability system provides *information in a timely      |
|   | .4 | manner*.                                                     |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 1  | Accountability system includes *report cards*.               |
|   | .5 |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 1  | Accountability system includes *rewards and sanctions*.      |
|   | .6 |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 2  | The accountability system includes *all students*            |
|   | .1 |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 2  | The accountability system has a consistent definition of     |
|   | .2 | *full academic year*.                                        |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 2  | The accountability system properly includes *mobile          |
|   | .3 | students*.                                                   |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 3  | Accountability system expects *all student subgroups, public |
|   | .1 | schools, and LEAs to reach proficiency by 2013-14*.          |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 3  | Accountability system has a method for determining whether   |
|   | .2 | *student subgroups, public schools, and LEAs made adequate   |
|   |    | yearly progress.*                                            |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 3. | Accountability system establishes a *starting point*.        |
|   | 2a |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 3. | Accountability system establishes *statewide annual          |
|   | 2b | measurable objectives*.                                      |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 3. | Accountability system establishes *intermediate goals*.      |
|   | 2c |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 4  | The accountability system *determines annually the progress* |
|   | .1 | of schools and districts.                                    |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+

**STATUS Legend:**

**F** -- Final state policy

**P** -- Proposed policy, awaiting State approval (Approved by State
Board, awaiting USDOE approval)

**W** -- Working to formulate policy

+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 5  | The accountability system *includes all the required student |
|   | .1 | subgroups*.                                                  |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 5  | The accountability system holds *schools and LEAs            |
|   | .2 | accountable for the progress of* *student subgroups*.        |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 5  | The accountability system includes *students with            |
|   | .3 | disabilities*.                                               |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 5  | The accountability system includes *limited English          |
|   | .4 | proficient students*.                                        |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 5  | The State has determined the minimum number of students      |
|   | .5 | sufficient to yield statistically reliable information for   |
|   |    | each purpose for which disaggregated data are used.          |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 5  | The State has strategies to protect the privacy of           |
|   | .6 | individual students in reporting achievement results and in  |
|   |    | determining whether schools and LEAs are making adequate     |
|   |    | yearly progress on the basis of disaggregated subgroups.     |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 6  | Accountability system is based *primarily on academic        |
|   | .1 | assessments*.                                                |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 7  | Accountability system includes *graduation rate for high     |
|   | .1 | school*s.                                                    |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 7  | Accountability system includes an *additional academic       |
|   | .2 | indicator for elementary and middle school*s.                |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 7  | Additional indicators are valid and reliable.                |
|   | .3 |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 8  | Accountability system holds students, schools and districts  |
|   | .1 | separately accountable for *reading/language arts* and       |
|   |    | *mathematics*.                                               |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 9  | Accountability system produces *reliable decisions*.         |
|   | .1 |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 9  | Accountability system produces *valid decisions*.            |
|   | .2 |                                                              |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 9  | State has a plan for addressing *changes in assessment and   |
|   | .3 | student population*.                                         |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 10 | Accountability system has a means for calculating the *rate  |
|   | .1 | of participation* in the statewide assessment.               |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 10 | Accountability system has a means for *applying the 95%      |
|   | .2 | assessment criteria to student subgroups* *and small         |
|   |    | schools.*                                                    |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+

**STATUS Legend:**

F -- Final policy

P -- Proposed Policy, awaiting State approval (Approved by State Board,
awaiting USDOE approval)

W-- Working to formulate policy

**PART II: State Response and Activities for Meeting State
Accountability System Requirements**

Instructions

In Part II of this Workbook, States are to provide detailed information
for each of the critical elements required for State accountability
systems. States should answer the questions asked about each of the
critical elements in the State\'s accountability system. States that do
not have final approval for any of these elements or that have not
finalized a decision on these elements by January 31, 2003, should, when
completing this section of the Workbook, indicate the status of each
element that is not yet official State policy and provide the
anticipated date by which the proposed policy will become effective. In
each of these cases, States must include a timeline of steps to complete
to ensure that such elements are in place by May 1, 2003, and
implemented during the 2002-2003 school year. By no later than May 1,
2003, States must submit to the Department final information for all
sections of the Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook.

**PRINCIPLE 1. A single statewide Accountability System applied to all
public schools and LEAs.**

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  How does the      | Every public school   | A public school or    |
|     State             | and LEA is required   | LEA is not required   |
|     Accountability    | to make adequate      | to make adequate      |
|     System include    | yearly progress and   | yearly progress and   |
|     every public      | is included in the    | is not included in    |
|     school and LEA in | State Accountability  | the State             |
|     the State?        | System.               | Accountability        |
|                       |                       | System.               |
|                       | State has a           |                       |
|                       | definition of "public | State policy          |
|                       | school" and "LEA" for | systematically        |
|                       | AYP accountability    | excludes certain      |
|                       | purposes.             | public schools and/or |
|                       |                       | LEAs.                 |
|                       | -   The State         |                       |
|                       |     Accountability    |                       |
|                       |     System produces   |                       |
|                       |     AYP decisions for |                       |
|                       |     all public        |                       |
|                       |     schools,          |                       |
|                       |     including public  |                       |
|                       |     schools with      |                       |
|                       |     variant grade     |                       |
|                       |     configurations    |                       |
|                       |     (e.g., K-12),     |                       |
|                       |     public schools    |                       |
|                       |     that serve        |                       |
|                       |     special           |                       |
|                       |     populations       |                       |
|                       |     (e.g.,            |                       |
|                       |     alternative       |                       |
|                       |     public schools,   |                       |
|                       |     juvenile          |                       |
|                       |     institutions,     |                       |
|                       |     state public      |                       |
|                       |     schools for the   |                       |
|                       |     blind) and public |                       |
|                       |     charter schools.  |                       |
|                       |     It also holds     |                       |
|                       |     accountable       |                       |
|                       |     public schools    |                       |
|                       |     with no grades    |                       |
|                       |     assessed (e.g.,   |                       |
|                       |     K-2).             |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ORS 329.105           |                       |                       |
| establishes a state   |                       |                       |
| report card for all   |                       |                       |
| schools and districts |                       |                       |
| as the basis of a     |                       |                       |
| single statewide      |                       |                       |
| accountability        |                       |                       |
| system. All schools   |                       |                       |
| with resident         |                       |                       |
| students enrolled in  |                       |                       |
| grades K -- 12 will   |                       |                       |
| receive school report |                       |                       |
| cards and AYP         |                       |                       |
| designations.         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| ######### **[Schoo    |                       |                       |
| ls Without Benchmark  |                       |                       |
| Grades]{.underline}** |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| The preliminary       |                       |                       |
| designation for the   |                       |                       |
| sending school will   |                       |                       |
| be the same           |                       |                       |
| preliminary           |                       |                       |
| designation as the    |                       |                       |
| single receiving      |                       |                       |
| school into which the |                       |                       |
| largest group of      |                       |                       |
| students was          |                       |                       |
| promoted, as          |                       |                       |
| identified by the     |                       |                       |
| district.             |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| During the appeals    |                       |                       |
| process, a district   |                       |                       |
| may request review of |                       |                       |
| the preliminary AYP   |                       |                       |
| designation for the   |                       |                       |
| sending school using  |                       |                       |
| one of the            |                       |                       |
| alternatives listed   |                       |                       |
| below.                |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| -   The sending       |                       |                       |
|     school's          |                       |                       |
|     attendance plus   |                       |                       |
|     the results of    |                       |                       |
|     third grade       |                       |                       |
|     assessments, of   |                       |                       |
|     only the students |                       |                       |
|     sent to the       |                       |                       |
|     receiving school  |                       |                       |
|     by the sending    |                       |                       |
|     school, may be    |                       |                       |
|     used to determine |                       |                       |
|     AYP. The sending  |                       |                       |
|     school may choose |                       |                       |
|     to limit the      |                       |                       |
|     identified        |                       |                       |
|     students to those |                       |                       |
|     that attended the |                       |                       |
|     sending school    |                       |                       |
|     for a full        |                       |                       |
|     academic year.    |                       |                       |
|     K-2 Targeted      |                       |                       |
|     Assistance        |                       |                       |
|     Schools may also  |                       |                       |
|     elect to look     |                       |                       |
|     only at the third |                       |                       |
|     grade assessment  |                       |                       |
|     results of        |                       |                       |
|     students served   |                       |                       |
|     by the sending    |                       |                       |
|     school for any    |                       |                       |
|     groups designated |                       |                       |
|     as not making AYP |                       |                       |
|     in the            |                       |                       |
|     preliminary       |                       |                       |
|     determination.    |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| ```{=html}            |                       |                       |
| <!-- -->              |                       |                       |
| ```                   |                       |                       |
| -   For               |                       |                       |
|     Kindergarten-only |                       |                       |
|     schools: The      |                       |                       |
|     results of        |                       |                       |
|     assessments of    |                       |                       |
|     foundation skills |                       |                       |
|     in reading and    |                       |                       |
|     mathematics that  |                       |                       |
|     are administered  |                       |                       |
|     locally and are   |                       |                       |
|     aligned with the  |                       |                       |
|     Oregon Statewide  |                       |                       |
|     Content Standards |                       |                       |
|     and have          |                       |                       |
|     pre-determined,   |                       |                       |
|     standard passing  |                       |                       |
|     levels may be     |                       |                       |
|     used to determine |                       |                       |
|     AYP. The          |                       |                       |
|     Department of     |                       |                       |
|     Education will    |                       |                       |
|     provide           |                       |                       |
|     assistance to     |                       |                       |
|     districts in      |                       |                       |
|     identifying and   |                       |                       |
|     determining which |                       |                       |
|     Kindergarten      |                       |                       |
|     assessments meet  |                       |                       |
|     these criteria.   |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| ##                    |                       |                       |
| [AYP Reports for New  |                       |                       |
| Schools]{.underline}  |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| New schools will      |                       |                       |
| receive AYP ratings   |                       |                       |
| when they have        |                       |                       |
| operated for two      |                       |                       |
| years. High schools   |                       |                       |
| may have two years of |                       |                       |
| assessment data (from |                       |                       |
| 2003-2004 and         |                       |                       |
| 2004-2005) but only   |                       |                       |
| one year of           |                       |                       |
| graduation data (from |                       |                       |
| 2003-2004, the most   |                       |                       |
| current data          |                       |                       |
| available). If the    |                       |                       |
| school has not        |                       |                       |
| administered state    |                       |                       |
| assessments in the    |                       |                       |
| first two years of    |                       |                       |
| operation, AYP        |                       |                       |
| determinations will   |                       |                       |
| be made based on      |                       |                       |
| feeder patterns (see  |                       |                       |
| below) or the first   |                       |                       |
| year the school       |                       |                       |
| administers state     |                       |                       |
| assessments.          |                       |                       |
| Districts must        |                       |                       |
| provide data for any  |                       |                       |
| school that does not  |                       |                       |
| administer benchmark  |                       |                       |
| assessments for which |                       |                       |
| there is no clear     |                       |                       |
| feeder pattern.       |                       |                       |
| Preliminary AYP       |                       |                       |
| designations will be  |                       |                       |
| issued in each of     |                       |                       |
| these cases, and the  |                       |                       |
| Oregon Department of  |                       |                       |
| Education will work   |                       |                       |
| with districts to     |                       |                       |
| ensure that final AYP |                       |                       |
| determinations for    |                       |                       |
| these schools are     |                       |                       |
| valid.                |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| **[Very Small Schools |                       |                       |
| and                   |                       |                       |
| Dis                   |                       |                       |
| tricts]{.underline}** |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| A number of small     |                       |                       |
| schools and districts |                       |                       |
| may not meet minimum  |                       |                       |
| cell size             |                       |                       |
| requirements for      |                       |                       |
| participation,        |                       |                       |
| assessments, and      |                       |                       |
| attendance or         |                       |                       |
| graduation, even      |                       |                       |
| after combining four  |                       |                       |
| years of data. In     |                       |                       |
| these cases,          |                       |                       |
| districts and schools |                       |                       |
| will provide          |                       |                       |
| additional data       |                       |                       |
| during the review     |                       |                       |
| period in order to    |                       |                       |
| determine a final AYP |                       |                       |
| designation.          |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| For additional        |                       |                       |
| assessment data,      |                       |                       |
| schools or districts  |                       |                       |
| can submit            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| -   Two additional    |                       |                       |
|     years OSA data    |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| [or]{.underline}      |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| -   Local assessments |                       |                       |
|     that assess       |                       |                       |
|     student           |                       |                       |
|     achievement of    |                       |                       |
|     state content     |                       |                       |
|     standards and are |                       |                       |
|     reported on a     |                       |                       |
|     scale aligned     |                       |                       |
|     with the Oregon   |                       |                       |
|     Statewide         |                       |                       |
|     Assessments. The  |                       |                       |
|     Oregon Department |                       |                       |
|     of Education will |                       |                       |
|     assist schools    |                       |                       |
|     and districts in  |                       |                       |
|     identifying local |                       |                       |
|     assessments that  |                       |                       |
|     meet these        |                       |                       |
|     criteria.         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| For additional        |                       |                       |
| graduation and        |                       |                       |
| attendance data,      |                       |                       |
| schools or districts  |                       |                       |
| can submit            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| -   Two additional    |                       |                       |
|     years of          |                       |                       |
|     attendance or     |                       |                       |
|     graduation data   |                       |                       |
|     to reach the      |                       |                       |
|     minimum cell size |                       |                       |
|     [or]{.underline}  |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| -   Data on other     |                       |                       |
|     academic          |                       |                       |
|     indicators        |                       |                       |
|     approved by the   |                       |                       |
|     Oregon Department |                       |                       |
|     of Education      |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| If the school or      |                       |                       |
| district is still     |                       |                       |
| unable to meet the    |                       |                       |
| minimum cell size     |                       |                       |
| after applying one of |                       |                       |
| the options above,    |                       |                       |
| then the school or    |                       |                       |
| district may waive    |                       |                       |
| the minimum required  |                       |                       |
| cell sizes and        |                       |                       |
| request an AYP        |                       |                       |
| determination with    |                       |                       |
| the additional data   |                       |                       |
| included. In this     |                       |                       |
| circumstance,         |                       |                       |
| academic AYP targets  |                       |                       |
| will be based on the  |                       |                       |
| margin of error for   |                       |                       |
| 42 students.          |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  How are all       | All public schools    | Some public schools   |
|     public schools    | and LEAs are          | and LEAs are          |
|     and LEAs held to  | systematically judged | systematically judged |
|     the same criteria | on the basis of the   | on the basis of       |
|     when making an    | same criteria when    | alternate criteria    |
|     AYP               | making an AYP         | when making an AYP    |
|     determination?    | determination.        | determination.        |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | If applicable, the    |                       |
|                       | AYP definition is     |                       |
|                       | integrated into the   |                       |
|                       | State Accountability  |                       |
|                       | System.               |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| AYP determinations    |                       |                       |
| will be based on the  |                       |                       |
| composite score from  |                       |                       |
| statewide multiple    |                       |                       |
| choice assessments in |                       |                       |
| reading knowledge and |                       |                       |
| skills and math       |                       |                       |
| knowledge and         |                       |                       |
| skills.. Student      |                       |                       |
| scores in the meets   |                       |                       |
| and exceeds           |                       |                       |
| categories are        |                       |                       |
| considered            |                       |                       |
| proficient. All       |                       |                       |
| scores below meets    |                       |                       |
| are not proficient.   |                       |                       |
| To be counted as      |                       |                       |
| proficient, a student |                       |                       |
| must meet the         |                       |                       |
| pe                    |                       |                       |
| rformance/achievement |                       |                       |
| standard for a test   |                       |                       |
| taken at or above     |                       |                       |
| ("target up") the     |                       |                       |
| student's enrolled    |                       |                       |
| grade (See Element    |                       |                       |
| 5.3 for exceptions    |                       |                       |
| for the treatment of  |                       |                       |
| students with         |                       |                       |
| disabilities taking   |                       |                       |
| assessments of the    |                       |                       |
| alternate achievement |                       |                       |
| standards.).          |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| http://               |                       |                       |
| www.ode.state.or.us/s |                       |                       |
| earch/results/?id=223 |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2.  Does the State    | State has defined     | Standards do not meet |
|     have, at a        | three levels of       | the legislated        |
|     minimum, a        | student achievement:  | requirements.         |
|     definition of     | *basic*, *proficient* |                       |
|     *basic*,          | and *advanced*.[^1]   |                       |
|     *proficient* and  |                       |                       |
|     *advanced*        | Student achievement   |                       |
|     student           | levels of             |                       |
|     achievement       | *proficient* and      |                       |
|     levels in         | *advanced* determine  |                       |
|     reading/language  | how well students are |                       |
|     arts and          | mastering the         |                       |
|     mathematics?      | materials in the      |                       |
|                       | State's academic      |                       |
|                       | content standards;    |                       |
|                       | and the *basic* level |                       |
|                       | of achievement        |                       |
|                       | provides complete     |                       |
|                       | information about the |                       |
|                       | progress of           |                       |
|                       | lower-achieving       |                       |
|                       | students toward       |                       |
|                       | mastering the         |                       |
|                       | *proficient* and      |                       |
|                       | *advanced* levels.    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon identifies     |                       |                       |
| five levels of        |                       |                       |
| performance. "Exceeds |                       |                       |
| Standard" indicates   |                       |                       |
| advanced achievement. |                       |                       |
| "Meets Standard"      |                       |                       |
| indicates proficient  |                       |                       |
| achievement. Oregon   |                       |                       |
| uses three levels of  |                       |                       |
| basic performance to  |                       |                       |
| indicate progress     |                       |                       |
| towards proficiency:  |                       |                       |
| "Nearly Meets", "Low" |                       |                       |
| and "Very Low".       |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| In March 2007, the    |                       |                       |
| State Board of        |                       |                       |
| Education adopted     |                       |                       |
| revisions to the      |                       |                       |
| achievement standards |                       |                       |
| following a review    |                       |                       |
| process and public    |                       |                       |
| input. As a term of   |                       |                       |
| compliance with the   |                       |                       |
| federal peer review   |                       |                       |
| of the state's        |                       |                       |
| standards and         |                       |                       |
| assessment system,    |                       |                       |
| student performance   |                       |                       |
| relative to the       |                       |                       |
| adopted achievement   |                       |                       |
| standards will be     |                       |                       |
| reported to students, |                       |                       |
| parents, and          |                       |                       |
| educators for the     |                       |                       |
| 2006-07 school year.  |                       |                       |
| Achievement standards |                       |                       |
| and performance level |                       |                       |
| descriptors can be    |                       |                       |
| found at the          |                       |                       |
| Ac                    |                       |                       |
| hievement/Performance |                       |                       |
| Standards webpage:    |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| <http://w             |                       |                       |
| ww.ode.state.or.us/se |                       |                       |
| arch/results/?id=223> |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 4.  How does the      | > State provides      | Timeline does not     |
|     State provide     | > decisions about     | provide sufficient    |
|     accountability    | > adequate yearly     | time for LEAs to      |
|     and adequate      | > progress in time    | fulfill their         |
|     yearly progress   | > for LEAs to         | responsibilities      |
|     decisions and     | > implement the       | before the beginning  |
|     information in a  | > required provisions | of the next academic  |
|     timely manner?    | > before the          | year.                 |
|                       | > beginning of the    |                       |
|                       | > next academic year. |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | State allows enough   |                       |
|                       | time to notify        |                       |
|                       | parents about public  |                       |
|                       | school choice or      |                       |
|                       | supplemental          |                       |
|                       | educational service   |                       |
|                       | options, time for     |                       |
|                       | parents to make an    |                       |
|                       | informed decision,    |                       |
|                       | and time to implement |                       |
|                       | public school choice  |                       |
|                       | and supplemental      |                       |
|                       | educational services. |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon issues         |                       |                       |
| preliminary report    |                       |                       |
| cards by the first    |                       |                       |
| week in August and    |                       |                       |
| Final report cards by |                       |                       |
| the first week in     |                       |                       |
| September based on    |                       |                       |
| tests from the        |                       |                       |
| previous academic     |                       |                       |
| year. Oregon          |                       |                       |
| administers tests     |                       |                       |
| throughout the year   |                       |                       |
| and returns           |                       |                       |
| individual results as |                       |                       |
| soon after testing as |                       |                       |
| possible. Online      |                       |                       |
| assessment results    |                       |                       |
| are available         |                       |                       |
| immediately after     |                       |                       |
| testing. Knowledge    |                       |                       |
| and skills tests      |                       |                       |
| administered on paper |                       |                       |
| are returned in six   |                       |                       |
| weeks.. School and    |                       |                       |
| LEA results are       |                       |                       |
| aggregated over the   |                       |                       |
| summer and summaries  |                       |                       |
| are published as they |                       |                       |
| are ready.            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| All schools and LEA's |                       |                       |
| will be notified of   |                       |                       |
| their preliminary AYP |                       |                       |
| status by early       |                       |                       |
| August, which is      |                       |                       |
| before the start of   |                       |                       |
| school in September.  |                       |                       |
| However, that will    |                       |                       |
| permit schools who    |                       |                       |
| fail to meet AYP two  |                       |                       |
| or more years in a    |                       |                       |
| row to offer school   |                       |                       |
| choice or make other  |                       |                       |
| required responses    |                       |                       |
| before school begins  |                       |                       |
| in the fall. If the   |                       |                       |
| determination is that |                       |                       |
| a school has not met  |                       |                       |
| AYP for the second    |                       |                       |
| year in a row and an  |                       |                       |
| appeal cannot be      |                       |                       |
| resolved before       |                       |                       |
| school starts, the    |                       |                       |
| school will provide   |                       |                       |
| choice (or other      |                       |                       |
| required actions as   |                       |                       |
| appropriate if the    |                       |                       |
| school has not met    |                       |                       |
| AYP for more than two |                       |                       |
| years) based on the   |                       |                       |
| preliminary           |                       |                       |
| determination. If the |                       |                       |
| final resolution of   |                       |                       |
| the appeal leads to   |                       |                       |
| the determination the |                       |                       |
| AYP was met, the      |                       |                       |
| school will continue  |                       |                       |
| to provide            |                       |                       |
| transportation for    |                       |                       |
| the remainder of the  |                       |                       |
| school year. Final    |                       |                       |
| AYP determinations    |                       |                       |
| are made public prior |                       |                       |
| to the start of       |                       |                       |
| school in September.  |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Additionally, the     |                       |                       |
| state provides        |                       |                       |
| schools and LEAs with |                       |                       |
| "pre-preliminary" AYP |                       |                       |
| reports based on      |                       |                       |
| available assessment  |                       |                       |
| results and other     |                       |                       |
| indicator data        |                       |                       |
| beginning in mid-June |                       |                       |
| to facilitate data    |                       |                       |
| correction and school |                       |                       |
| and LEA planning      |                       |                       |
| efforts.              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5.  Does the State    | The State Report Card | The State Report Card |
|     Accountability    | includes all the      | does not include all  |
|     System produce an | required data         | the required data     |
|     annual State      | elements \[see        | elements.             |
|     Report Card?      | Appendix A for the    |                       |
|                       | list of required data | The State Report Card |
|                       | elements\].           | is not available to   |
|                       |                       | the public.           |
|                       | The State Report Card |                       |
|                       | is available to the   |                       |
|                       | public at the         |                       |
|                       | beginning of the      |                       |
|                       | academic year.        |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | The State Report Card |                       |
|                       | is accessible in      |                       |
|                       | languages of major    |                       |
|                       | populations in the    |                       |
|                       | State, to the extent  |                       |
|                       | possible.             |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | Assessment results    |                       |
|                       | and other academic    |                       |
|                       | indicators (including |                       |
|                       | graduation rates) are |                       |
|                       | reported by student   |                       |
|                       | subgroups             |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ORS 329.105 requires  |                       |                       |
| the state to produce  |                       |                       |
| report cards for      |                       |                       |
| schools and districts |                       |                       |
| annually. The cards   |                       |                       |
| for each school and   |                       |                       |
| LEA are available on  |                       |                       |
| our public website    |                       |                       |
| and paper copies are  |                       |                       |
| sent to each LEA.     |                       |                       |
| LEAs must distribute  |                       |                       |
| the report cards to   |                       |                       |
| all parents by a      |                       |                       |
| specific date. Report |                       |                       |
| cards are available   |                       |                       |
| in English and        |                       |                       |
| Spanish (The two      |                       |                       |
| major languages       |                       |                       |
| spoken in Oregon.).   |                       |                       |
| The following URL is  |                       |                       |
| a link to the current |                       |                       |
| report cards:         |                       |                       |
| <http://www.ode       |                       |                       |
| .state.or.us/data/rep |                       |                       |
| ortcard/reports.aspx> |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| In March 2007, the    |                       |                       |
| State Board adopted   |                       |                       |
| an amendment to       |                       |                       |
| Oregon Administrative |                       |                       |
| Rule 581-022-1060     |                       |                       |
| requiring districts   |                       |                       |
| to distribute report  |                       |                       |
| cards no later than   |                       |                       |
| the December 15^th^   |                       |                       |
| following the October |                       |                       |
| publication of the    |                       |                       |
| report cards on the   |                       |                       |
| web.                  |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| ORS 329.115 requires  |                       |                       |
| the Department of     |                       |                       |
| Education to produce  |                       |                       |
| a State Report Card   |                       |                       |
| Annually. The report  |                       |                       |
| card incorporates     |                       |                       |
| requirements of state |                       |                       |
| law and NCLB and is   |                       |                       |
| available to the      |                       |                       |
| public on the web at: |                       |                       |
| <http://w             |                       |                       |
| ww.ode.state.or.us/se |                       |                       |
| arch/results/?id=126> |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6.  How does the      | State uses one or     | State does not        |
|     State             | more types of rewards | implement rewards or  |
|     Accountability    | and sanctions, where  | sanctions for public  |
|     System include    | the criteria are:     | schools and LEAs      |
|     rewards and       |                       | based on adequate     |
|     sanctions for     | -   Set by the State; | yearly progress.      |
|     public schools    |                       |                       |
|     and LEAs?[^2]     | -   Based on adequate |                       |
|                       |     yearly progress   |                       |
|                       |     decisions; and,   |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | -   Applied uniformly |                       |
|                       |     across public     |                       |
|                       |     schools and LEAs. |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| All schools that fail |                       |                       |
| to meet AYP will be   |                       |                       |
| required to submit a  |                       |                       |
| plan of correction    |                       |                       |
| that indicates how    |                       |                       |
| state and federal     |                       |                       |
| funds provided to the |                       |                       |
| school will be used   |                       |                       |
| to improve            |                       |                       |
| performance of        |                       |                       |
| subgroups not making  |                       |                       |
| AYP. This plan will   |                       |                       |
| be integrated into    |                       |                       |
| the current statutory |                       |                       |
| requirement for       |                       |                       |
| Consolidated District |                       |                       |
| Improvement Plans     |                       |                       |
| (CDIP; ORS 329.095).  |                       |                       |
| Title I schools will  |                       |                       |
| also face the         |                       |                       |
| sanctions defined by  |                       |                       |
| NCLB for not meeting  |                       |                       |
| AYP two years in a    |                       |                       |
| row or more.          |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| [Identifying Title I  |                       |                       |
| schools and districts |                       |                       |
| for                   |                       |                       |
| impr                  |                       |                       |
| ovement.]{.underline} |                       |                       |
|  Continued AYP        |                       |                       |
| failure is predicated |                       |                       |
| on repeated failure   |                       |                       |
| relative to a         |                       |                       |
| specific content      |                       |                       |
| area. A school or     |                       |                       |
| district that does    |                       |                       |
| not meet              |                       |                       |
| participation and/or  |                       |                       |
| performance targets   |                       |                       |
| in a content area in  |                       |                       |
| year 1 and again does |                       |                       |
| not meet targets in   |                       |                       |
| the same area in year |                       |                       |
| 2 would be classified |                       |                       |
| as "in improvement    |                       |                       |
| status". Likewise,    |                       |                       |
| for a school or       |                       |                       |
| district to be        |                       |                       |
| identified as in      |                       |                       |
| school improvement    |                       |                       |
| based on "other       |                       |                       |
| indicator"            |                       |                       |
| performance, failure  |                       |                       |
| to meet the state     |                       |                       |
| target for the other  |                       |                       |
| indicator must occur  |                       |                       |
| in two consecutive    |                       |                       |
| years. In other       |                       |                       |
| words, to be          |                       |                       |
| designated as needing |                       |                       |
| improvement, a school |                       |                       |
| or district must not  |                       |                       |
| meet AYP in           |                       |                       |
| English/language arts |                       |                       |
| for two consecutive   |                       |                       |
| years, in math for    |                       |                       |
| two consecutive       |                       |                       |
| years, in both        |                       |                       |
| subjects              |                       |                       |
| simultaneously for    |                       |                       |
| two consecutive       |                       |                       |
| years, or relative to |                       |                       |
| the other indicator   |                       |                       |
| for two consecutive   |                       |                       |
| years.                |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| For example, if in    |                       |                       |
| year 1 a school does  |                       |                       |
| not meet the language |                       |                       |
| arts targets, but     |                       |                       |
| meets the math        |                       |                       |
| attendance targets    |                       |                       |
| and in year 2 the     |                       |                       |
| school meets the      |                       |                       |
| language arts         |                       |                       |
| targets, the school   |                       |                       |
| would                 |                       |                       |
| [not]{.underline} be  |                       |                       |
| classified as needing |                       |                       |
| improvement (whether  |                       |                       |
| or not the school     |                       |                       |
| meets the targets for |                       |                       |
| math and attendance   |                       |                       |
| in year 2). If in     |                       |                       |
| year 1 a district     |                       |                       |
| does not meet the     |                       |                       |
| graduation target,    |                       |                       |
| but meets the math    |                       |                       |
| and English /language |                       |                       |
| arts targets and in   |                       |                       |
| year 2 the district   |                       |                       |
| does not meet the     |                       |                       |
| graduation and math   |                       |                       |
| targets but meets the |                       |                       |
| English /language     |                       |                       |
| arts targets, the     |                       |                       |
| district would be     |                       |                       |
| classified as needing |                       |                       |
| improvement since the |                       |                       |
| graduation target was |                       |                       |
| not met two years in  |                       |                       |
| a row.                |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| A district (LEA) will |                       |                       |
| be identified for     |                       |                       |
| improvement only when |                       |                       |
| all three grade spans |                       |                       |
| (3-5, 6-8, 9-12) fail |                       |                       |
| AYP in the same       |                       |                       |
| subject for two       |                       |                       |
| consecutive years. If |                       |                       |
| a district does not   |                       |                       |
| meet the minimum n of |                       |                       |
| 42 test scores over   |                       |                       |
| two years at any      |                       |                       |
| grade span, AYP will  |                       |                       |
| be calculated and     |                       |                       |
| reported using all    |                       |                       |
| grade spans combined. |                       |                       |
| In addition, AYP will |                       |                       |
| be calculated and     |                       |                       |
| reported using all    |                       |                       |
| grade spans combined  |                       |                       |
| for all districts     |                       |                       |
| that are comprised of |                       |                       |
| a single school.      |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| All schools that show |                       |                       |
| exceptional           |                       |                       |
| achievement will be   |                       |                       |
| rewarded through the  |                       |                       |
| Blue Ribbon Schools   |                       |                       |
| Program. Title I      |                       |                       |
| schools that show     |                       |                       |
| exceptional           |                       |                       |
| achievement will also |                       |                       |
| be rewarded by the    |                       |                       |
| Title I Distinguished |                       |                       |
| Schools Program. As   |                       |                       |
| the State economy     |                       |                       |
| improves, the Oregon  |                       |                       |
| Department of         |                       |                       |
| Education will        |                       |                       |
| examine further       |                       |                       |
| opportunities to      |                       |                       |
| provide financial     |                       |                       |
| rewards to the        |                       |                       |
| outstanding schools   |                       |                       |
| and districts.        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 2. All students are included in the State Accountability
System.**

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  How does the      | All students in the   | Public school         |
|     State             | State are included in | students exist in the |
|     Accountability    | the State             | State for whom the    |
|     System include    | Accountability        | State Accountability  |
|     all students in   | System.               | System makes no       |
|     the State?        |                       | provision.            |
|                       | The definitions of    |                       |
|                       | "public school" and   |                       |
|                       | "LEA" account for all |                       |
|                       | students enrolled in  |                       |
|                       | the public school     |                       |
|                       | district, regardless  |                       |
|                       | of program or type of |                       |
|                       | public school.        |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon statute        |                       |                       |
| defines LEA or        |                       |                       |
| "school district"     |                       |                       |
| (ORS 332.002; ORS     |                       |                       |
| 332.007; ORS          |                       |                       |
| 332.072). Policy on   |                       |                       |
| schools are defined   |                       |                       |
| in the following      |                       |                       |
| document:             |                       |                       |
| http://www.           |                       |                       |
| ode.state.or.us/pubs/ |                       |                       |
| instID/institutions-d |                       |                       |
| efinitions-081506.pdf |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| The school definition |                       |                       |
| document established  |                       |                       |
| an institution ID     |                       |                       |
| system that is used   |                       |                       |
| as the basis of the   |                       |                       |
| state's               |                       |                       |
| accountability        |                       |                       |
| system.               |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| All students enrolled |                       |                       |
| in the state on the   |                       |                       |
| first school day in   |                       |                       |
| May are included in   |                       |                       |
| accountability        |                       |                       |
| reports based on the  |                       |                       |
| resident district and |                       |                       |
| school of the student |                       |                       |
| reported in the       |                       |                       |
| Spring Membership     |                       |                       |
| Collection. The       |                       |                       |
| resident district is  |                       |                       |
| defined as the        |                       |                       |
| district responsible  |                       |                       |
| for the education of  |                       |                       |
| the student and also  |                       |                       |
| is the basis on which |                       |                       |
| the State School      |                       |                       |
| Fund, the Common      |                       |                       |
| School Fund, and the  |                       |                       |
| County School Fund    |                       |                       |
| are distributed to    |                       |                       |
| local districts.      |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2.  How does the      | The State has a       | LEAs have varying     |
|     State define      | definition of "full   | definitions of "full  |
|     "full academic    | academic year" for    | academic year."       |
|     year" for         | determining which     |                       |
|     identifying       | students are to be    | The State's           |
|     students in AYP   | included in decisions | definition excludes   |
|     decisions?        | about AYP.            | students who must     |
|                       |                       | transfer from one     |
|                       | The definition of     | district to another   |
|                       | full academic year is | as they advance to    |
|                       | consistent and        | the next grade.       |
|                       | applied statewide.    |                       |
|                       |                       | The definition of     |
|                       |                       | full academic year is |
|                       |                       | not applied           |
|                       |                       | consistently.         |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon defines "full  |                       |                       |
| academic year" to be  |                       |                       |
| more than half the    |                       |                       |
| number of             |                       |                       |
| instructional days in |                       |                       |
| the school's calendar |                       |                       |
| prior to May 1 (the   |                       |                       |
| date of enrollment    |                       |                       |
| used for determining  |                       |                       |
| the participation     |                       |                       |
| denominator). Oregon  |                       |                       |
| sets standards for    |                       |                       |
| instructional time in |                       |                       |
| terms of hours and    |                       |                       |
| sets separate numbers |                       |                       |
| of required hours at  |                       |                       |
| different grade       |                       |                       |
| levels. The above     |                       |                       |
| definition can be     |                       |                       |
| applied consistently  |                       |                       |
| across all schools.   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                       | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3.  How does the      | State holds public    | State definition      |
|     State             | schools accountable   | requires students to  |
|     Accountability    | for students who were | attend the same       |
|     System determine  | enrolled at the same  | public school for     |
|     which students    | public school for a   | more than a full      |
|     have attended the | full academic year.   | academic year to be   |
|     same public       |                       | included in public    |
|     school and/or LEA | State holds LEAs      | school                |
|     for a full        | accountable for       | accountability.       |
|     academic year?    | students who transfer |                       |
|                       | during the full       | State definition      |
|                       | academic year from    | requires students to  |
|                       | one public school     | attend school in the  |
|                       | within the district   | same district for     |
|                       | to another public     | more than a full      |
|                       | school within the     | academic year to be   |
|                       | district.             | included in district  |
|                       |                       | accountability.       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       |                       | State holds public    |
|                       |                       | schools accountable   |
|                       |                       | for students who have |
|                       |                       | not attended the same |
|                       |                       | public school for a   |
|                       |                       | full academic year.   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND  |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR  |                       |                       |
| MEETING               |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| LEAs must keep that   |                       |                       |
| information to report |                       |                       |
| summary data for our  |                       |                       |
| school funding        |                       |                       |
| formula. Therefore,   |                       |                       |
| the state will report |                       |                       |
| results on all        |                       |                       |
| students tested and   |                       |                       |
| ask LEAs to identify  |                       |                       |
| students who should   |                       |                       |
| be excluded from AYP  |                       |                       |
| calculations because  |                       |                       |
| they were not         |                       |                       |
| enrolled for at least |                       |                       |
| a half year.          |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 3. State definition of AYP is based on expectations for
growth in student achievement that is continuous and substantial, such
that all students are proficient in reading/language arts and
mathematics no later than 2013-2014.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How does the     | The State has a       | State definition does |
|     State's          | timeline for ensuring | not require all       |
|     definition of    | that all students     | students to achieve   |
|     adequate yearly  | will meet or exceed   | proficiency by        |
|     progress require | the State's           | 2013-2014.            |
|     all students to  | proficient level of   |                       |
|     be proficient in | academic achievement  | State extends the     |
|     reading/language | in reading/language   | timeline past the     |
|     arts and         | arts[^3] and          | 2013-2014 academic    |
|     mathematics by   | mathematics, not      | year.                 |
|     the 2013-2014    | later than 2013-2014. |                       |
|     academic year?   |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| On May 16, 2002, the |                       |                       |
| State Board adopted  |                       |                       |
| the ESEA performance |                       |                       |
| goals including Goal |                       |                       |
| 1, which sets        |                       |                       |
| 2013-14 as the year  |                       |                       |
| by which all         |                       |                       |
| students will meet   |                       |                       |
| proficiency          |                       |                       |
| standards in         |                       |                       |
| reading/language     |                       |                       |
| arts and             |                       |                       |
| mathematics.         |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  How does the     | For a public school   | State uses different  |
|     State            | and LEA to make       | method for            |
|     Accountability   | adequate yearly       | calculating how       |
|     System determine | progress, each        | public schools and    |
|     whether each     | student subgroup must | LEAs make AYP.        |
|     student          | meet or exceed the    |                       |
|     subgroup, public | State annual          |                       |
|     school and LEA   | measurable            |                       |
|     makes AYP?       | objectives, each      |                       |
|                      | student subgroup must |                       |
|                      | have at least a 95%   |                       |
|                      | participation rate in |                       |
|                      | the statewide         |                       |
|                      | assessments, and the  |                       |
|                      | school must meet the  |                       |
|                      | State's requirement   |                       |
|                      | for other academic    |                       |
|                      | indicators.           |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | However, if in any    |                       |
|                      | particular year the   |                       |
|                      | student subgroup does |                       |
|                      | not meet those annual |                       |
|                      | measurable            |                       |
|                      | objectives, the       |                       |
|                      | public school or LEA  |                       |
|                      | may be considered to  |                       |
|                      | have made AYP, if the |                       |
|                      | percentage of         |                       |
|                      | students in that      |                       |
|                      | group who did not     |                       |
|                      | meet or exceed the    |                       |
|                      | proficient level of   |                       |
|                      | academic achievement  |                       |
|                      | on the State          |                       |
|                      | assessments for that  |                       |
|                      | year decreased by 10% |                       |
|                      | of that percentage    |                       |
|                      | from the preceding    |                       |
|                      | public school year;   |                       |
|                      | that group made       |                       |
|                      | progress on one or    |                       |
|                      | more of the State's   |                       |
|                      | academic indicators;  |                       |
|                      | and that group had at |                       |
|                      | least 95%             |                       |
|                      | participation rate on |                       |
|                      | the statewide         |                       |
|                      | assessment.           |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND STATE ACTIVITIES FOR MEETING REQUIREMENTS**      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Oregon will establish a series of annual targets that apply to all    |
| groups (state, district, school and subgroups) The targets can be     |
| displayed as two tables (one for reading/language arts and one for    |
| mathematics) with a column for each year from 2002 to 2014 and a row  |
| for each subgroup (total, students with disabilities, limited English |
| proficiency, poverty, and six ethnic/racial groups). A growth target  |
| for each subgroup will be defined as 1/12^th^ of the difference       |
| between the 2014 target of 100% and the 2002 starting point. (The     |
| annual targets are displayed at the end of this document.)            |
|                                                                       |
| A school may meet AYP if the percent meeting for each subgroup is     |
| within the 99% confidence interval of the target or the percent not   |
| meeting was reduced by 10% from the previous year (safe harbor). The  |
| additional indicator (graduation rate for high schools and attendance |
| for middle and elementary schools) must also meet or exceed the       |
| minimum standard and at least 95% of the students must be tested.     |
|                                                                       |
| Oregon's online testing system (TESA) provides multiple assessment    |
| opportunities during a year. Each administration will present         |
| students with a separate test made up of a new set of items. Every    |
| test is aligned with and scored against the standards set for the end |
| of the student's grade. If a student meets the standard on any        |
| administration prior to the official administration date in the       |
| spring, that student will be counted as meeting standard for purposes |
| of calculating AYP.                                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.2a What is the     | Using data from the   | The State             |
| State's starting     | 2001-2002 school      | Accountability System |
| point for            | year, the State       | uses a different      |
| calculating Adequate | established separate  | method for            |
| Yearly Progress?     | starting points in    | calculating the       |
|                      | reading/language arts | starting point (or    |
|                      | and mathematics for   | baseline data).       |
|                      | measuring the         |                       |
|                      | percentage of         |                       |
|                      | students meeting or   |                       |
|                      | exceeding the State's |                       |
|                      | proficient level of   |                       |
|                      | academic achievement. |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | Each starting point   |                       |
|                      | is based, at a        |                       |
|                      | minimum, on the       |                       |
|                      | higher of the         |                       |
|                      | following percentages |                       |
|                      | of students at the    |                       |
|                      | proficient level: (1) |                       |
|                      | the percentage in the |                       |
|                      | State of proficient   |                       |
|                      | students in the       |                       |
|                      | lowest-achieving      |                       |
|                      | student subgroup; or, |                       |
|                      | (2) the percentage of |                       |
|                      | proficient students   |                       |
|                      | in a public school at |                       |
|                      | the 20^th^ percentile |                       |
|                      | of the State's total  |                       |
|                      | enrollment among all  |                       |
|                      | schools ranked by the |                       |
|                      | percentage of         |                       |
|                      | students at the       |                       |
|                      | proficient level.     |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | A State may use these |                       |
|                      | procedures to         |                       |
|                      | establish separate    |                       |
|                      | starting points by    |                       |
|                      | grade span; however,  |                       |
|                      | the starting point    |                       |
|                      | must be the same for  |                       |
|                      | all like schools      |                       |
|                      | (e.g., one same       |                       |
|                      | starting point for    |                       |
|                      | all elementary        |                       |
|                      | schools, one same     |                       |
|                      | starting point for    |                       |
|                      | all middle            |                       |
|                      | schools...).          |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| As described in the  |                       |                       |
| answer to 3.2 above, |                       |                       |
| targets are set      |                       |                       |
| separately for       |                       |                       |
| reading/language     |                       |                       |
| arts and for         |                       |                       |
| mathematics. Targets |                       |                       |
| are set for each     |                       |                       |
| year and subgroup as |                       |                       |
| shown in the table   |                       |                       |
| on the last page of  |                       |                       |
| the workbook, and    |                       |                       |
| they apply to all    |                       |                       |
| schools, LEAs and to |                       |                       |
| the state.           |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  What are the     | State has annual      | The State             |
|     State's annual   | measurable objectives | Accountability System |
|     measurable       | that are consistent   | uses another method   |
|     objectives for   | with a state's        | for calculating       |
|     determining      | intermediate goals    | annual measurable     |
|     adequate yearly  | and that identify for | objectives.           |
|     progress?        | each year a minimum   |                       |
|                      | percentage of         | The State             |
|                      | students who must     | Accountability System |
|                      | meet or exceed the    | does not include      |
|                      | proficient level of   | annual measurable     |
|                      | academic achievement  | objectives.           |
|                      | on the State's        |                       |
|                      | academic assessments. |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | The State's annual    |                       |
|                      | measurable objectives |                       |
|                      | ensure that all       |                       |
|                      | students meet or      |                       |
|                      | exceed the State's    |                       |
|                      | proficient level of   |                       |
|                      | academic achievement  |                       |
|                      | within the timeline.  |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | The State's annual    |                       |
|                      | measurable objectives |                       |
|                      | are the same          |                       |
|                      | throughout the State  |                       |
|                      | for each public       |                       |
|                      | school, each LEA, and |                       |
|                      | each subgroup of      |                       |
|                      | students.             |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| As described in the  |                       |                       |
| answer to 3.2 above, |                       |                       |
| targets are set      |                       |                       |
| separately for       |                       |                       |
| reading/language     |                       |                       |
| arts and for         |                       |                       |
| mathematics. Targets |                       |                       |
| are set for each     |                       |                       |
| year and subgroup as |                       |                       |
| shown in the table   |                       |                       |
| on the last page of  |                       |                       |
| the workbook, and    |                       |                       |
| they apply to all    |                       |                       |
| schools, LEAs and to |                       |                       |
| the state.           |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.2c What are the    | State has established | The State uses        |
| State's intermediate | intermediate goals    | another method for    |
| goals for            | that increase in      | calculating           |
| determining adequate | equal increments over | intermediate goals.   |
| yearly progress?     | the period covered by |                       |
|                      | the State timeline.   | The State does not    |
|                      |                       | include intermediate  |
|                      | -   The first         | goals in its          |
|                      |     incremental       | definition of         |
|                      |     increase takes    | adequate yearly       |
|                      |     effect not later  | progress.             |
|                      |     than the          |                       |
|                      |     2004-2005         |                       |
|                      |     academic year.    |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | -   Each following    |                       |
|                      |     incremental       |                       |
|                      |     increase occurs   |                       |
|                      |     within three      |                       |
|                      |     years.            |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon will          |                       |                       |
| establish            |                       |                       |
| reading/language     |                       |                       |
| arts and mathematics |                       |                       |
| intermediate goals   |                       |                       |
| for all schools and  |                       |                       |
| LEAs that increase   |                       |                       |
| in equal increments  |                       |                       |
| over the 12-year     |                       |                       |
| timeline. There will |                       |                       |
| be five intermediate |                       |                       |
| goals (2005, 2008,   |                       |                       |
| 2011, 2012, and      |                       |                       |
| 2013) as shown in    |                       |                       |
| the table on the     |                       |                       |
| last page of the     |                       |                       |
| workbook.            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 4. State makes annual decisions about the achievement of all
public schools and LEAs.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | ## EXAMPLES FOR       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How does the     | AYP decisions for     | AYP decisions for     |
|     State            | each public school    | public schools and    |
|     Accountability   | and LEA are made      | LEAs are not made     |
|     System make an   | annually.[^4]         | annually.             |
|     annual           |                       |                       |
|     determination of |                       |                       |
|     whether each     |                       |                       |
|     public school    |                       |                       |
|     and LEA in the   |                       |                       |
|     State made AYP?  |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ORS 329.105          |                       |                       |
| establishes an       |                       |                       |
| annual report card   |                       |                       |
| to assess the        |                       |                       |
| effectiveness of     |                       |                       |
| schools and LEAs.    |                       |                       |
| This report card is  |                       |                       |
| the basis of our     |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| system and we will   |                       |                       |
| continue to          |                       |                       |
| determine            |                       |                       |
| effectiveness as     |                       |                       |
| defined by AYP       |                       |                       |
| annually.            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| ODE will calculate   |                       |                       |
| AYP for the overall  |                       |                       |
| school/district for  |                       |                       |
| each subgroup first  |                       |                       |
| based on an average  |                       |                       |
| of two years of data |                       |                       |
| when there are a     |                       |                       |
| sufficient number of |                       |                       |
| tests. If two years  |                       |                       |
| of data does not     |                       |                       |
| provide a sufficient |                       |                       |
| number of tests for  |                       |                       |
| the overall          |                       |                       |
| school/district, ODE |                       |                       |
| will use up to four  |                       |                       |
| years of data. If an |                       |                       |
| overall              |                       |                       |
| school/district or   |                       |                       |
| subgroup is          |                       |                       |
| determined to have a |                       |                       |
| sufficient number of |                       |                       |
| tests, and does not  |                       |                       |
| meet AYP via the 2   |                       |                       |
| or 4 years, ODE will |                       |                       |
| calculate AYP based  |                       |                       |
| on the most recent   |                       |                       |
| year of test data..  |                       |                       |
| However, in these    |                       |                       |
| circumstances, ODE   |                       |                       |
| will use the margin  |                       |                       |
| of error established |                       |                       |
| for the two years of |                       |                       |
| data to ensure that  |                       |                       |
| the rigor of AYP     |                       |                       |
| determinations is    |                       |                       |
| not reduced.         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| For extremely small  |                       |                       |
| schools, additional  |                       |                       |
| years of data may be |                       |                       |
| included on a case   |                       |                       |
| by case basis as     |                       |                       |
| required to evaluate |                       |                       |
| AYP.                 |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 5. All public schools and LEAs are held accountable for the
achievement of individual subgroups.**

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How does the    | Identifies subgroups  | State does not        |
|     definition of   | for defining adequate | disaggregate data by  |
|     adequate yearly | yearly progress:      | each required student |
|     progress        | economically          | subgroup.             |
|     include all the | disadvantaged, major  |                       |
|     required        | racial and ethnic     |                       |
|     student         | groups, students with |                       |
|     subgroups?      | disabilities, and     |                       |
|                     | students with limited |                       |
|                     | English proficiency.  |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | Provides definition   |                       |
|                     | and data source of    |                       |
|                     | subgroups for         |                       |
|                     | adequate yearly       |                       |
|                     | progress.             |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The administration  |                       |                       |
| manuals for our     |                       |                       |
| assessments         |                       |                       |
| describe the        |                       |                       |
| definition of the   |                       |                       |
| subgroups of racial |                       |                       |
| and ethnic groups,  |                       |                       |
| students with       |                       |                       |
| disabilities and    |                       |                       |
| students with       |                       |                       |
| limited English     |                       |                       |
| proficiency.        |                       |                       |
| http:/              |                       |                       |
| /www.ode.state.or.u |                       |                       |
| s/search/page/?=486 |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| The Limited English |                       |                       |
| Proficient group    |                       |                       |
| will include        |                       |                       |
| "former" LEP        |                       |                       |
| students in AYP     |                       |                       |
| performance         |                       |                       |
| calculations. A     |                       |                       |
| "Former" LEP        |                       |                       |
| student is a LEP    |                       |                       |
| student on          |                       |                       |
| monitoring status   |                       |                       |
| for the two school  |                       |                       |
| years after the     |                       |                       |
| school year in      |                       |                       |
| which the student   |                       |                       |
| demonstrates        |                       |                       |
| fluency in English  |                       |                       |
| on the state's      |                       |                       |
| English Language    |                       |                       |
| Proficiency         |                       |                       |
| Assessment. LEP     |                       |                       |
| students are on     |                       |                       |
| monitoring status   |                       |                       |
| for up to two years |                       |                       |
| when they no longer |                       |                       |
| need instructional  |                       |                       |
| services and        |                       |                       |
| methods provided by |                       |                       |
| the district's LEP  |                       |                       |
| program. The NCLB   |                       |                       |
| Limited English     |                       |                       |
| Proficiency (LEP)   |                       |                       |
| Collection and      |                       |                       |
| results from the    |                       |                       |
| state's English     |                       |                       |
| Language            |                       |                       |
| Proficiency         |                       |                       |
| Assessment provides |                       |                       |
| districts the       |                       |                       |
| opportunity to      |                       |                       |
| identify these      |                       |                       |
| transitioning       |                       |                       |
| students.           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| "Former" LEP        |                       |                       |
| students are        |                       |                       |
| included in the LEP |                       |                       |
| subgroup only for   |                       |                       |
| the purpose of      |                       |                       |
| reporting AYP       |                       |                       |
| results. Consistent |                       |                       |
| with final          |                       |                       |
| regulations from    |                       |                       |
| the U.S. Department |                       |                       |
| of Education,       |                       |                       |
| "Former" LEP        |                       |                       |
| students are not    |                       |                       |
| included in the LEP |                       |                       |
| students group in   |                       |                       |
| reports of state    |                       |                       |
| assessment results. |                       |                       |
| "Former" LEP        |                       |                       |
| students who are no |                       |                       |
| longer receiving    |                       |                       |
| instructional       |                       |                       |
| services from the   |                       |                       |
| district's LEP      |                       |                       |
| program do not      |                       |                       |
| qualify to receive  |                       |                       |
| the State's added   |                       |                       |
| ADM for LEP         |                       |                       |
| students and are    |                       |                       |
| NOT included in the |                       |                       |
| district's count of |                       |                       |
| LEP students for    |                       |                       |
| the purposes of     |                       |                       |
| Title III funding   |                       |                       |
| allocations.        |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| ODE utilizes family |                       |                       |
| income measures     |                       |                       |
| (e.g., free and     |                       |                       |
| reduced lunch       |                       |                       |
| program             |                       |                       |
| applications) to    |                       |                       |
| define the          |                       |                       |
| economically        |                       |                       |
| disadvantaged       |                       |                       |
| student group.      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  How are public  | Public schools and    | State does not        |
|     schools and     | LEAs are held         | include student       |
|     LEAs held       | accountable for       | subgroups in its      |
|     accountable for | student subgroup      | State Accountability  |
|     the progress of | achievement:          | System.               |
|     student         | economically          |                       |
|     subgroups in    | disadvantaged, major  |                       |
|     the             | ethnic and racial     |                       |
|     determination   | groups, students with |                       |
|     of adequate     | disabilities, and     |                       |
|     yearly          | limited English       |                       |
|     progress?       | proficient students.  |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon assessments  |                       |                       |
| are disaggregated   |                       |                       |
| by the student      |                       |                       |
| characteristics of  |                       |                       |
| economic            |                       |                       |
| disadvantage,       |                       |                       |
| disability, limited |                       |                       |
| English             |                       |                       |
| proficiency, and    |                       |                       |
| the ethnic/racial   |                       |                       |
| groups of Asian,    |                       |                       |
| African American,   |                       |                       |
| Hispanic, Native    |                       |                       |
| American, White and |                       |                       |
| multi-ethnic.       |                       |                       |
| Schools, LEAs and   |                       |                       |
| the state are held  |                       |                       |
| accountable for the |                       |                       |
| achievement of each |                       |                       |
| subgroup and well   |                       |                       |
| as the total        |                       |                       |
| population.         |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.  How are         | All students with     | The State             |
|     students with   | disabilities          | Accountability System |
|     disabilities    | participate in        | or State policy       |
|     included in the | statewide             | excludes students     |
|     State's         | assessments: general  | with disabilities     |
|     definition of   | assessments with or   | from participating in |
|     adequate yearly | without               | the statewide         |
|     progress?       | accommodations or an  | assessments.          |
|                     | alternate assessment  |                       |
|                     | based on grade level  | State cannot          |
|                     | standards for the     | demonstrate that      |
|                     | grade in which        | alternate assessments |
|                     | students are          | measure grade-level   |
|                     | enrolled.             | standards for the     |
|                     |                       | grade in which        |
|                     | State demonstrates    | students are          |
|                     | that students with    | enrolled.             |
|                     | disabilities are      |                       |
|                     | fully included in the |                       |
|                     | State Accountability  |                       |
|                     | System.               |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| All students in     |                       |                       |
| Oregon, including   |                       |                       |
| students with       |                       |                       |
| disabilities, are   |                       |                       |
| expected to         |                       |                       |
| participate in      |                       |                       |
| state assessment in |                       |                       |
| grades 3, 4, 5, 6,  |                       |                       |
| 7, 8, and 10.       |                       |                       |
| Students with       |                       |                       |
| disabilities are    |                       |                       |
| included in the     |                       |                       |
| calculation of AYP  |                       |                       |
| in both             |                       |                       |
| participation and   |                       |                       |
| performance if they |                       |                       |
| were on an IEP any  |                       |                       |
| time during the     |                       |                       |
| current school      |                       |                       |
| year. The subgroup  |                       |                       |
| size for students   |                       |                       |
| with disabilities   |                       |                       |
| is equal to that of |                       |                       |
| the overall group   |                       |                       |
| size (cell size of  |                       |                       |
| 40 for              |                       |                       |
| participation and   |                       |                       |
| cell size of 42 for |                       |                       |
| performance).       |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Oregon has a wide   |                       |                       |
| range of options    |                       |                       |
| available to assess |                       |                       |
| all students with   |                       |                       |
| disabilities. This  |                       |                       |
| document describes  |                       |                       |
| the options         |                       |                       |
| available:          |                       |                       |
| <                   |                       |                       |
| http://www.ode.stat |                       |                       |
| e.or.us/teachlearn/ |                       |                       |
| testing/admin/compr |                       |                       |
| ehensiveasmt04.pdf> |                       |                       |
| . Oregon maintains  |                       |                       |
| and quarterly       |                       |                       |
| updates a table of  |                       |                       |
| accepted            |                       |                       |
| accommodations and  |                       |                       |
| modifications:      |                       |                       |
| http://ww           |                       |                       |
| w.ode.state.or.us/s |                       |                       |
| earch/page/?id=487. |                       |                       |
| Testing with        |                       |                       |
| Accommodations is   |                       |                       |
| considered a        |                       |                       |
| standard            |                       |                       |
| administration.     |                       |                       |
| These               |                       |                       |
| accommodations are  |                       |                       |
| available to all    |                       |                       |
| students including  |                       |                       |
| students with and   |                       |                       |
| without             |                       |                       |
| disabilities and    |                       |                       |
| students who are    |                       |                       |
| English language    |                       |                       |
| learners.           |                       |                       |
| Modifications are   |                       |                       |
| not considered part |                       |                       |
| of a standard       |                       |                       |
| administration.     |                       |                       |
| Modifications are   |                       |                       |
| available only to   |                       |                       |
| English language    |                       |                       |
| learners, students  |                       |                       |
| with IEPs, and      |                       |                       |
| students eligible   |                       |                       |
| under section 504.  |                       |                       |
| Scores obtained     |                       |                       |
| under modified      |                       |                       |
| conditions do not   |                       |                       |
| allow students to   |                       |                       |
| meet standards and  |                       |                       |
| are counted as      |                       |                       |
| non-participants in |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| reporting.          |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| All students        |                       |                       |
| enrolled in an LEA  |                       |                       |
| are included in AYP |                       |                       |
| calculations. If a  |                       |                       |
| student is served   |                       |                       |
| in a school other   |                       |                       |
| than the school of  |                       |                       |
| enrollment, scores  |                       |                       |
| are counted in the  |                       |                       |
| school of           |                       |                       |
| enrollment for      |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| purposes.           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Up to 1% of total   |                       |                       |
| test scores in the  |                       |                       |
| district used to    |                       |                       |
| determine AYP may   |                       |                       |
| be from extended    |                       |                       |
| assessments if the  |                       |                       |
| scores meet or      |                       |                       |
| exceed the          |                       |                       |
| alternate           |                       |                       |
| achievement         |                       |                       |
| standards adopted   |                       |                       |
| by the state. An    |                       |                       |
| explanation of the  |                       |                       |
| calculation of      |                       |                       |
| performance levels  |                       |                       |
| for these           |                       |                       |
| assessments is      |                       |                       |
| available at:       |                       |                       |
| [[http://ww         |                       |                       |
| w.ode.state.or.us/t |                       |                       |
| eachlearn/testing/m |                       |                       |
| anuals/2007/altasmt |                       |                       |
| _stds_alds07.pdf]{. |                       |                       |
| underline}](http:// |                       |                       |
| www.ode.state.or.us |                       |                       |
| /teachlearn/testing |                       |                       |
| /manuals/2007/altas |                       |                       |
| mt_stds_alds07.pdf) |                       |                       |
| and                 |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [[http:/            |                       |                       |
| /www.ode.state.or.u |                       |                       |
| s/teachlearn/testin |                       |                       |
| g/manuals/2007/asmt |                       |                       |
| techmanualvol7_alta |                       |                       |
| smts.pdf]{.underlin |                       |                       |
| e}](http://www.ode. |                       |                       |
| state.or.us/teachle |                       |                       |
| arn/testing/manuals |                       |                       |
| /2007/asmttechmanua |                       |                       |
| lvol7_altasmts.pdf) |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 4.  How are         | All LEP students      | LEP students are not  |
|     students with   | participate in        | fully included in the |
|     limited English | statewide             | State Accountability  |
|     proficiency     | assessments: general  | System.               |
|     included in the | assessments with or   |                       |
|     State's         | without               |                       |
|     definition of   | accommodations or a   |                       |
|     adequate yearly | native language       |                       |
|     progress?       | version of the        |                       |
|                     | general assessment    |                       |
|                     | based on grade level  |                       |
|                     | standards.            |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | State demonstrates    |                       |
|                     | that LEP students are |                       |
|                     | fully included in the |                       |
|                     | State Accountability  |                       |
|                     | System.               |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon provides     |                       |                       |
| mathematics tests   |                       |                       |
| that present        |                       |                       |
| questions in        |                       |                       |
| English and two     |                       |                       |
| other languages     |                       |                       |
| (Spanish and        |                       |                       |
| Russian) side by    |                       |                       |
| side. These tests   |                       |                       |
| are considered      |                       |                       |
| standard            |                       |                       |
| administration for  |                       |                       |
| any student.        |                       |                       |
| Eligible LEP        |                       |                       |
| students will also  |                       |                       |
| be reported as      |                       |                       |
| meeting standard in |                       |                       |
| AYP determinations  |                       |                       |
| if the student      |                       |                       |
| meets standard on   |                       |                       |
| an assessment in    |                       |                       |
| the student's       |                       |                       |
| native language     |                       |                       |
| offered by the      |                       |                       |
| state. The only     |                       |                       |
| native language     |                       |                       |
| assessment          |                       |                       |
| currently offered   |                       |                       |
| by the state        |                       |                       |
| included in AYP     |                       |                       |
| determinations is   |                       |                       |
| an assessment of    |                       |                       |
| reading in Spanish  |                       |                       |
| at grade 3.         |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Consistent with     |                       |                       |
| final regulations,  |                       |                       |
| eligible LEP        |                       |                       |
| students are        |                       |                       |
| students who 1) are |                       |                       |
| identified as in    |                       |                       |
| the Title III       |                       |                       |
| English Language    |                       |                       |
| Proficiency         |                       |                       |
| Collection as first |                       |                       |
| enrolling in a U.S. |                       |                       |
| school after the    |                       |                       |
| first school day in |                       |                       |
| May five years      |                       |                       |
| prior to the        |                       |                       |
| current school year |                       |                       |
| [and]{.underline}   |                       |                       |
| 2) do not           |                       |                       |
| demonstrate         |                       |                       |
| proficiency on the  |                       |                       |
| state's English     |                       |                       |
| Language            |                       |                       |
| Proficiency         |                       |                       |
| Assessment (ELPA)   |                       |                       |
| during the current  |                       |                       |
| school year. The    |                       |                       |
| results of native   |                       |                       |
| language            |                       |                       |
| assessments offered |                       |                       |
| by the state from   |                       |                       |
| students who do not |                       |                       |
| meet these          |                       |                       |
| eligibility         |                       |                       |
| criteria will be    |                       |                       |
| considered modified |                       |                       |
| test                |                       |                       |
| administrations and |                       |                       |
| will be counted as  |                       |                       |
| non-participants in |                       |                       |
| AYP, report card,   |                       |                       |
| and state           |                       |                       |
| assessment results. |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| All LEP students    |                       |                       |
| must be assessed    |                       |                       |
| with a standard     |                       |                       |
| assessment, one of  |                       |                       |
| the alternatives    |                       |                       |
| described above, or |                       |                       |
| with modified       |                       |                       |
| administration      |                       |                       |
| (e.g., local        |                       |                       |
| translation).       |                       |                       |
| Students assessed   |                       |                       |
| with modified       |                       |                       |
| administrations     |                       |                       |
| will be counted as  |                       |                       |
| non-participants in |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| reporting.          |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Newly enrolled LEP  |                       |                       |
| students (students  |                       |                       |
| not proficient in   |                       |                       |
| English and         |                       |                       |
| enrolling for the   |                       |                       |
| first time in a     |                       |                       |
| U.S. school after   |                       |                       |
| the first school    |                       |                       |
| day in May of the   |                       |                       |
| prior school year)  |                       |                       |
| must take the       |                       |                       |
| state's English     |                       |                       |
| Language            |                       |                       |
| Proficiency         |                       |                       |
| Assessment, but are |                       |                       |
| not required to     |                       |                       |
| participate in the  |                       |                       |
| state's reading and |                       |                       |
| writing             |                       |                       |
| assessments. If a   |                       |                       |
| student takes the   |                       |                       |
| state's English     |                       |                       |
| Language            |                       |                       |
| Proficiency         |                       |                       |
| Assessment, the     |                       |                       |
| student is counted  |                       |                       |
| as participating    |                       |                       |
| for AYP             |                       |                       |
| calculations        |                       |                       |
| whether or not      |                       |                       |
| (s)he takes the     |                       |                       |
| reading assessment. |                       |                       |
| If a student takes  |                       |                       |
| the state reading   |                       |                       |
| assessments, the    |                       |                       |
| score will not be   |                       |                       |
| included in AYP     |                       |                       |
| performance         |                       |                       |
| calculations of a   |                       |                       |
| school or district. |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Newly enrolled LEP  |                       |                       |
| students (students  |                       |                       |
| not proficient in   |                       |                       |
| English and         |                       |                       |
| enrolling for the   |                       |                       |
| first time in a     |                       |                       |
| U.S. school after   |                       |                       |
| the first school    |                       |                       |
| day in May of the   |                       |                       |
| prior school year)  |                       |                       |
| are required to     |                       |                       |
| participate in the  |                       |                       |
| state's mathematics |                       |                       |
| assessments. The    |                       |                       |
| mathematics         |                       |                       |
| assessment results  |                       |                       |
| of these students   |                       |                       |
| will not be         |                       |                       |
| included in AYP     |                       |                       |
| performance         |                       |                       |
| calculations.       |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Exited students     |                       |                       |
| remain in the LEP   |                       |                       |
| subgroup for AYP    |                       |                       |
| determinations only |                       |                       |
| for two school      |                       |                       |
| years after         |                       |                       |
| exiting.            |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5.  What is the     | State defines the     | State does not define |
|     State\'s        | number of students    | the required number   |
|     definition of   | required in a         | of students in a      |
|     the minimum     | subgroup for          | subgroup for          |
|     number of       | reporting and         | reporting and         |
|     students in a   | accountability        | accountability        |
|     subgroup        | purposes, and applies | purposes.             |
|     required for    | this definition       |                       |
|     reporting       | consistently across   | Definition is not     |
|     purposes? For   | the State.[^5]        | applied consistently  |
|     accountability  |                       | across the State.     |
|     purposes?       | Definition of         |                       |
|                     | subgroup will result  | Definition does not   |
|                     | in data that are      | result in data that   |
|                     | statistically         | are statistically     |
|                     | reliable.             | reliable.             |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| In reviewing the    |                       |                       |
| variance of our     |                       |                       |
| tests and the       |                       |                       |
| reliability of      |                       |                       |
| decisions based on  |                       |                       |
| percent of students |                       |                       |
| proficient, we have |                       |                       |
| determined that a   |                       |                       |
| minimum of 42       |                       |                       |
| scores will result  |                       |                       |
| in adequate         |                       |                       |
| statistical         |                       |                       |
| reliability and     |                       |                       |
| sufficient          |                       |                       |
| inclusion of        |                       |                       |
| schools and         |                       |                       |
| subgroups. Oregon   |                       |                       |
| will combine scores |                       |                       |
| from two years to   |                       |                       |
| make annual         |                       |                       |
| determination of    |                       |                       |
| AYP. In addition,   |                       |                       |
| if an overall       |                       |                       |
| school/district or  |                       |                       |
| subgroup is         |                       |                       |
| determined to have  |                       |                       |
| in the current year |                       |                       |
| a, minimum of 21    |                       |                       |
| scores, and does    |                       |                       |
| not meet AYP via    |                       |                       |
| the 2 or 4 year     |                       |                       |
| average years, ODE  |                       |                       |
| will calculate AYP  |                       |                       |
| based on the most   |                       |                       |
| recent year of test |                       |                       |
| data.               |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| As stated in        |                       |                       |
| Section 5.6, Oregon |                       |                       |
| policy is to        |                       |                       |
| suppress reporting  |                       |                       |
| of groups smaller   |                       |                       |
| than six students.  |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Oregon has been     |                       |                       |
| collaborating with  |                       |                       |
| Brian Gong and      |                       |                       |
| Richard Hill of the |                       |                       |
| Center For          |                       |                       |
| Assessment. We are  |                       |                       |
| currently           |                       |                       |
| conducting analyses |                       |                       |
| using the methods   |                       |                       |
| outlined by Richard |                       |                       |
| Hill and Charles    |                       |                       |
| DePascale           |                       |                       |
| (<http://ww         |                       |                       |
| w.nciea.org/publica |                       |                       |
| tions/CCSSO02_Relia |                       |                       |
| bility_RHCD03.pdf>) |                       |                       |
| These methods will  |                       |                       |
| allow us to         |                       |                       |
| estimate the        |                       |                       |
| reliability of the  |                       |                       |
| AYP determination   |                       |                       |
| over time. If we    |                       |                       |
| find that the       |                       |                       |
| reliability of the  |                       |                       |
| AYP model is        |                       |                       |
| sufficient to allow |                       |                       |
| a smaller minimum,  |                       |                       |
| we will amend our   |                       |                       |
| proposal.           |                       |                       |
| Similarly, if       |                       |                       |
| statistical         |                       |                       |
| reliability         |                       |                       |
| requires more       |                       |                       |
| scores, we will     |                       |                       |
| raise the minimum   |                       |                       |
| N. These analyses   |                       |                       |
| will be conducted   |                       |                       |
| annually.           |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6.  How does the    | Definition does not   | Definition reveals    |
|     State           | reveal personally     | personally            |
|     Accountability  | identifiable          | identifiable          |
|     System protect  | information.[^6]      | information.          |
|     the privacy of  |                       |                       |
|     students when   |                       |                       |
|     reporting       |                       |                       |
|     results and     |                       |                       |
|     when            |                       |                       |
|     determining     |                       |                       |
|     AYP?            |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon policy is to |                       |                       |
| suppress reporting  |                       |                       |
| of groups smaller   |                       |                       |
| than six students   |                       |                       |
| (http://www.ode.    |                       |                       |
| state.or.us/data/re |                       |                       |
| portcard/docs/rcpol |                       |                       |
| icymanual0607.pdf). |                       |                       |
| We will continue    |                       |                       |
| that policy to      |                       |                       |
| protect the privacy |                       |                       |
| of individual       |                       |                       |
| students. Schools   |                       |                       |
| or subgroups that   |                       |                       |
| have 99% or 100% of |                       |                       |
| students meeting    |                       |                       |
| standard will be    |                       |                       |
| reported as "99% or |                       |                       |
| above" to protect   |                       |                       |
| the privacy of      |                       |                       |
| students where all  |                       |                       |
| meet the standard.  |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 6. State definition of AYP is based primarily on the State's
academic assessments.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | ## EXAMPLES FOR       | ## EXAMPLES OF        |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How is the       | Formula for AYP shows | Formula for AYP shows |
|     State's          | that decisions are    | that decisions are    |
|     definition of    | based primarily on    | based primarily on    |
|     adequate yearly  | assessments.[^7]      | non-academic          |
|     progress based   |                       | indicators or         |
|     primarily on     | Plan clearly          | indicators other than |
|     academic         | identifies which      | the State             |
|     assessments?     | assessments are       | assessments.          |
|                      | included in           |                       |
|                      | accountability.       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| AYP determinations   |                       |                       |
| include the state's  |                       |                       |
| reading and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics multiple |                       |                       |
| choice knowledge and |                       |                       |
| skills assessments   |                       |                       |
| from grades 3-8 and  |                       |                       |
| 10. The only other   |                       |                       |
| factors will be the  |                       |                       |
| additional           |                       |                       |
| indicators of        |                       |                       |
| graduation rate and  |                       |                       |
| attendance.          |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

PRINCIPLE 7. State definition of AYP includes graduation rates for
public High schools and an additional indicator selected by the State
for public Middle and public Elementary schools (such as attendance
rates).

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  What is the     | State definition of   | State definition of   |
|     State           | graduation rate:      | public high school    |
|     definition for  |                       | graduation rate does  |
|     the public high | -   Calculates the    | not meet these        |
|     school          |     percentage of     | criteria.             |
|     graduation      |     students,         |                       |
|     rate?           |     measured from the |                       |
|                     |     beginning of the  |                       |
|                     |     school year, who  |                       |
|                     |     graduate from     |                       |
|                     |     public high       |                       |
|                     |     school with a     |                       |
|                     |     regular diploma   |                       |
|                     |     (not including a  |                       |
|                     |     GED or any other  |                       |
|                     |     diploma not fully |                       |
|                     |     aligned with the  |                       |
|                     |     state's academic  |                       |
|                     |     standards) in the |                       |
|                     |     standard number   |                       |
|                     |     of years; or,     |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | -   Uses another more |                       |
|                     |     accurate          |                       |
|                     |     definition that   |                       |
|                     |     has been approved |                       |
|                     |     by the Secretary; |                       |
|                     |     and               |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | -   Must avoid        |                       |
|                     |     counting a        |                       |
|                     |     dropout as a      |                       |
|                     |     transfer.         |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | Graduation rate is    |                       |
|                     | included (in the      |                       |
|                     | aggregate) for AYP,   |                       |
|                     | and disaggregated (as |                       |
|                     | necessary) for use    |                       |
|                     | when applying the     |                       |
|                     | exception clause[^8]  |                       |
|                     | to make AYP.          |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND STATE ACTIVITIES FOR MEETING REQUIREMENTS**      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The state target for making AYP on the graduation indicator will be   |
| **68.1%** over two years combined or in the most current year**,**    |
| equivalent to the percentage of Oregon 9^th^ grade students who       |
| receive a regular diploma within 4 years.                             |
|                                                                       |
| The graduation rate is calculated using a one-year version of the     |
| modified NCES graduation rate formula:                                |
|                                                                       |
| +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+   |
| |                     | # [Gra              |                     |   |
| |                     | duates]{.underline} |                     |   |
| +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+   |
| |                     | ####                |                     |   |
| |                     | Graduate + Dropouts |                     |   |
| +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+   |
|                                                                       |
| Where **Graduates** is the number of students who graduated with a    |
| standard diploma in the school year and following summer school       |
| session in the standard number of years, and                          |
|                                                                       |
| **Dropouts** is the number of students dropping out of grades 9-12 in |
| the school year in accordance with the NCES dropout definition.       |
|                                                                       |
| Oregon chose to use the data for four classes in one school year      |
| instead tracking one class over four years in determining the number  |
| of dropouts, in order to better measure the immediate effect of       |
| educational policies that existed in the reporting year. However,     |
| beginning in the 2003-04 school year, October 1 enrollment is         |
| collected at the student level. Upon stakeholder review in winter     |
| 2009, ODE intends to calculate and display a 4-year cohort graduation |
| rate using the 2007-08 data on the 2008-09 reports. If stakeholder    |
| review identifies significant implementation concerns, the cohort     |
| graduation rate may be deferred to the 2009-10 reports.               |
|                                                                       |
| Beginning in 2003-04 both graduation and dropout data are collected   |
| at the student level. We will get one report (record) from every      |
| student who completes the 12^th^ grade showing what credential they   |
| earned, or that they did not earn a credential. Each record will      |
| contain a place where the school can indicate race/ethnicity, gender, |
| and special education status. LEP and economically disadvantaged      |
| status will come from the English Language Proficiency Collection and |
| the Spring Membership Collection, respectively.                       |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  What is the     | State defines the     | State has not defined |
|     State's         | additional academic   | an additional         |
|     additional      | indicators, e.g.,     | academic indicator    |
|     academic        | additional State or   | for elementary and    |
|     indicator for   | locally administered  | middle schools.       |
|     public          | assessments not       |                       |
|     elementary      | included in the State |                       |
|     schools for the | assessment system,    |                       |
|     definition of   | grade-to-grade        |                       |
|     AYP? For public | retention rates or    |                       |
|     middle schools  | attendance rates.[^9] |                       |
|     for the         |                       |                       |
|     definition of   | An additional         |                       |
|     AYP?            | academic indicator is |                       |
|                     | included (in the      |                       |
|                     | aggregate) for AYP,   |                       |
|                     | and disaggregated (as |                       |
|                     | necessary) for use    |                       |
|                     | when applying the     |                       |
|                     | exception clause to   |                       |
|                     | make AYP.             |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon will use     |                       |                       |
| attendance as the   |                       |                       |
| additional academic |                       |                       |
| indicator for       |                       |                       |
| elementary and      |                       |                       |
| middle schools.     |                       |                       |
| This indicator is a |                       |                       |
| required element in |                       |                       |
| our current report  |                       |                       |
| card system (ORS    |                       |                       |
| 329.105). We will   |                       |                       |
| use the currently   |                       |                       |
| established         |                       |                       |
| standard for        |                       |                       |
| adequate attendance |                       |                       |
| for the report card |                       |                       |
| of 92% over two     |                       |                       |
| years combined or   |                       |                       |
| in the most current |                       |                       |
| year as the         |                       |                       |
| criterion for       |                       |                       |
| making AYP.         |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2.  Are the State's | State has defined     | State has an academic |
|     academic        | academic indicators   | indicator that is not |
|     indicators      | that are valid and    | valid and reliable.   |
|     valid and       | reliable.             |                       |
|     reliable?       |                       | State has an academic |
|                     | State has defined     | indicator that is not |
|                     | academic indicators   | consistent with       |
|                     | that are consistent   | nationally recognized |
|                     | with nationally       | standards.            |
|                     | recognized standards, |                       |
|                     | if any.               | State has an academic |
|                     |                       | indicator that is not |
|                     |                       | consistent within     |
|                     |                       | grade levels.         |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| As previously       |                       |                       |
| noted, Oregon uses  |                       |                       |
| the additional      |                       |                       |
| academic indicators |                       |                       |
| in our current      |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| system. The         |                       |                       |
| selection of the    |                       |                       |
| indicators was      |                       |                       |
| based on a review   |                       |                       |
| of research and of  |                       |                       |
| systems that had    |                       |                       |
| been working in     |                       |                       |
| other states prior  |                       |                       |
| to Oregon's         |                       |                       |
| decision to include |                       |                       |
| them in 1999. We    |                       |                       |
| have established    |                       |                       |
| reliable methods of |                       |                       |
| data collection and |                       |                       |
| review. In our      |                       |                       |
| experience, these   |                       |                       |
| indicators are      |                       |                       |
| valid for the       |                       |                       |
| purpose of          |                       |                       |
| assessing the       |                       |                       |
| effectiveness of    |                       |                       |
| schools and         |                       |                       |
| districts.          |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 8. AYP is based on reading/language arts and mathematics
achievement objectives.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  Does the state   | State AYP             | State AYP             |
|     measure          | determination for     | determination for     |
|     achievement in   | student subgroups,    | student subgroups,    |
|     reading/language | public schools and    | public schools and    |
|     arts and         | LEAs separately       | LEAs averages or      |
|     mathematics      | measures              | combines achievement  |
|     separately for   | reading/language arts | across                |
|     determining AYP? | and mathematics.      | reading/language arts |
|                      | [^10]                 | and mathematics.      |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | AYP is a separate     |                       |
|                      | calculation for       |                       |
|                      | reading/language arts |                       |
|                      | and mathematics for   |                       |
|                      | each group, public    |                       |
|                      | school, and LEA.      |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Separate             |                       |                       |
| determinations will  |                       |                       |
| be made for          |                       |                       |
| reading/language     |                       |                       |
| arts and             |                       |                       |
| mathematics. Only    |                       |                       |
| assessments that     |                       |                       |
| have met the         |                       |                       |
| requirements of the  |                       |                       |
| most recent peer     |                       |                       |
| review of the        |                       |                       |
| state's standards    |                       |                       |
| and assessments will |                       |                       |
| be used in           |                       |                       |
| calculating AYP      |                       |                       |
| determinations. AYP  |                       |                       |
| determinations       |                       |                       |
| include the state's  |                       |                       |
| reading and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics multiple |                       |                       |
| choice knowledge and |                       |                       |
| skills assessments   |                       |                       |
| from grades 3-8 and  |                       |                       |
| 10. .                |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 9. State Accountability System is statistically valid and
reliable.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How do AYP       | State has defined a   | State does not have   |
|     determinations   | method for            | an acceptable method  |
|     meet the State's | determining an        | for determining       |
|     standard for     | acceptable level of   | reliability (decision |
|     acceptable       | reliability (decision | consistency) of       |
|     reliability?     | consistency) for AYP  | accountability        |
|                      | decisions.            | decisions, e.g., it   |
|                      |                       | reports only          |
|                      | State provides        | reliability           |
|                      | evidence that         | coefficients for its  |
|                      | decision consistency  | assessments.          |
|                      | is (1) within the     |                       |
|                      | range deemed          | State has parameters  |
|                      | acceptable to the     | for acceptable        |
|                      | State, and (2) meets  | reliability; however, |
|                      | professional          | the actual            |
|                      | standards and         | reliability (decision |
|                      | practice.             | consistency) falls    |
|                      |                       | outside those         |
|                      | State publicly        | parameters.           |
|                      | reports the estimate  |                       |
|                      | of decision           | State's evidence      |
|                      | consistency, and      | regarding             |
|                      | incorporates it       | accountability        |
|                      | appropriately into    | reliability (decision |
|                      | accountability        | consistency) is not   |
|                      | decisions.            | updated.              |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | State updates         |                       |
|                      | analysis and          |                       |
|                      | reporting of decision |                       |
|                      | consistency at        |                       |
|                      | appropriate           |                       |
|                      | intervals.            |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon has been      |                       |                       |
| collaborating with   |                       |                       |
| Brian Gong and       |                       |                       |
| Richard Hill of the  |                       |                       |
| Center For           |                       |                       |
| Assessment. We are   |                       |                       |
| currently conducting |                       |                       |
| analyses using the   |                       |                       |
| methods outlined by  |                       |                       |
| Richard Hill and     |                       |                       |
| Charles DePascale    |                       |                       |
| (<http:              |                       |                       |
| //www.nciea.org/publ |                       |                       |
| ications/CCSSO02_Rel |                       |                       |
| iability_RHCD03.pdf> |                       |                       |
| ) Our projections    |                       |                       |
| reveal that this     |                       |                       |
| proposal will        |                       |                       |
| provide as reliable  |                       |                       |
| and inclusive        |                       |                       |
| formula as possible  |                       |                       |
| under the law.       |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The analyses we are  |                       |                       |
| currently conducting |                       |                       |
| will allow us to     |                       |                       |
| estimate the         |                       |                       |
| reliability of our   |                       |                       |
| model for            |                       |                       |
| determining AYP. We  |                       |                       |
| will review our      |                       |                       |
| results each year    |                       |                       |
| with both our        |                       |                       |
| in-state advisory    |                       |                       |
| groups and a         |                       |                       |
| national technical   |                       |                       |
| advisory panel.      |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  What is the      | State has established | State does not have a |
|     State\'s process | a process for public  | system for handling   |
|     for making valid | schools and LEAs to   | appeals of            |
|     AYP              | appeal an             | accountability        |
|     determinations?  | accountability        | decisions.            |
|                      | decision.             |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The state generally  |                       |                       |
| releases 3 versions  |                       |                       |
| of the AYP reports:  |                       |                       |
| Pre-Preliminary,     |                       |                       |
| Preliminary and      |                       |                       |
| Final AYP in an      |                       |                       |
| attempt to allow     |                       |                       |
| districts ample      |                       |                       |
| opportunity to       |                       |                       |
| review and correct   |                       |                       |
| their reports. If    |                       |                       |
| errors are found ODE |                       |                       |
| releases corrected   |                       |                       |
| versions.            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| New schools will be  |                       |                       |
| held accountable as  |                       |                       |
| soon as sufficient   |                       |                       |
| data points are      |                       |                       |
| available. Two years |                       |                       |
| of data are used to  |                       |                       |
| determine if a       |                       |                       |
| school has met the   |                       |                       |
| annual objective.    |                       |                       |
| For established      |                       |                       |
| schools, two years   |                       |                       |
| data are also used   |                       |                       |
| to determine growth. |                       |                       |
| Students enrolled in |                       |                       |
| newly reconstituted  |                       |                       |
| schools will be      |                       |                       |
| included in LEA      |                       |                       |
| accountability.      |                       |                       |
| State policy is that |                       |                       |
| if enrollment of a   |                       |                       |
| school changes by    |                       |                       |
| more than 40% due to |                       |                       |
| boundary changes, it |                       |                       |
| is considered a new  |                       |                       |
| school. Assessment   |                       |                       |
| data will be         |                       |                       |
| reported on new      |                       |                       |
| schools the first    |                       |                       |
| year.                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Oregon receives      |                       |                       |
| appeals of AYP       |                       |                       |
| determinations in    |                       |                       |
| August after         |                       |                       |
| preliminary AYP is   |                       |                       |
| released. An         |                       |                       |
| Accountability       |                       |                       |
| Advisory group       |                       |                       |
| comprised of         |                       |                       |
| knowledgeable        |                       |                       |
| district             |                       |                       |
| stakeholders reviews |                       |                       |
| the appeals and      |                       |                       |
| reaches consensus    |                       |                       |
| recommendations as   |                       |                       |
| to the dispensation  |                       |                       |
| of the requests.     |                       |                       |
| Approved appeals are |                       |                       |
| incorporated into    |                       |                       |
| the date used to     |                       |                       |
| make final AYP       |                       |                       |
| determinations.      |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.  How has the      | State has a plan to   | State's transition    |
|     State planned    | maintain continuity   | plan interrupts       |
|     for              | in AYP decisions      | annual determination  |
|     incorporating    | necessary for         | of AYP.               |
|     into its         | validity through      |                       |
|     definition of    | planned assessment    | State does not have a |
|     AYP anticipated  | changes, and other    | plan for handling     |
|     changes in       | changes necessary to  | changes: e.g., to its |
|     assessments?     | comply fully with     | assessment system, or |
|                      | NCLB.[^11]            | the addition of new   |
|                      |                       | public schools.       |
|                      | State has a plan for  |                       |
|                      | including new public  |                       |
|                      | schools in the State  |                       |
|                      | Accountability        |                       |
|                      | System.               |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | State has a plan for  |                       |
|                      | periodically          |                       |
|                      | reviewing its State   |                       |
|                      | Accountability        |                       |
|                      | System, so that       |                       |
|                      | unforeseen changes    |                       |
|                      | can be quickly        |                       |
|                      | addressed.            |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon owns all the  |                       |                       |
| items used in our    |                       |                       |
| assessments. As the  |                       |                       |
| assessment system is |                       |                       |
| adjusted Oregon will |                       |                       |
| either calibrate     |                       |                       |
| items on the         |                       |                       |
| existing scale       |                       |                       |
| unless for some      |                       |                       |
| reason it is         |                       |                       |
| determined that such |                       |                       |
| an approach isn't    |                       |                       |
| warranted. At that   |                       |                       |
| point, we would      |                       |                       |
| engage our           |                       |                       |
| stakeholders and     |                       |                       |
| Technical Advisory   |                       |                       |
| Team in an expedited |                       |                       |
| discussion of        |                       |                       |
| options.             |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| New schools will be  |                       |                       |
| held accountable as  |                       |                       |
| soon as sufficient   |                       |                       |
| data points are      |                       |                       |
| available. Two years |                       |                       |
| of data are used to  |                       |                       |
| determine if a       |                       |                       |
| school has met the   |                       |                       |
| annual objective.    |                       |                       |
| For established      |                       |                       |
| schools, two years   |                       |                       |
| data are also used   |                       |                       |
| to determine growth. |                       |                       |
| Students enrolled in |                       |                       |
| newly reconstituted  |                       |                       |
| schools will be      |                       |                       |
| included in LEA      |                       |                       |
| accountability.      |                       |                       |
| State policy is that |                       |                       |
| if enrollment of a   |                       |                       |
| school changes by    |                       |                       |
| more than 40% due to |                       |                       |
| boundary changes, it |                       |                       |
| is considered a new  |                       |                       |
| school. Assessment   |                       |                       |
| data will be         |                       |                       |
| reported on new      |                       |                       |
| schools the first    |                       |                       |
| year.                |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 10. In order for a public school or LEA to make AYP, the
State ensures that it assessed at least 95% of the students enrolled in
each subgroup.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF\        |
|                      | MEETING               | *NOT* MEETING         |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  What is the      | State has a procedure | The state does not    |
|     State\'s method  | to determine the      | have a procedure for  |
|     for calculating  | number of absent or   | determining the rate  |
|     participation    | untested students (by | of students           |
|     rates in the     | subgroup and          | participating in      |
|     State            | aggregate).           | statewide             |
|     assessments for  |                       | assessments.          |
|     use in AYP       | State has a procedure |                       |
|     determinations?  | to determine the      | Public schools and    |
|                      | denominator (total    | LEAs are not held     |
|                      | enrollment) for the   | accountable for       |
|                      | 95% calculation (by   | testing at least 95%  |
|                      | subgroup and          | of their students.    |
|                      | aggregate).           |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | Public schools and    |                       |
|                      | LEAs are held         |                       |
|                      | accountable for       |                       |
|                      | reaching the 95%      |                       |
|                      | assessed goal.        |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Oregon has a         |                       |                       |
| national reputation  |                       |                       |
| for providing        |                       |                       |
| assessments for all  |                       |                       |
| students and a       |                       |                       |
| policy of requiring  |                       |                       |
| that all students be |                       |                       |
| tested (see test     |                       |                       |
| administration       |                       |                       |
| manual               |                       |                       |
| http:                |                       |                       |
| //www.ode.state.or.u |                       |                       |
| s/search/page/?=486. |                       |                       |
| Schools and LEAs     |                       |                       |
| will be held         |                       |                       |
| accountable for the  |                       |                       |
| achievement of all   |                       |                       |
| students. AYP        |                       |                       |
| calculations will be |                       |                       |
| made with total      |                       |                       |
| enrollment on the    |                       |                       |
| first school day in  |                       |                       |
| May as the           |                       |                       |
| denominator. Any     |                       |                       |
| student without a    |                       |                       |
| valid test score     |                       |                       |
| from an assessment   |                       |                       |
| at or above the      |                       |                       |
| student's enrolled   |                       |                       |
| grade will be        |                       |                       |
| counted as a         |                       |                       |
| non-participant.     |                       |                       |
| Non-participation    |                       |                       |
| includes:            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Students who     |                       |                       |
|     were absent from |                       |                       |
|     testing and      |                       |                       |
|     students whose   |                       |                       |
|     parents refused  |                       |                       |
|     to allow them to |                       |                       |
|     participate      |                       |                       |
|     (under           |                       |                       |
|     conditions       |                       |                       |
|     specified by OAR |                       |                       |
|     581-022-1910 or  |                       |                       |
|     OAR              |                       |                       |
|     581-022-0611)    |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Students with    |                       |                       |
|     test scores      |                       |                       |
|     resulting from   |                       |                       |
|     invalid test     |                       |                       |
|     administrations. |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Students taking  |                       |                       |
|     modified test    |                       |                       |
|     administrations  |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Students taking  |                       |                       |
|     an assessment of |                       |                       |
|     the state's      |                       |                       |
|     academic content |                       |                       |
|     standards below  |                       |                       |
|     the enrolled     |                       |                       |
|     grade of the     |                       |                       |
|     student          |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Students not     |                       |                       |
|     enrolled in      |                       |                       |
|     grade 9 or 10    |                       |                       |
|     who take the     |                       |                       |
|     high school      |                       |                       |
|     assessment and   |                       |                       |
|     do not take the  |                       |                       |
|     state assessment |                       |                       |
|     corresponding to |                       |                       |
|     the student's    |                       |                       |
|     grade level      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Students who do  |                       |                       |
|     not have a       |                       |                       |
|     sufficient       |                       |                       |
|     number of        |                       |                       |
|     responses to     |                       |                       |
|     generate a valid |                       |                       |
|     score (less than |                       |                       |
|     5 items for TESA |                       |                       |
|     tests and less   |                       |                       |
|     than 10 items    |                       |                       |
|     for paper and    |                       |                       |
|     pencil tests) or |                       |                       |
|     have unscorable  |                       |                       |
|     writing          |                       |                       |
|     responses        |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The standard is 95%  |                       |                       |
| participation.       |                       |                       |
| Students counted as  |                       |                       |
| non-participants     |                       |                       |
| will not be included |                       |                       |
| in the calculation   |                       |                       |
| of percent           |                       |                       |
| proficient.          |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Districts, schools,  |                       |                       |
| and disaggregated    |                       |                       |
| groups may meet the  |                       |                       |
| participation target |                       |                       |
| if the participation |                       |                       |
| rate in either the   |                       |                       |
| most current year    |                       |                       |
| exceeds the state    |                       |                       |
| target or if the     |                       |                       |
| combined             |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| exceeds the state    |                       |                       |
| target.              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The combined         |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| is:                  |                       |                       |
| [(Stude              |                       |                       |
| ntsTested~PriorYr~ + |                       |                       |
| StudentsTested~Curr  |                       |                       |
| entYr~)]{.underline} |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| (Student             |                       |                       |
| sEnrolled~PriorYr~ + |                       |                       |
| Students             |                       |                       |
| Enrolled~CurrentYr~) |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Students will be     |                       |                       |
| omitted from the     |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| calculation when     |                       |                       |
| such students cannot |                       |                       |
| take the State       |                       |                       |
| assessment during    |                       |                       |
| the school's entire  |                       |                       |
| testing window,      |                       |                       |
| including the        |                       |                       |
| make-up dates,       |                       |                       |
| because of a         |                       |                       |
| significant medical  |                       |                       |
| emergency. School    |                       |                       |
| systems will         |                       |                       |
| maintain appropriate |                       |                       |
| documentation that   |                       |                       |
| such students have   |                       |                       |
| been determined by a |                       |                       |
| medical practitioner |                       |                       |
| to be incapacitated  |                       |                       |
| to the extent they   |                       |                       |
| are unable to        |                       |                       |
| participate in the   |                       |                       |
| appropriate State    |                       |                       |
| assessment.          |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF\        |
|                      | MEETING               | *NOT* MEETING         |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  What is the      | State has a policy    | State does not have a |
|     State\'s policy  | that implements the   | procedure for making  |
|     for determining  | regulation regarding  | this determination.   |
|     when the 95%     | the use of 95%        |                       |
|     assessed         | allowance when the    |                       |
|     requirement      | group is              |                       |
|     should be        | statistically         |                       |
|     applied?         | significant according |                       |
|                      | to State rules.       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Since schools and    |                       |                       |
| LEAs are accountable |                       |                       |
| for the achievement  |                       |                       |
| of all students, the |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| requirement applies  |                       |                       |
| to all schools and   |                       |                       |
| LEAs.                |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

# Appendix A

Required Data Elements for State Report Card

**1111(h)(1)(C)**

1\. Information, in the aggregate, on student achievement at each
proficiency level on the State academic assessments (disaggregated by
race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English
proficiency, and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such
disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number of
students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable
information or the results would reveal personally identifiable
information about an individual student.

2\. Information that provides a comparison between the actual
achievement levels of each student subgroup and the State's annual
measurable objectives for each such group of students on each of the
academic assessments.

3\. The percentage of students not tested (disaggregated by the student
subgroups), except that such disaggregation shall not be required in a
case in which the number of students in a category is insufficient to
yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal
personally identifiable information about an individual student.

4\. The most recent 2-year trend in student achievement in each subject
area, and for each grade level, for the required assessments.

5\. Aggregate information on any other indicators used by the State to
determine the adequate yearly progress of students in achieving State
academic achievement standards disaggregated by student subgroups.

6\. Graduation rates for secondary school students disaggregated by
student subgroups.

7\. Information on the performance of local educational agencies in the
State regarding making adequate yearly progress, including the number
and names of each school identified for school improvement under section
1116.

8\. The professional qualifications of teachers in the State, the
percentage of such teachers teaching with emergency or provisional
credentials, and the percentage of classes in the State not taught by
highly qualified teachers, in the aggregate and disaggregated by
high-poverty compared to low-poverty schools which (for this purpose)
means schools in the top quartile of poverty and the bottom quartile of
poverty in the State.

##### AYP Targets 

  -------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
  **ELA (KS      **2002**   **2003**   **2004**   **2005**   **2006**   **2007**   **2008**   **2009**   **2010**   **2011**   **2012**   **2013**   **2014**
  Reading )**                                                                                                                                        

  Total          40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  SWD            40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  LEP            40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  Poverty        40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  American       40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100
  Indian                                                                                                                                             

  Asian          40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  African        40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100
  American                                                                                                                                           

  Hispanic       40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  White          40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  Multi-ethnic   40         40         40         50         50         50         60         60         60         70         80         90         100

  **Math (KS )** **2002**   **2003**   **2004**   **2005**   **2006**   **2007**   **2008**   **2009**   **2010**   **2011**   **2012**   **2013**   **2014**

  Total          39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100

  SWD            39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100

  LEP            39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100

  Poverty        39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100

  American       39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100
  Indian                                                                                                                                             

  Asian          39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100

  African        39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100
  American                                                                                                                                           

  Hispanic       39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100

  White          39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100

  Multi-ethnic   39         39         39         49         49         49         59         59         59         70         80         90         100
  -------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

[^1]: System of State achievement standards will be reviewed by the
    Standards and Assessments Peer Review. The Accountability Peer
    Review will determine that achievement levels are used in
    determining AYP.

[^2]: The state must provide rewards and sanctions for all public
    schools and LEAs for making adequate yearly progress, except that
    the State is not required to hold schools and LEAs not receiving
    Title I funds to the requirements of section 1116 of NCLB
    \[§200.12(b)(40)\].

[^3]: If the state has separate assessments to cover its language arts
    standards (e.g., reading and writing), the State must create a
    method to include scores from all the relevant assessments.

[^4]: Decisions may be based upon several years of data and data may be
    averaged across grades within a public school \[§1111(b)(2)(J)\].

[^5]: The minimum number is not required to be the same for reporting
    and accountability.

[^6]: The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) prohibits an
    LEA that receives Federal funds from releasing, without the prior
    written consent of a student's parents, any personally identifiable
    information contained in a student's education record.

[^7]: State Assessment System will be reviewed by the Standards and
    Assessments Peer Review Team.

[^8]: See USC 6311(b)(2)(I)(i), and 34 C.F.R. 200.20(b)

[^9]: NCLB only lists these indicators as examples.

[^10]: If the state has more than one assessment to cover its language
    arts standards, the State must create a method for including scores
    from all the relevant assessments.

[^11]: Several events may occur which necessitate such a plan. For
    example, (1) the State may need to include additional assessments in
    grades 3-8 by 2005-2006; (2) the State may revise content and/or
    academic achievement standards; (3) the State may need to
    recalculate the starting point with the addition of new assessments;
    or (4) the State may need to incorporate the graduation rate or
    other indicators into its State Accountability System. These events
    may require new calculations of validity and reliability.