**Consolidated State Application**

**Accountability Workbook**

**The State of New Hampshire**

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**Submitted on: JANUARY 31, 2003**

**Revised June 3, 2003**

**Amended July 22, 2003**

**Amended March 30, 2004**

**Amended August 24, 2005**

**Amended, March 30, 2006**

**Revised, June 2, 2006**

**Revised, July 21, 2006**

**Amended December 29, 2006**

**Revised May 8, 2007**

**Revised May 11, 2007**

**Revised December 17, 2007**

**Amended March 30, 2008**

**Revised April 22, 2008**

**by**

**Lyonel B. Tracy**

**Commissioner of Education**

**New Hampshire Department of Education**

**101 Pleasant Street**

**Concord, NH 03301**

**Overview:**

New Hampshire has finally made the transition from the original New
Hampshire Assessment to using the New England Common Assessment Program
(NECAP) tests in grades 3-8 and 11. In October 2007, all 7 grade levels
were assessed and will be held accountable using the NECAP test.
Enclosed is New Hampshire's revised accountability workbook reflecting
the addition of grade 11, dated December 17, 2007.

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-   The USED offered us the option of continuing to use the same index
    model previously approved for use in school year 2005-2006 and
    2006-2007. We have chosen this option.

-   New Hampshire was previously approved to use the equi-percentile
    method used for determining safe harbor in the transition from
    NHEIAP to NECAP for grades 3-8. We will use the same method to
    determine safe harbor for grade 11 this year.

-   Starting points for Grade 11, together with AMOs through 2013-2014,
    will be forwarded to USED as Appendix B in mid February after grade
    11 results are released. New Hampshire will use the same federal
    guidelines for starting points as we did for grades 3-8. (See
    sections 3.2 a, b, and c)

-   New Hampshire also intends to take advantage of the 2% flexibility.
    (See section 5.3)

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***Grade 11 changes are in bold and any non-substantive changes, i.e.
grammatical edits, are shown in italics.)***

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*Submitted by*

*Deb Wiswell, Administrator for Accountability*

*December 17, 2007*

**Updated March 30, 2008**

*On March 30, New Hampshire submitted Appendix B that explains the
changes to 3.2, 3.2a, 3.2b, and 5.3 because of the addition of high
school starting points, AMOs, and Safe Harbor calculations along with
the removal of the 2% flexibility option no longer allowed.*

*This complete version contains the new sections that can be found on
pages 15, 17, 20, and 25.*

*Submitted by*

*Deb Wiswell, Administrator for Accountability*

*March 30, 2008*

***Updated April 22, 2008***

*In response to additional questions from USED, we have added language
to sections 5.4, 6.1, and 7.3. All additions are in italics.*

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

+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| **CRITICAL  | **EXAMPLES FOR**                       | **EXAMPLES    |
| ELEMENT**   |                                        | OF**          |
|             | **MEETING STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS**     |               |
|             |                                        | ***NOT*       |
|             |                                        | MEETING       |
|             |                                        | R             |
|             |                                        | EQUIREMENTS** |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| 1.  How     | Every public school and LEA is         | A public      |
|     does    | required to make adequate yearly       | school or LEA |
|     the     | progress and is included in the State  | is not        |
|     State   | Accountability System.                 | required to   |
|     Acc     |                                        | make adequate |
| ountability | State has a definition of "public      | yearly        |
|     System  | school" and "LEA" for AYP              | progress and  |
|     include | accountability purposes.               | is not        |
|     every   |                                        | included in   |
|     public  | -   The State Accountability System    | the State     |
|     school  |     produces AYP decisions for all     | A             |
|     and LEA |     public schools, including public   | ccountability |
|     in the  |     schools with variant grade         | System.       |
|     State?  |     configurations (e.g., K-12),       |               |
|             |     public schools that serve special  | State policy  |
|             |     populations (e.g., alternative     | s             |
|             |     public schools, juvenile           | ystematically |
|             |     institutions, state public schools | excludes      |
|             |     for the blind) and public charter  | certain       |
|             |     schools. It also holds accountable | public        |
|             |     public schools with no grades      | schools       |
|             |     assessed (e.g., K-2).              | and/or LEAs.  |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| **STATE     |                                        |               |
| RESPONSE    |                                        |               |
| AND STATE   |                                        |               |
| ACTIVITIES  |                                        |               |
| FOR MEETING |                                        |               |
| REQ         |                                        |               |
| UIREMENTS** |                                        |               |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| **1.1**     |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| New         |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| will        |                                        |               |
| produce AYP |                                        |               |
| reports for |                                        |               |
| all public  |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| (including  |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| schools,    |                                        |               |
| charter     |                                        |               |
| schools,    |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| academies), |                                        |               |
| and their   |                                        |               |
| co          |                                        |               |
| rresponding |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| districts.  |                                        |               |
| Students in |                                        |               |
| these       |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| educational |                                        |               |
| agencies    |                                        |               |
| will be     |                                        |               |
| called      |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| students.   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| In 1993,    |                                        |               |
| the New     |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| Legislature |                                        |               |
| enacted     |                                        |               |
| state law   |                                        |               |
| RSA 193-C.  |                                        |               |
| "There is   |                                        |               |
| established |                                        |               |
| within the  |                                        |               |
| department  |                                        |               |
| of          |                                        |               |
| education a |                                        |               |
| statewide   |                                        |               |
| education   |                                        |               |
| improvement |                                        |               |
| and         |                                        |               |
| assessment  |                                        |               |
| program     |                                        |               |
| (New        |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| Educational |                                        |               |
| Improvement |                                        |               |
| and         |                                        |               |
| Assessment  |                                        |               |
| Program --  |                                        |               |
| NHEIAP).    |                                        |               |
| The State   |                                        |               |
| requires    |                                        |               |
| that all    |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| students    |                                        |               |
| enrolled in |                                        |               |
| grades 3-8  |                                        |               |
| **and 11**  |                                        |               |
| participate |                                        |               |
| in the      |                                        |               |
| state-wide  |                                        |               |
| assessment  |                                        |               |
| for their   |                                        |               |
| grade of    |                                        |               |
| enrollment. |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| New         |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| will hold   |                                        |               |
| all public  |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| accountable |                                        |               |
| for         |                                        |               |
| adequate    |                                        |               |
| yearly      |                                        |               |
| progress.   |                                        |               |
| New         |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| has         |                                        |               |
| surveyed    |                                        |               |
| its public  |                                        |               |
| schools to  |                                        |               |
| make sure   |                                        |               |
| that all    |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| alternative |                                        |               |
| programs    |                                        |               |
| are         |                                        |               |
| connected   |                                        |               |
| to the      |                                        |               |
| existing    |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| structure.  |                                        |               |
| There are   |                                        |               |
| no public   |                                        |               |
| alternative |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| within the  |                                        |               |
| state.      |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| Several New |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| have no     |                                        |               |
| grade level |                                        |               |
| tested      |                                        |               |
| within the  |                                        |               |
| grade spans |                                        |               |
| included in |                                        |               |
| the school. |                                        |               |
| Currently,  |                                        |               |
| these       |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| fall into   |                                        |               |
| two         |                                        |               |
| categories: |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| with grades |                                        |               |
| 1-2 and     |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| with just   |                                        |               |
| grade 1. In |                                        |               |
| the first   |                                        |               |
| case,       |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| will be     |                                        |               |
| held        |                                        |               |
| accountable |                                        |               |
| for the     |                                        |               |
| performance |                                        |               |
| of the      |                                        |               |
| third grade |                                        |               |
| students in |                                        |               |
| the state   |                                        |               |
| that were   |                                        |               |
| second      |                                        |               |
| graders in  |                                        |               |
| their       |                                        |               |
| school last |                                        |               |
| year. In    |                                        |               |
| the second  |                                        |               |
| case,       |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| with only   |                                        |               |
| first grade |                                        |               |
| will be     |                                        |               |
| evaluated   |                                        |               |
| using the   |                                        |               |
| results of  |                                        |               |
| the school  |                                        |               |
| into which  |                                        |               |
| the         |                                        |               |
| students    |                                        |               |
| flow for    |                                        |               |
| grades      |                                        |               |
| 2-*3.*      |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| In          |                                        |               |
| addition,   |                                        |               |
| New         |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| has many    |                                        |               |
| small       |                                        |               |
| schools.    |                                        |               |
| Several     |                                        |               |
| schools are |                                        |               |
| small       |                                        |               |
| enough so   |                                        |               |
| that their  |                                        |               |
| grade level |                                        |               |
| aggregate   |                                        |               |
| assessment  |                                        |               |
| data is     |                                        |               |
| co          |                                        |               |
| nfidential, |                                        |               |
| even with a |                                        |               |
| cell size   |                                        |               |
| of 11. Once |                                        |               |
| AYP reports |                                        |               |
| have been   |                                        |               |
| run,        |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| with fewer  |                                        |               |
| than the    |                                        |               |
| minimum     |                                        |               |
| number of   |                                        |               |
| students    |                                        |               |
| needed to   |                                        |               |
| run         |                                        |               |
| performance |                                        |               |
| c           |                                        |               |
| alculations |                                        |               |
| will be     |                                        |               |
| evaluated   |                                        |               |
| by          |                                        |               |
| aggregating |                                        |               |
| multiple    |                                        |               |
| years of    |                                        |               |
| assessment  |                                        |               |
| data. The   |                                        |               |
| AYP status  |                                        |               |
| would       |                                        |               |
| become      |                                        |               |
| public as   |                                        |               |
| well as a   |                                        |               |
| stated      |                                        |               |
| rationale   |                                        |               |
| for the     |                                        |               |
| decision.   |                                        |               |
| Schools     |                                        |               |
| receiving   |                                        |               |
| the SSR     |                                        |               |
| designation |                                        |               |
| (small      |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| report)     |                                        |               |
| will keep   |                                        |               |
| that        |                                        |               |
| designation |                                        |               |
| until       |                                        |               |
| aggregation |                                        |               |
| of          |                                        |               |
| sufficient  |                                        |               |
| students to |                                        |               |
| reach the   |                                        |               |
| required    |                                        |               |
| cell size   |                                        |               |
| of 11.      |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| Not all     |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| students    |                                        |               |
| attend      |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| schools in  |                                        |               |
| the state.  |                                        |               |
| A student   |                                        |               |
| is          |                                        |               |
| identified  |                                        |               |
| as a public |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| student     |                                        |               |
| when public |                                        |               |
| funds are   |                                        |               |
| used to pay |                                        |               |
| for his or  |                                        |               |
| her         |                                        |               |
| education.  |                                        |               |
| These       |                                        |               |
| students    |                                        |               |
| fall into   |                                        |               |
| three       |                                        |               |
| categories. |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| 1.  Public  |                                        |               |
|     school  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     who     |                                        |               |
|     attend  |                                        |               |
|     public  |                                        |               |
|     schools |                                        |               |
|     out of  |                                        |               |
|     state:  |                                        |               |
|     these   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     are     |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    included |                                        |               |
|     in the  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|  assessment |                                        |               |
|     and     |                                        |               |
|     acc     |                                        |               |
| ountability |                                        |               |
|     system  |                                        |               |
|     of the  |                                        |               |
|     state   |                                        |               |
|     in      |                                        |               |
|     which   |                                        |               |
|     they    |                                        |               |
|     are     |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   schooled. |                                        |               |
|     State   |                                        |               |
|     law RSA |                                        |               |
|     193-C:6 |                                        |               |
|     details |                                        |               |
|     the     |                                        |               |
|     pa      |                                        |               |
| rticipation |                                        |               |
|     of      |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    involved |                                        |               |
|     in      |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|  interstate |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| agreements. |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| 2.  Public  |                                        |               |
|     school  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     who     |                                        |               |
|     attend  |                                        |               |
|     private |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    in-state |                                        |               |
|     schools |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    (usually |                                        |               |
|     these   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     are     |                                        |               |
|     special |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   education |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     and/or  |                                        |               |
|     court   |                                        |               |
|     ordered |                                        |               |
|     p       |                                        |               |
| lacements): |                                        |               |
|     these   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     are     |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    assessed |                                        |               |
|     and     |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    included |                                        |               |
|     in      |                                        |               |
|     state   |                                        |               |
|     level   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   aggregate |                                        |               |
|     and     |                                        |               |
|     d       |                                        |               |
| isaggregate |                                        |               |
|     data.   |                                        |               |
|     There   |                                        |               |
|     is no   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   provision |                                        |               |
|     under   |                                        |               |
|     state   |                                        |               |
|     or      |                                        |               |
|     federal |                                        |               |
|     law to  |                                        |               |
|     include |                                        |               |
|     private |                                        |               |
|     schools |                                        |               |
|     in the  |                                        |               |
|     acc     |                                        |               |
| ountability |                                        |               |
|     system. |                                        |               |
|     F       |                                        |               |
| urthermore, |                                        |               |
|     these   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     do not  |                                        |               |
|     fall    |                                        |               |
|     within  |                                        |               |
|     the     |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   "enrolled |                                        |               |
|     for a   |                                        |               |
|     full    |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    academic |                                        |               |
|     year"   |                                        |               |
|     clause  |                                        |               |
|     for     |                                        |               |
|     either  |                                        |               |
|     the     |                                        |               |
|     sending |                                        |               |
|     public  |                                        |               |
|     school  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    district |                                        |               |
|     or      |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| appropriate |                                        |               |
|     school. |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| 3.  Public  |                                        |               |
|     school  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     who     |                                        |               |
|     attend  |                                        |               |
|     private |                                        |               |
|     o       |                                        |               |
| ut-of-state |                                        |               |
|     schools |                                        |               |
|     (also   |                                        |               |
|     usually |                                        |               |
|     special |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   education |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|     and/or  |                                        |               |
|     court   |                                        |               |
|     ordered |                                        |               |
|     p       |                                        |               |
| lacements): |                                        |               |
|     these   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|    students |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| participate |                                        |               |
|     in the  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|  assessment |                                        |               |
|     and     |                                        |               |
|     acc     |                                        |               |
| ountability |                                        |               |
|     system  |                                        |               |
|     for     |                                        |               |
|     either  |                                        |               |
|     New     |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   Hampshire |                                        |               |
|     or the  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
|   receiving |                                        |               |
|     state.  |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| .           |                                        |               |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **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**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| All public elementary |                       |                       |
| and middle schools    |                       |                       |
| and their LEAs will   |                       |                       |
| be judged on a single |                       |                       |
| AYP definition. AYP   |                       |                       |
| will be based on      |                       |                       |
| student performance   |                       |                       |
| on the statewide      |                       |                       |
| assessment, 95%       |                       |                       |
| participation rate,   |                       |                       |
| attendance rate at    |                       |                       |
| the elementary/middle |                       |                       |
| school level, **and   |                       |                       |
| graduation rate at    |                       |                       |
| the high school       |                       |                       |
| level.**              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+------------------+----------------------------------+----------------+
| **CRITICAL       | **EXAMPLES FOR**                 | **EXAMPLES     |
| ELEMENT**        |                                  | OF**           |
|                  | **MEETING STATUTORY              |                |
|                  | REQUIREMENTS**                   | ***NOT*        |
|                  |                                  | MEETING        |
|                  |                                  | REQUIREMENTS** |
+------------------+----------------------------------+----------------+
| 2.  Does the     | State has defined three levels   | Standards do   |
|     State have,  | of student achievement: *basic*, | not meet the   |
|     at a         | *proficient* and *advanced*.[^1] | legislated     |
|     minimum, a   |                                  | requirements.  |
|     definition   | Student achievement levels of    |                |
|     of *basic*,  | *proficient* and *advanced*      |                |
|     *proficient* | determine how well students are  |                |
|     and          | mastering the materials in the   |                |
|     *advanced*   | State's academic content         |                |
|     student      | standards; and the *basic* level |                |
|     achievement  | of achievement provides complete |                |
|     levels in    | information about the progress   |                |
|                  | of lower-achieving students      |                |
| reading/language | toward mastering the             |                |
|     arts and     | *proficient* and *advanced*      |                |
|     mathematics? | levels.                          |                |
+------------------+----------------------------------+----------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE |                                  |                |
| AND STATE        |                                  |                |
| ACTIVITIES FOR   |                                  |                |
| MEETING          |                                  |                |
| REQUIREMENTS**   |                                  |                |
+------------------+----------------------------------+----------------+
| The New          |                                  |                |
| Hampshire        |                                  |                |
| accountability   |                                  |                |
| system is based  |                                  |                |
| on the New       |                                  |                |
| England Common   |                                  |                |
| Assessment       |                                  |                |
| Program (NECAP). |                                  |                |
| The NECAP has    |                                  |                |
| four clearly     |                                  |                |
| defined          |                                  |                |
| achievement      |                                  |                |
| levels:          |                                  |                |
| Substantially    |                                  |                |
| Below Proficient |                                  |                |
| (level 1),       |                                  |                |
| Partially        |                                  |                |
| Proficient       |                                  |                |
| (level 2),       |                                  |                |
| Proficient       |                                  |                |
| (level 3), and   |                                  |                |
| Proficient with  |                                  |                |
| Distinction      |                                  |                |
| (level 4).       |                                  |                |
|                  |                                  |                |
| NH achievement   |                                  |                |
| levels are       |                                  |                |
| linked to the    |                                  |                |
| rigorous grade   |                                  |                |
| level content    |                                  |                |
| standards and    |                                  |                |
| describe how     |                                  |                |
| well students    |                                  |                |
| have mastered    |                                  |                |
| the material in  |                                  |                |
| reading and      |                                  |                |
| mathematics.     |                                  |                |
|                  |                                  |                |
| New Hampshire    |                                  |                |
| reports          |                                  |                |
| assessment data  |                                  |                |
| in two forms:    |                                  |                |
| achievement      |                                  |                |
| level (indicated |                                  |                |
| above), and      |                                  |                |
| scaled score     |                                  |                |
| (X00-X80, where  |                                  |                |
| X indicates the  |                                  |                |
| grade level of   |                                  |                |
| the test; i.e.   |                                  |                |
| 320, 420, 520).  |                                  |                |
| The two          |                                  |                |
| statistics are   |                                  |                |
| connected as     |                                  |                |
| follows:         |                                  |                |
| Proficient       |                                  |                |
| includes scores  |                                  |                |
| greater than or  |                                  |                |
| equal to X40 at  |                                  |                |
| each grade       |                                  |                |
| level. Level*s*  |                                  |                |
| 1 and 2          |                                  |                |
| represent        |                                  |                |
| unacceptable     |                                  |                |
| performance.     |                                  |                |
|                  |                                  |                |
| Achievement      |                                  |                |
| levels for each  |                                  |                |
| subject area at  |                                  |                |
| each grade level |                                  |                |
| assessed are     |                                  |                |
| defined in the   |                                  |                |
| annual statewide |                                  |                |
| assessment       |                                  |                |
| reports: parent  |                                  |                |
| letters, and     |                                  |                |
| school and       |                                  |                |
| district         |                                  |                |
| reports. Parent  |                                  |                |
| reports include  |                                  |                |
| information on   |                                  |                |
| overall          |                                  |                |
| achievement in   |                                  |                |
| each content     |                                  |                |
| area (reading    |                                  |                |
| and              |                                  |                |
| mathematics),    |                                  |                |
| and more         |                                  |                |
| detailed         |                                  |                |
| information      |                                  |                |
| about            |                                  |                |
| achievement      |                                  |                |
| within defined   |                                  |                |
| sub-score        |                                  |                |
| categories in    |                                  |                |
| each subject.    |                                  |                |
+------------------+----------------------------------+----------------+

+----------------+----------------------------------------+------------+
| **CRITICAL     | **EXAMPLES FOR**                       | **EXAMPLES |
| ELEMENT**      |                                        | OF**       |
|                | **MEETING STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS**     |            |
|                |                                        | ***NOT*    |
|                |                                        | MEETING    |
|                |                                        | REQU       |
|                |                                        | IREMENTS** |
+----------------+----------------------------------------+------------+
| 4.  How does   | > State provides decisions about       | Timeline   |
|     the State  | > adequate yearly progress in time for | does not   |
|     provide    | > LEAs to implement the required       | provide    |
|                | > provisions before the beginning of   | sufficient |
| accountability | > the next academic year.              | time for   |
|     and        |                                        | LEAs to    |
|     adequate   | State allows enough time to notify     | fulfill    |
|     yearly     | parents about public school choice or  | their      |
|     progress   | supplemental educational service       | respon     |
|     decisions  | options, time for parents to make an   | sibilities |
|     and        | informed decision, and time to         | before the |
|                | implement public school choice and     | beginning  |
|    information | supplemental educational services.     | of the     |
|     in a       |                                        | next       |
|     timely     |                                        | academic   |
|     manner?    |                                        | year.      |
+----------------+----------------------------------------+------------+
| **STATE        |                                        |            |
| RESPONSE AND   |                                        |            |
| STATE          |                                        |            |
| ACTIVITIES FOR |                                        |            |
| MEETING        |                                        |            |
| REQUIREMENTS** |                                        |            |
+----------------+----------------------------------------+------------+
| It is the      |                                        |            |
| Department's   |                                        |            |
| intent to      |                                        |            |
| provide        |                                        |            |
| accountability |                                        |            |
| reports to all |                                        |            |
| schools in a   |                                        |            |
| timely manner. |                                        |            |
| With fall      |                                        |            |
| testing for    |                                        |            |
| grades 3-8     |                                        |            |
| **and 11**,    |                                        |            |
| accountability |                                        |            |
| reports will   |                                        |            |
| be released    |                                        |            |
| prior to the   |                                        |            |
| end of the     |                                        |            |
| school year.   |                                        |            |
| This allows    |                                        |            |
| enough time    |                                        |            |
| for schools to |                                        |            |
| understand     |                                        |            |
| results,       |                                        |            |
| discuss school |                                        |            |
| or district    |                                        |            |
| improvement    |                                        |            |
| issues if      |                                        |            |
| necessary,     |                                        |            |
| inform parents |                                        |            |
| about their    |                                        |            |
| legal options  |                                        |            |
| as defined by  |                                        |            |
| Title I and    |                                        |            |
| state rules,   |                                        |            |
| and take       |                                        |            |
| advantage of   |                                        |            |
| the summer     |                                        |            |
| months in      |                                        |            |
| addressing     |                                        |            |
| curriculum and |                                        |            |
| school         |                                        |            |
| improvement    |                                        |            |
| issues.        |                                        |            |
+----------------+----------------------------------------+------------+

+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| **CRITICAL  | **EXAMPLES FOR**                       | **EXAMPLES    |
| ELEMENT**   |                                        | OF**          |
|             | **MEETING STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS**     |               |
|             |                                        | ***NOT*       |
|             |                                        | MEETING       |
|             |                                        | R             |
|             |                                        | EQUIREMENTS** |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| 5.  Does    | The State Report Card includes all the | The State     |
|     the     | required data elements \[see Appendix  | Report Card   |
|     State   | A for the list of required data        | does not      |
|     Acc     | elements\].                            | include all   |
| ountability |                                        | the required  |
|     System  | The State Report Card is available to  | data          |
|     produce | the public at the beginning of the     | elements.     |
|     an      | academic year.                         |               |
|     annual  |                                        | The State     |
|     State   | The State Report Card is accessible in | Report Card   |
|     Report  | languages of major populations in the  | is not        |
|     Card?   | State, to the extent possible.         | available to  |
|             |                                        | the public.   |
|             | Assessment results and other academic  |               |
|             | indicators (including graduation       |               |
|             | rates) are reported by student         |               |
|             | subgroups                              |               |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| **STATE     |                                        |               |
| RESPONSE    |                                        |               |
| AND STATE   |                                        |               |
| ACTIVITIES  |                                        |               |
| FOR MEETING |                                        |               |
| REQ         |                                        |               |
| UIREMENTS** |                                        |               |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| New         |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| currently   |                                        |               |
| produces,   |                                        |               |
| through     |                                        |               |
| enacted     |                                        |               |
| legislation |                                        |               |
| (RSA        |                                        |               |
| 193-E:3),   |                                        |               |
| an annual   |                                        |               |
| report card |                                        |               |
| for the     |                                        |               |
| State, LEAs |                                        |               |
| and all     |                                        |               |
| public      |                                        |               |
| schools     |                                        |               |
| through the |                                        |               |
| *NH School  |                                        |               |
| District    |                                        |               |
| Profiles*   |                                        |               |
| link on the |                                        |               |
| NH          |                                        |               |
| Department  |                                        |               |
| of          |                                        |               |
| Education's |                                        |               |
| website:    |                                        |               |
| www.ed.s    |                                        |               |
| tate.nh.us. |                                        |               |
| It provides |                                        |               |
| easy to     |                                        |               |
| understand  |                                        |               |
| information |                                        |               |
| about       |                                        |               |
| schools and |                                        |               |
| communities |                                        |               |
| to the      |                                        |               |
| public. New |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| law         |                                        |               |
| requires    |                                        |               |
| the         |                                        |               |
| Department  |                                        |               |
| to provide  |                                        |               |
| attendance  |                                        |               |
| and         |                                        |               |
| drop-out    |                                        |               |
| rates;      |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| en          |                                        |               |
| vironmental |                                        |               |
| indicators  |                                        |               |
| and safety  |                                        |               |
| data;       |                                        |               |
| proportion  |                                        |               |
| of          |                                        |               |
| graduating  |                                        |               |
| students    |                                        |               |
| going on to |                                        |               |
| pos         |                                        |               |
| t-secondary |                                        |               |
| education   |                                        |               |
| and         |                                        |               |
| military    |                                        |               |
| service;    |                                        |               |
| and         |                                        |               |
| performance |                                        |               |
| on the      |                                        |               |
| state       |                                        |               |
| a           |                                        |               |
| ssessment.  |                                        |               |
| All data    |                                        |               |
| and         |                                        |               |
| information |                                        |               |
| used to     |                                        |               |
| determine   |                                        |               |
| AYP will be |                                        |               |
| added to    |                                        |               |
| the *NH     |                                        |               |
| School      |                                        |               |
| District    |                                        |               |
| Profiles*   |                                        |               |
| including   |                                        |               |
| di          |                                        |               |
| saggregated |                                        |               |
| data about  |                                        |               |
| school      |                                        |               |
| performance |                                        |               |
| which is    |                                        |               |
| currently   |                                        |               |
| sent to the |                                        |               |
| LEAs. The   |                                        |               |
| additional  |                                        |               |
| data        |                                        |               |
| elements,   |                                        |               |
| regarding   |                                        |               |
| teacher     |                                        |               |
| i           |                                        |               |
| nformation, |                                        |               |
| are         |                                        |               |
| currently   |                                        |               |
| being       |                                        |               |
| collected   |                                        |               |
| so that     |                                        |               |
| they can    |                                        |               |
| also be     |                                        |               |
| added to    |                                        |               |
| the *NH     |                                        |               |
| School      |                                        |               |
| District    |                                        |               |
| Profiles*.  |                                        |               |
| The NH      |                                        |               |
| acc         |                                        |               |
| ountability |                                        |               |
| legislation |                                        |               |
| has amended |                                        |               |
| the         |                                        |               |
| reporting   |                                        |               |
| r           |                                        |               |
| equirements |                                        |               |
| to include  |                                        |               |
| NCLB data   |                                        |               |
| elements.   |                                        |               |
|             |                                        |               |
| New         |                                        |               |
| Hampshire   |                                        |               |
| continues   |                                        |               |
| to work to  |                                        |               |
| include     |                                        |               |
| additional  |                                        |               |
| data        |                                        |               |
| connected   |                                        |               |
| to NECAP    |                                        |               |
| testing in  |                                        |               |
| all grades  |                                        |               |
| 3-8 and 11. |                                        |               |
+-------------+----------------------------------------+---------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **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**        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Rewards and sanctions |                       |                       |
| for all public        |                       |                       |
| schools, including    |                       |                       |
| Title I and Non-Title |                       |                       |
| I schools, have been  |                       |                       |
| included in           |                       |                       |
| legislation presented |                       |                       |
| to the 2003 New       |                       |                       |
| Hampshire             |                       |                       |
| Legislature: Public   |                       |                       |
| Education             |                       |                       |
| Accountability        |                       |                       |
| System. This bill     |                       |                       |
| includes language     |                       |                       |
| that authorizes the   |                       |                       |
| Department to set up  |                       |                       |
| a consistent system   |                       |                       |
| of rewards and        |                       |                       |
| sanctions. The bill   |                       |                       |
| provides for a system |                       |                       |
| of annual recognition |                       |                       |
| and responses to      |                       |                       |
| school performance as |                       |                       |
| set forth in rules:   |                       |                       |
| to assist local       |                       |                       |
| school staff with the |                       |                       |
| analysis and use of   |                       |                       |
| school performance    |                       |                       |
| data, to assist in    |                       |                       |
| the implementation of |                       |                       |
| local educational     |                       |                       |
| improvement and       |                       |                       |
| assessment plans, and |                       |                       |
| to provide grants to  |                       |                       |
| school districts for  |                       |                       |
| local school          |                       |                       |
| improvement. This     |                       |                       |
| bill does not         |                       |                       |
| compromise any of the |                       |                       |
| rewards and sanctions |                       |                       |
| described in NCLB for |                       |                       |
| Title I schools,      |                       |                       |
| however it does limit |                       |                       |
| the option of State   |                       |                       |
| takeover (RSA         |                       |                       |
| 194-H:5). RSA 193-H:4 |                       |                       |
| outlines requirements |                       |                       |
| for school            |                       |                       |
| improvement plans for |                       |                       |
| every school          |                       |                       |
| identified as being   |                       |                       |
| in need of            |                       |                       |
| improvement.          |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| All Title I schools   |                       |                       |
| will be held to the   |                       |                       |
| requirements of       |                       |                       |
| section 1116 of *No   |                       |                       |
| Child Left Behind*.   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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

+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+
| **CRITICAL   | **EXAMPLES FOR**                   | **EXAMPLES OF**  |
| ELEMENT**    |                                    |                  |
|              | **MEETING STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS** | ***NOT* MEETING  |
|              |                                    | REQUIREMENTS**   |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+
| 1.  How does | All students in the State are      | Public school    |
|     the      | included in the State              | students exist   |
|     State    | Accountability System.             | in the State for |
|     Ac       |                                    | whom the State   |
| countability | The definitions of "public school" | Accountability   |
|     System   | and "LEA" account for all students | System makes no  |
|     include  | enrolled in the public school      | provision.       |
|     all      | district, regardless of program or |                  |
|     students | type of public school.             |                  |
|     in the   |                                    |                  |
|     State?   |                                    |                  |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+
| **STATE      |                                    |                  |
| RESPONSE AND |                                    |                  |
| STATE        |                                    |                  |
| ACTIVITIES   |                                    |                  |
| FOR MEETING  |                                    |                  |
| RE           |                                    |                  |
| QUIREMENTS** |                                    |                  |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+
| The          |                                    |                  |
| ac           |                                    |                  |
| countability |                                    |                  |
| system       |                                    |                  |
| includes all |                                    |                  |
| students in  |                                    |                  |
| the grades   |                                    |                  |
| that are     |                                    |                  |
| currently    |                                    |                  |
| assessed     |                                    |                  |
| under our    |                                    |                  |
| statewide    |                                    |                  |
| assessment   |                                    |                  |
| system. The  |                                    |                  |
| following is |                                    |                  |
| taken from   |                                    |                  |
| page 6 of    |                                    |                  |
| the 2005     |                                    |                  |
| NECAP        |                                    |                  |
| *Pr          |                                    |                  |
| incipal/Test |                                    |                  |
| Coordinator  |                                    |                  |
| Manual*.     |                                    |                  |
| (procedure   |                                    |                  |
| remains the  |                                    |                  |
| same in the  |                                    |                  |
| *2007-2008*  |                                    |                  |
| school year) |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| "All         |                                    |                  |
| students     |                                    |                  |
| enrolled in  |                                    |                  |
| the school   |                                    |                  |
| as of        |                                    |                  |
| October 1,   |                                    |                  |
| 2005 are     |                                    |                  |
| required to  |                                    |                  |
| participate  |                                    |                  |
| in NECAP     |                                    |                  |
| with the     |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| following    |                                    |                  |
| exceptions:  |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| > 1\.        |                                    |                  |
| > Students   |                                    |                  |
| > who        |                                    |                  |
| > completed  |                                    |                  |
| > the        |                                    |                  |
| > Alternate  |                                    |                  |
| > Assessment |                                    |                  |
| > for the    |                                    |                  |
| > 2004--2005 |                                    |                  |
| > school     |                                    |                  |
| > year.      |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > 2\.        |                                    |                  |
| > Students   |                                    |                  |
| > who are    |                                    |                  |
| > new to the |                                    |                  |
| > U.S. after |                                    |                  |
| > October 1, |                                    |                  |
| > 2004 and   |                                    |                  |
| > are LEP    |                                    |                  |
| > and take   |                                    |                  |
| > the ACCESS |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > test of    |                                    |                  |
| > English    |                                    |                  |
| > language   |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
|  proficiency |                                    |                  |
| > as         |                                    |                  |
| > scheduled  |                                    |                  |
| > in their   |                                    |                  |
| > states are |                                    |                  |
| > not        |                                    |                  |
| > required   |                                    |                  |
| > to take    |                                    |                  |
| > the        |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > NECAP      |                                    |                  |
| > reading    |                                    |                  |
| > and        |                                    |                  |
| > writing    |                                    |                  |
| > tests.     |                                    |                  |
| > However,   |                                    |                  |
| > these      |                                    |                  |
| > students   |                                    |                  |
| > must take  |                                    |                  |
| > the NECAP  |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
|  mathematics |                                    |                  |
| > test.      |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > 3\.        |                                    |                  |
| > Students   |                                    |                  |
| > who have   |                                    |                  |
| > st         |                                    |                  |
| ate-approved |                                    |                  |
| > special    |                                    |                  |
| > consi      |                                    |                  |
| derations*.* |                                    |                  |
| > Each state |                                    |                  |
| > department |                                    |                  |
| > of         |                                    |                  |
| > education  |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > has a      |                                    |                  |
| > process    |                                    |                  |
| > for        |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
|  documenting |                                    |                  |
| > and        |                                    |                  |
| > approving  |                                    |                  |
| > c          |                                    |                  |
| ircumstances |                                    |                  |
| > that make  |                                    |                  |
| > it         |                                    |                  |
| > impossible |                                    |                  |
| > or not     |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > advisable  |                                    |                  |
| > for a      |                                    |                  |
| > student to |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
|  participate |                                    |                  |
| > in state   |                                    |                  |
| > testing.   |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| Contact the  |                                    |                  |
| following    |                                    |                  |
| staff or     |                                    |                  |
| visit the    |                                    |                  |
| state's      |                                    |                  |
| department   |                                    |                  |
| of education |                                    |                  |
| website for  |                                    |                  |
| additional   |                                    |                  |
| information. |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| > *New       |                                    |                  |
| > Hampshire  |                                    |                  |
| > --- Tim    |                                    |                  |
| > Kurtz, at  |                                    |                  |
| > 6          |                                    |                  |
| 03-271-3846* |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > *Rhode     |                                    |                  |
| > Island --- |                                    |                  |
| > Mary Ann   |                                    |                  |
| > Snider, at |                                    |                  |
| > 4          |                                    |                  |
| 01-222-8492* |                                    |                  |
| >            |                                    |                  |
| > *Vermont   |                                    |                  |
| > ---        |                                    |                  |
| > Mary-Ann   |                                    |                  |
| > Minardo,   |                                    |                  |
| > at         |                                    |                  |
| > 8          |                                    |                  |
| 02-828-5410* |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| Students who |                                    |                  |
| enroll in    |                                    |                  |
| the school   |                                    |                  |
| after        |                                    |                  |
| October 1,   |                                    |                  |
| 2005 should  |                                    |                  |
| participate, |                                    |                  |
| to the       |                                    |                  |
| extent       |                                    |                  |
| possible, in |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| NECAP        |                                    |                  |
| testing. The |                                    |                  |
| test         |                                    |                  |
| coordinator  |                                    |                  |
| should       |                                    |                  |
| determine    |                                    |                  |
| which        |                                    |                  |
| sessions of  |                                    |                  |
| NECAP, if    |                                    |                  |
| any, have    |                                    |                  |
| been         |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| completed in |                                    |                  |
| the          |                                    |                  |
| student's    |                                    |                  |
| prior        |                                    |                  |
| school. The  |                                    |                  |
| remaining    |                                    |                  |
| sessions     |                                    |                  |
| should be    |                                    |                  |
| a            |                                    |                  |
| dministered. |                                    |                  |
| Be sure to   |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| complete the |                                    |                  |
| appropriate  |                                    |                  |
| box on page  |                                    |                  |
| 2 of the     |                                    |                  |
| Student      |                                    |                  |
| Answer       |                                    |                  |
| Booklet if   |                                    |                  |
| the student  |                                    |                  |
| was unable   |                                    |                  |
| to           |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| participate  |                                    |                  |
| in all       |                                    |                  |
| testing      |                                    |                  |
| sessions."   |                                    |                  |
|              |                                    |                  |
| **For the    |                                    |                  |
| spring NECAP |                                    |                  |
| Science      |                                    |                  |
| test, the    |                                    |                  |
| effective    |                                    |                  |
| date for     |                                    |                  |
| p            |                                    |                  |
| articipation |                                    |                  |
| will be May  |                                    |                  |
| 12, 2008**.  |                                    |                  |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+

+--------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| **CRITICAL   | **EXAMPLES FOR**       | **EXAMPLES OF**              |
| ELEMENT**    |                        |                              |
|              | **MEETING STATUTORY    | ***NOT* MEETING              |
|              | REQUIREMENTS**         | REQUIREMENTS**               |
+--------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| 2.  How does | The State has a        | LEAs have varying            |
|     the      | definition of "full    | definitions of "full         |
|     State    | academic year" for     | academic year."              |
|     define   | determining which      |                              |
|     "full    | students are to be     | The State's definition       |
|     academic | included in decisions  | excludes students who must   |
|     year"    | about AYP.             | transfer from one district   |
|     for      |                        | to another as they advance   |
|              | The definition of full | to the next grade.           |
|  identifying | academic year is       |                              |
|     students | consistent and applied | The definition of full       |
|     in AYP   | statewide.             | academic year is not applied |
|              |                        | consistently.                |
|   decisions? |                        |                              |
+--------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| **STATE      |                        |                              |
| RESPONSE AND |                        |                              |
| STATE        |                        |                              |
| ACTIVITIES   |                        |                              |
| FOR MEETING  |                        |                              |
| RE           |                        |                              |
| QUIREMENTS** |                        |                              |
+--------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
| For the      |                        |                              |
| purpose of   |                        |                              |
| ac           |                        |                              |
| countability |                        |                              |
| reporting    |                        |                              |
| (reading and |                        |                              |
| math), a     |                        |                              |
| full         |                        |                              |
| academic     |                        |                              |
| year is      |                        |                              |
| defined for  |                        |                              |
| students as  |                        |                              |
| students who |                        |                              |
| are          |                        |                              |
| continuously |                        |                              |
| enrolled in  |                        |                              |
| the school   |                        |                              |
| /district    |                        |                              |
| since the    |                        |                              |
| first        |                        |                              |
| business day |                        |                              |
| in October   |                        |                              |
| of the       |                        |                              |
| previous     |                        |                              |
| school year. |                        |                              |
| (With a fall |                        |                              |
| test, the    |                        |                              |
| delivery of  |                        |                              |
| instruction  |                        |                              |
| that affects |                        |                              |
| performance  |                        |                              |
| on the       |                        |                              |
| begin        |                        |                              |
| ning-of-year |                        |                              |
| assessment   |                        |                              |
| happened in  |                        |                              |
| the previous |                        |                              |
| grade.) The  |                        |                              |
| suspension   |                        |                              |
| of a student |                        |                              |
| does not     |                        |                              |
| affect his   |                        |                              |
| or her       |                        |                              |
| enrollment   |                        |                              |
| status. New  |                        |                              |
| Hampshire    |                        |                              |
| now collects |                        |                              |
| student      |                        |                              |
| demographic  |                        |                              |
| and program  |                        |                              |
| p            |                        |                              |
| articipation |                        |                              |
| information  |                        |                              |
| ele          |                        |                              |
| ctronically. |                        |                              |
|              |                        |                              |
| The          |                        |                              |
| definition   |                        |                              |
| of full      |                        |                              |
| academic     |                        |                              |
| year is      |                        |                              |
| consistently |                        |                              |
| applied to   |                        |                              |
| all schools  |                        |                              |
| and          |                        |                              |
| districts    |                        |                              |
| statewide.   |                        |                              |
|              |                        |                              |
| This         |                        |                              |
| definition   |                        |                              |
| may be       |                        |                              |
| revisited if |                        |                              |
| the          |                        |                              |
| assessment   |                        |                              |
| timeframe    |                        |                              |
| changes.     |                        |                              |
|              |                        |                              |
| **If science |                        |                              |
| is required  |                        |                              |
| to be part   |                        |                              |
| of AYP       |                        |                              |
| reporting,   |                        |                              |
| full         |                        |                              |
| academic     |                        |                              |
| year will be |                        |                              |
| defined as   |                        |                              |
| continuously |                        |                              |
| enrolled in  |                        |                              |
| the          |                        |                              |
| sch          |                        |                              |
| ool/district |                        |                              |
| from the     |                        |                              |
| first        |                        |                              |
| business day |                        |                              |
| of October   |                        |                              |
| through the  |                        |                              |
| first day of |                        |                              |
| science      |                        |                              |
| testing in   |                        |                              |
| May.**       |                        |                              |
+--------------+------------------------+------------------------------+

+--------------+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| **CRITICAL   | **EXAMPLES FOR**     | **EXAMPLES OF**                |
| ELEMENT**    |                      |                                |
|              | **MEETING STATUTORY  | ***NOT* MEETING REQUIREMENTS** |
|              | REQUIREMENTS**       |                                |
+--------------+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| 3.  How does | State holds public   | State definition requires      |
|     the      | schools accountable  | students to attend the same    |
|     State    | for students who     | public school for more than a  |
|     Ac       | were enrolled at the | full academic year to be       |
| countability | same public school   | included in public school      |
|     System   | for a full academic  | accountability.                |
|              | year.                |                                |
|    determine |                      | State definition requires      |
|     which    | State holds LEAs     | students to attend school in   |
|     students | accountable for      | the same district for more     |
|     have     | students who         | than a full academic year to   |
|     attended | transfer during the  | be included in district        |
|     the same | full academic year   | accountability.                |
|     public   | from one public      |                                |
|     school   | school within the    | State holds public schools     |
|     and/or   | district to another  | accountable for students who   |
|     LEA for  | public school within | have not attended the same     |
|     a full   | the district.        | public school for a full       |
|     academic |                      | academic year.                 |
|     year?    |                      |                                |
+--------------+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| **STATE      |                      |                                |
| RESPONSE AND |                      |                                |
| STATE        |                      |                                |
| ACTIVITIES   |                      |                                |
| FOR MEETING  |                      |                                |
| RE           |                      |                                |
| QUIREMENTS** |                      |                                |
+--------------+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| LEAs have    |                      |                                |
| submitted    |                      |                                |
| End-of-Year  |                      |                                |
| files that   |                      |                                |
| include      |                      |                                |
| *dates of    |                      |                                |
| enrollment   |                      |                                |
| and dates of |                      |                                |
| withdrawal.* |                      |                                |
| Together,    |                      |                                |
| these dates  |                      |                                |
| are used to  |                      |                                |
| determine    |                      |                                |
| which        |                      |                                |
| students     |                      |                                |
| were         |                      |                                |
| enrolled in  |                      |                                |
| a school or  |                      |                                |
| district of  |                      |                                |
| a full       |                      |                                |
| academic     |                      |                                |
| year.        |                      |                                |
|              |                      |                                |
| The          |                      |                                |
| ac           |                      |                                |
| countability |                      |                                |
| system       |                      |                                |
| properly     |                      |                                |
| includes     |                      |                                |
| mobile       |                      |                                |
| students.    |                      |                                |
|              |                      |                                |
|              |                      |                                |
|              |                      |                                |
| Students     |                      |                                |
| that are     |                      |                                |
| enrolled for |                      |                                |
| a full       |                      |                                |
| academic     |                      |                                |
| year in the  |                      |                                |
| school will  |                      |                                |
| be included  |                      |                                |
| in the       |                      |                                |
| school       |                      |                                |
| ac           |                      |                                |
| countability |                      |                                |
| reporting.   |                      |                                |
|              |                      |                                |
| Students     |                      |                                |
| that are     |                      |                                |
| enrolled for |                      |                                |
| a full       |                      |                                |
| academic     |                      |                                |
| year in the  |                      |                                |
| district     |                      |                                |
| will be      |                      |                                |
| included in  |                      |                                |
| the district |                      |                                |
| ac           |                      |                                |
| countability |                      |                                |
| reporting.   |                      |                                |
|              |                      |                                |
| All students |                      |                                |
| will be      |                      |                                |
| included in  |                      |                                |
| the state    |                      |                                |
| ac           |                      |                                |
| countability |                      |                                |
| reporting.   |                      |                                |
| This         |                      |                                |
| includes all |                      |                                |
| students     |                      |                                |
| enrolled in  |                      |                                |
| the state on |                      |                                |
| the first    |                      |                                |
| day of       |                      |                                |
| testing.     |                      |                                |
|              |                      |                                |
| The NH       |                      |                                |
| i.4.see data |                      |                                |
| system       |                      |                                |
| *based on    |                      |                                |
| unique       |                      |                                |
| student      |                      |                                |
| identifiers* |                      |                                |
| has built in |                      |                                |
| several      |                      |                                |
| steps for    |                      |                                |
| cleaning up  |                      |                                |
| demographic  |                      |                                |
| and other    |                      |                                |
| student data |                      |                                |
| at multiple  |                      |                                |
| times        |                      |                                |
| throughout   |                      |                                |
| the year,    |                      |                                |
| producing    |                      |                                |
| much more    |                      |                                |
| accurate and |                      |                                |
| current      |                      |                                |
| reports.     |                      |                                |
+--------------+----------------------+--------------------------------+

**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**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| RSA 193-H:2 states   |                       |                       |
| "On or before the    |                       |                       |
| 2013-*2*014 school   |                       |                       |
| year, schools shall  |                       |                       |
| ensure that all      |                       |                       |
| pupils are           |                       |                       |
| performing at the    |                       |                       |
| basic level or above |                       |                       |
| on the statewide     |                       |                       |
| assessment as        |                       |                       |
| established in RSA   |                       |                       |
| 193-C." This law,    |                       |                       |
| though not yet       |                       |                       |
| updated to reflect   |                       |                       |
| proficiency          |                       |                       |
| definitions          |                       |                       |
| consistent with      |                       |                       |
| NECAP, indicates     |                       |                       |
| that schools have    |                       |                       |
| until 2013-2014      |                       |                       |
| school year to       |                       |                       |
| ensure that all      |                       |                       |
| students are         |                       |                       |
| proficient (Basic or |                       |                       |
| above was consistent |                       |                       |
| with our previous    |                       |                       |
| assessment system.   |                       |                       |
| Levels 3 and 4 on    |                       |                       |
| NECAP indicate       |                       |                       |
| proficiency.) This   |                       |                       |
| law will be updated  |                       |                       |
| to reflect the new   |                       |                       |
| assessment system.   |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Starting points and  |                       |                       |
| yearly expectations  |                       |                       |
| are figured          |                       |                       |
| separately for ELA   |                       |                       |
| and Math at the      |                       |                       |
| elementary/middle    |                       |                       |
| and *high school     |                       |                       |
| levels*, and require |                       |                       |
| all students to be   |                       |                       |
| proficient by the    |                       |                       |
| 2013-2014 academic   |                       |                       |
| year.                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| **Proficient (Level  |                       |                       |
| 3)** was defined in  |                       |                       |
| the following        |                       |                       |
| manner. At the time  |                       |                       |
| of the first full    |                       |                       |
| implementation of    |                       |                       |
| the NECAP test       |                       |                       |
| (October 2005),      |                       |                       |
| teachers were asked  |                       |                       |
| to judge the extent  |                       |                       |
| to which their new   |                       |                       |
| students were ready  |                       |                       |
| to succeed at grade  |                       |                       |
| level (as defined by |                       |                       |
| newly adopted        |                       |                       |
| grade-level          |                       |                       |
| expectations). The   |                       |                       |
| teacher judgment     |                       |                       |
| data were reviewed   |                       |                       |
| for any anomalies,   |                       |                       |
| and then after       |                       |                       |
| finding none,        |                       |                       |
| applied NECAP test   |                       |                       |
| items to establish   |                       |                       |
| tentative bookmarks  |                       |                       |
| in the Bookmark      |                       |                       |
| Standard Setting     |                       |                       |
| method. In January,  |                       |                       |
| 2006, approximately  |                       |                       |
| 100 teachers for     |                       |                       |
| each content area    |                       |                       |
| were asked to review |                       |                       |
| proposed bookmarks   |                       |                       |
| and make             |                       |                       |
| recommendations of   |                       |                       |
| changes. What        |                       |                       |
| resulted now defines |                       |                       |
| the level of         |                       |                       |
| achievement          |                       |                       |
| necessary for        |                       |                       |
| students to be ready |                       |                       |
| to achieve at grade  |                       |                       |
| level.               |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| **A similar process  |                       |                       |
| was used with the    |                       |                       |
| advent of the Fall   |                       |                       |
| NECAP tests at the   |                       |                       |
| high school level in |                       |                       |
| October 2007.  At    |                       |                       |
| the high school      |                       |                       |
| level, teacher       |                       |                       |
| judgments were       |                       |                       |
| collected at the end |                       |                       |
| of grade 10 in June  |                       |                       |
| of 2007.**           |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+--------------+-----------------------------------------+------------+
| ## CRIT      | **EXAMPLES FOR\                         | **EXAMPLES |
| ICAL ELEMENT | MEETING REQUIREMENTS**                  | OF**       |
|              |                                         |            |
|              |                                         | ***NOT*    |
|              |                                         | MEETING    |
|              |                                         | REQU       |
|              |                                         | IREMENTS** |
+==============+=========================================+============+
| 2.  How does | For a public school and LEA to make     | State uses |
|     the      | adequate yearly progress, each student  | different  |
|     State    | subgroup must meet or exceed the State  | method for |
|     Ac       | annual measurable objectives, each      | c          |
| countability | student subgroup must have at least a   | alculating |
|     System   | 95% participation rate in the statewide | how public |
|              | assessments, and the school must meet   | schools    |
|    determine | the State's requirement for other       | and LEAs   |
|     whether  | academic indicators.                    | make AYP.  |
|     each     |                                         |            |
|     student  | However, if in any particular year the  |            |
|              | student subgroup does not meet those    |            |
|    subgroup, | annual measurable objectives, the       |            |
|     public   | public school or LEA may be considered  |            |
|     school   | to have made AYP, if the percentage of  |            |
|     and LEA  | students in that group who did not meet |            |
|     makes    | or exceed the proficient level of       |            |
|     AYP?     | 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**      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **3.2 AYP Determinations:**                                           |
|                                                                       |
| As with New Hampshire's former system, AYP decisions proceed as       |
| follows:                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1.  Check participation rate                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 2.  Check if school index meets target (AMO)                          |
|                                                                       |
|     a.  If no, check to see is school's index within the confidence   |
|         interval                                                      |
|                                                                       |
|         i.  If no, check to see if school makes safe harbor and other |
|             indicator                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 3\. Check other indicator.                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Publicly released AYP reports consist of 3 pages.                     |
|                                                                       |
| Page 1: Decision page (yes/no)                                        |
|                                                                       |
| Page 2: Participation and Performance Index data page                 |
|                                                                       |
| Page 3: Index computation page                                        |
|                                                                       |
| **Cell Size:** Consistent with the agreement between USED and NHDOE,  |
| New Hampshire will continue to use a cell size of 11 for performance. |
| New Hampshire intends to continue to use a cell size of 40 for        |
| calculation of participation rates. This permits some variation in    |
| context for small schools in the state. New Hampshire intends to      |
| continue to use a cell size of 40 for the other indicator: attendance |
| rate (for grades 3-8) and graduation rate for HS.                     |
|                                                                       |
| **Participation Rate:** All schools, subgroups, LEAs, and the state   |
| must attain at least a 95% participation rate to make AYP.            |
|                                                                       |
| **Confidence Intervals:** Based on Task Force recommendations, New    |
| Hampshire will implement an AYP definition utilizing a 99% confidence |
| interval, calculated by using the average within school variance for  |
| schools around the AMO. Assessment scores vary each year for at least |
| two reasons unrelated to what students know and are able to do:       |
| cohort variation (sampling error), and measurement error. Both affect |
| school performance independently from the quality of teaching and     |
| learning. New Hampshire intends to make AYP decisions in a valid and  |
| reliable manner.                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| **Safe harbor:**                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| **For elementary/middle schools and districts:**                      |
|                                                                       |
| If any group of students in a school or district does not meet the    |
| annual measurable objectives, the school (or district) makes AYP if:  |
|                                                                       |
| > \(1\) The group has a 95% participation rate,                       |
| >                                                                     |
| > (2)  the percentage of proficient students increased and the        |
| > not-proficient index (100 -- proficient index) decreased by at      |
| > least 10 percent from the preceding year, and                       |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(3\) That group made progress on the other academic indicator.     |
|                                                                       |
| **For high schools:**                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **NH proposed to use the equi-percentile method that was approved by  |
| USED in 2005 to transition from our spring NHIEAP assessment in May   |
| 2004 to our fall NECAP assessment in October 2005.**                  |
|                                                                       |
| **The standards for proficiency on the two tests are different. We    |
| know that 82% of the high school students demonstrated proficiency    |
| (240 or above) on the May 2006 NHEIAP test in Reading language arts.  |
| Similarly, for mathematics, 76% of the students demonstrated          |
| proficiency (240 or above) on the May 2006 NEHEIAP test. NH will      |
| determine corresponding equi-percentile NECAP scores for reading and  |
| mathematics (called X and Y respectively). For this year only, NH     |
| proposes to compare at the school, district, and state level, the     |
| percent of students scoring below 240 on the May 2006 NHEIAP test to  |
| the percent of students scoring below *1153* (for reading) and *1140* |
| (for mathematics) on the 2007 NECAP test.**                           |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Index System:** As stated earlier, the goal is to get all students  |
| to proficiency by school year 2013-2014. An index system supports     |
| that goal by keeping the end in sight while acknowledging the hard    |
| work of teachers and rewarding schools for the steady progress by     |
| students.                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
| | Achievement Level                  |       | Index Points      |    |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
| | Level 1: Substantially below       | X00   | 0                 |    |
| | proficient                         |       |                   |    |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
| |                                    | Ia    | 20                |    |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
| |                                    | Ib    | 40                |    |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
| | Level 2: Partially Proficient      | 2a    | 60                |    |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
| |                                    | 2b    | 80                |    |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
| | Level 3: Proficient                |       | 100               |    |
| |                                    |       |                   |    |
| | Level 4: Proficient with           |       |                   |    |
| | Distinction                        |       |                   |    |
| +------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+    |
|                                                                       |
| Publicly released AYP reports will consist of 3 pages.                |
|                                                                       |
| Page 1: Decision page                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Page 2: Participation and Index page                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Page 3: Index computation page                                        |
|                                                                       |
| The Index computation will be provided for the whole school and every |
| subgroup that meets the cell size criteria list above.                |
|                                                                       |
| As with New Hampshire's past system, AYP decisions proceed as         |
| follows:                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 3.  Check participation rate                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 4.  Check if school index meets starting point                        |
|                                                                       |
|     a.  If no, check to see is school's index within the confidence   |
|         interval                                                      |
|                                                                       |
|         i.  If no, check to see if school makes safe harbor and other |
|             indicator                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 3\. Check other indicator.                                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------+------------------------------------------+--------------+
| #         | **EXAMPLES FOR\                          | **EXAMPLES   |
| # CRITICA | MEETING REQUIREMENTS**                   | OF**         |
| L ELEMENT |                                          |              |
|           |                                          | ***NOT*      |
|           |                                          | MEETING      |
|           |                                          | RE           |
|           |                                          | QUIREMENTS** |
+===========+==========================================+==============+
| 3.2a What | Using data from the 2001-2002 school     | The State    |
| is the    | year, the State established separate     | Ac           |
| State's   | starting points in reading/language arts | countability |
| starting  | and mathematics for measuring the        | System uses  |
| point for | percentage of students meeting or        | a different  |
| ca        | exceeding the State's proficient level   | method for   |
| lculating | of academic achievement.                 | calculating  |
| Adequate  |                                          | the starting |
| Yearly    | Each starting point is based, at a       | point (or    |
| Progress? | minimum, on the higher of the following  | baseline     |
|           | percentages of students at the           | data).       |
|           | 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**      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **To determine the method and conditions for defining the Starting    |
| Points for AYP:**                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Federal guidelines are followed for both reading and mathematics      |
| (computing 20% enrollment method). Files are available upon request.  |
| **Starting points for HS were computed on student level from the      |
| grade 11 October 2007 NECAP tests.**                                  |
|                                                                       |
|   -------------------------- ---------------------------------------  |
|   Starting Points (based on                                           |
|   Oct 2005 NECAP results)                                             |
|   for grades 3-8                                                      |
|                                                                       |
|                              Index                                    |
|                                                                       |
|   *Reading*                  82                                       |
|                                                                       |
|   Mathematics                76                                       |
|   -------------------------- ---------------------------------------  |
|                                                                       |
|   -------------------------- ---------------------------------------  |
|   **Starting Points (based                                            |
|   on Oct 2007 NECAP results)                                          |
|   for grade 11**                                                      |
|                                                                       |
|                              **Index**                                |
|                                                                       |
|   ***Reading***              **84**                                   |
|                                                                       |
|   **Mathematics**            **58**                                   |
|   -------------------------- ---------------------------------------  |
|                                                                       |
|                                                                       |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------+-------------------------------------+------------------+
| ## CRITI    | **EXAMPLES FOR\                     | **EXAMPLES OF**  |
| CAL ELEMENT | MEETING REQUIREMENTS**              |                  |
|             |                                     | ***NOT* MEETING  |
|             |                                     | REQUIREMENTS**   |
+=============+=====================================+==================+
| 2.  What    | State has annual measurable         | The State        |
|     are the | objectives that are consistent with | Accountability   |
|     State's | a state's intermediate goals and    | System uses      |
|     annual  | that identify for each year a       | another method   |
|             | minimum percentage of students who  | for calculating  |
|  measurable | must meet or exceed the proficient  | annual           |
|             | level of academic achievement on    | measurable       |
|  objectives | the State's academic assessments.   | objectives.      |
|     for     |                                     |                  |
|             | The State's annual measurable       | The State        |
| determining | objectives ensure that all students | Accountability   |
|             | meet or exceed the State's          | System does not  |
|    adequate | proficient level of academic        | include annual   |
|     yearly  | achievement within the timeline.    | measurable       |
|             |                                     | objectives.      |
|   progress? | 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 |                                     |                  |
| REQ         |                                     |                  |
| UIREMENTS** |                                     |                  |
+-------------+-------------------------------------+------------------+
| The State   |                                     |                  |
| will use a  |                                     |                  |
| consistent  |                                     |                  |
| method for  |                                     |                  |
| e           |                                     |                  |
| stablishing |                                     |                  |
| annual      |                                     |                  |
| measurable  |                                     |                  |
| objectives  |                                     |                  |
| based on    |                                     |                  |
| the         |                                     |                  |
| starting    |                                     |                  |
| point and   |                                     |                  |
| an eight    |                                     |                  |
| year        |                                     |                  |
| timeline    |                                     |                  |
| *starting   |                                     |                  |
| with        |                                     |                  |
| assessment  |                                     |                  |
| data from   |                                     |                  |
| the         |                                     |                  |
| 2005-2006   |                                     |                  |
| school year |                                     |                  |
| (for grades |                                     |                  |
| 3-8)* that  |                                     |                  |
| has all     |                                     |                  |
| schools,    |                                     |                  |
| subgroups,  |                                     |                  |
| LEAs and    |                                     |                  |
| the State   |                                     |                  |
| meeting the |                                     |                  |
| 100%        |                                     |                  |
| proficient  |                                     |                  |
| target by   |                                     |                  |
| 2014. **At  |                                     |                  |
| the high    |                                     |                  |
| school      |                                     |                  |
| level, the  |                                     |                  |
| timeline    |                                     |                  |
| will be 6   |                                     |                  |
| years long  |                                     |                  |
| starting    |                                     |                  |
| with        |                                     |                  |
| assessment  |                                     |                  |
| data from   |                                     |                  |
| the         |                                     |                  |
| 2007-2008   |                                     |                  |
| school      |                                     |                  |
| year.**     |                                     |                  |
|             |                                     |                  |
| (see 3.2c   |                                     |                  |
| for a table |                                     |                  |
| that        |                                     |                  |
| includes    |                                     |                  |
| annual      |                                     |                  |
| measurable  |                                     |                  |
| objectives) |                                     |                  |
+-------------+-------------------------------------+------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## 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**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The index goals are  |                       |                       |
| set separately for   |                       |                       |
| reading and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics for      |                       |                       |
| grades three through |                       |                       |
| eight. These         |                       |                       |
| intermediate goals   |                       |                       |
| are set based on     |                       |                       |
| starting points      |                       |                       |
| (using 05-06 data).  |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   ----------         |                       |                       |
| --- --------- ------ |                       |                       |
|   Grad               |                       |                       |
| es 3-8    Index      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|       Reading   Math |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   Starti             |                       |                       |
| ng      82        76 |                       |                       |
|   poin               |                       |                       |
| t                    |                       |                       |
|   (200               |                       |                       |
| 5-2006)              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2006-2             |                       |                       |
| 007     82        76 |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2007-2             |                       |                       |
| 008     86        82 |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2008-2             |                       |                       |
| 009     86        82 |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2009-2             |                       |                       |
| 010     91        88 |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2010-2             |                       |                       |
| 011     91        88 |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2011-2             |                       |                       |
| 012     95        94 |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2012-2             |                       |                       |
| 013     95        94 |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   2013-20            |                       |                       |
| 14     100       100 |                       |                       |
|   ----------         |                       |                       |
| --- --------- ------ |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| **High School AMOs   |                       |                       |
| based on 2007-2008   |                       |                       |
| assessment baseline  |                       |                       |
| data**               |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| --------------- ---- |                       |                       |
| --------- ---------- |                       |                       |
|   **Grade 11         |                       |                       |
| **    **Index**      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                   ** |                       |                       |
| Reading**   **Math** |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   **Starting         |                       |                       |
| **84**        **58** |                       |                       |
|   point              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   (2007-2008         |                       |                       |
| )**                  |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   **2008-2009**      |                       |                       |
| **84**        **58** |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   **2009-2010**      |                       |                       |
| **89**        **72** |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   **2010-2011**      |                       |                       |
| **89**        **72** |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   **2011-2012**      |                       |                       |
| **94**        **86** |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   **2012-2013**      |                       |                       |
| **94**        **86** |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|   **2013-2014**   *  |                       |                       |
| *100**       **100** |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| --------------- ---- |                       |                       |
| --------- ---------- |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**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**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| AYP decisions will   |                       |                       |
| be made annually for |                       |                       |
| each public school   |                       |                       |
| and all school       |                       |                       |
| districts that       |                       |                       |
| operate schools in   |                       |                       |
| New Hampshire. (New  |                       |                       |
| Hampshire has        |                       |                       |
| approximately 12     |                       |                       |
| school districts     |                       |                       |
| that do not operate  |                       |                       |
| schools but choose   |                       |                       |
| to tuition them to   |                       |                       |
| other school         |                       |                       |
| districts.) The      |                       |                       |
| State will produce   |                       |                       |
| an AYP report for    |                       |                       |
| each school and      |                       |                       |
| school district in   |                       |                       |
| the state. The State |                       |                       |
| will publish the     |                       |                       |
| list of schools and  |                       |                       |
| districts that are   |                       |                       |
| in need of           |                       |                       |
| improvement on its   |                       |                       |
| web site.            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Several NH schools   |                       |                       |
| are small enough so  |                       |                       |
| that their grade     |                       |                       |
| level aggregate      |                       |                       |
| assessment data is   |                       |                       |
| confidential, even   |                       |                       |
| with a cell size of  |                       |                       |
| 11. Once AYP reports |                       |                       |
| have been run,       |                       |                       |
| schools with fewer   |                       |                       |
| than the minimum     |                       |                       |
| number of students   |                       |                       |
| needed to run        |                       |                       |
| performance          |                       |                       |
| calculations will be |                       |                       |
| evaluated by         |                       |                       |
| aggregating multiple |                       |                       |
| years of assessment  |                       |                       |
| data. The AYP status |                       |                       |
| would become public  |                       |                       |
| as well as a stated  |                       |                       |
| rationale for the    |                       |                       |
| decision. Schools    |                       |                       |
| receiving the SSR    |                       |                       |
| designation (small   |                       |                       |
| school report) will  |                       |                       |
| keep that            |                       |                       |
| designation until    |                       |                       |
| aggregation of       |                       |                       |
| sufficient students  |                       |                       |
| to reach the         |                       |                       |
| required cell size   |                       |                       |
| of 11.               |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| A few New Hampshire  |                       |                       |
| schools have no      |                       |                       |
| grade level tested   |                       |                       |
| within the grade     |                       |                       |
| spans included in    |                       |                       |
| the school.          |                       |                       |
| Currently, these     |                       |                       |
| schools fall into    |                       |                       |
| two categories:      |                       |                       |
| schools with grades  |                       |                       |
| 1-2 and schools with |                       |                       |
| just grade 1. In the |                       |                       |
| first case, schools  |                       |                       |
| will be held         |                       |                       |
| accountable for the  |                       |                       |
| performance of the   |                       |                       |
| third grade students |                       |                       |
| in the state that    |                       |                       |
| were second graders  |                       |                       |
| in their school last |                       |                       |
| year. In the second  |                       |                       |
| case, schools with   |                       |                       |
| only first grade     |                       |                       |
| will be evaluated    |                       |                       |
| using the results of |                       |                       |
| the school into      |                       |                       |
| which the students   |                       |                       |
| flow for grades 2-3. |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**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**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| > All public        |                       |                       |
| > schools and       |                       |                       |
| > school districts  |                       |                       |
| > will be           |                       |                       |
| > accountable for   |                       |                       |
| > the performance   |                       |                       |
| > of student        |                       |                       |
| > subgroups --      |                       |                       |
| > including major   |                       |                       |
| > racial/ethnic     |                       |                       |
| > subgroups,        |                       |                       |
| > students with     |                       |                       |
| > disabilities,     |                       |                       |
| > limited English   |                       |                       |
| > proficient        |                       |                       |
| > students, and     |                       |                       |
| > economically      |                       |                       |
| > disadvantaged     |                       |                       |
| > students --       |                       |                       |
| > through AYP       |                       |                       |
| > determination,    |                       |                       |
| > provided the      |                       |                       |
| > subgroup meets    |                       |                       |
| > the minimum group |                       |                       |
| > size requirement. |                       |                       |
| >                   |                       |                       |
| > Starting with the |                       |                       |
| > administration of |                       |                       |
| > the NH State      |                       |                       |
| > Assessment for    |                       |                       |
| > the 2001-2002     |                       |                       |
| > school year, New  |                       |                       |
| > Hampshire         |                       |                       |
| > collected and     |                       |                       |
| > disaggregated the |                       |                       |
| > data on each      |                       |                       |
| > required subgroup |                       |                       |
| > for AYP, enabling |                       |                       |
| > school districts  |                       |                       |
| > to compare        |                       |                       |
| > achievement       |                       |                       |
| > levels and plan   |                       |                       |
| > instructional     |                       |                       |
| > interventions.    |                       |                       |
| > School districts  |                       |                       |
| > receive a report  |                       |                       |
| > for each of its   |                       |                       |
| > schools           |                       |                       |
| > containing the    |                       |                       |
| > required          |                       |                       |
| > disaggregated     |                       |                       |
| > data.             |                       |                       |
| >                   |                       |                       |
| > This will         |                       |                       |
| > continue with the |                       |                       |
| > new assessment    |                       |                       |
| > results.          |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## 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**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| New Hampshire       |                       |                       |
| requires that       |                       |                       |
| schools and         |                       |                       |
| districts report    |                       |                       |
| student race,       |                       |                       |
| ethnicity, gender,  |                       |                       |
| disability status,  |                       |                       |
| migrant status,     |                       |                       |
| English proficiency |                       |                       |
| and economic status |                       |                       |
| along with student  |                       |                       |
| assessment results. |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| New Hampshire will  |                       |                       |
| disaggregate and    |                       |                       |
| hold schools and    |                       |                       |
| LEAs accountable    |                       |                       |
| for the performance |                       |                       |
| of the following    |                       |                       |
| student subgroups   |                       |                       |
| that meet the       |                       |                       |
| minimum cell size   |                       |                       |
| requirement for     |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| purposes:           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| **All Students**    |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| **Major             |                       |                       |
| Racial/Ethnic       |                       |                       |
| Groups**: Asian,    |                       |                       |
| Black, White,       |                       |                       |
| Hispanic, Native    |                       |                       |
| American            |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| **Economically      |                       |                       |
| Disadvantaged**:    |                       |                       |
| Identified as       |                       |                       |
| eligible for Free   |                       |                       |
| and Reduced Priced  |                       |                       |
| Meal Program under  |                       |                       |
| the USDA National   |                       |                       |
| School Lunch Act.   |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| **Limited English   |                       |                       |
| Proficient**:       |                       |                       |
| Students who        |                       |                       |
| exhibit limited     |                       |                       |
| comprehension of    |                       |                       |
| English in one or   |                       |                       |
| more of the four    |                       |                       |
| domains of          |                       |                       |
| listening,          |                       |                       |
| speaking, reading   |                       |                       |
| or writing.         |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| **Students with     |                       |                       |
| Disabilities**: As  |                       |                       |
| defined under       |                       |                       |
| section 602(3) of   |                       |                       |
| *the Individuals    |                       |                       |
| with Disabilities   |                       |                       |
| Act.*               |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| For each school and |                       |                       |
| LEA, the State will |                       |                       |
| determine for each  |                       |                       |
| subgroup of         |                       |                       |
| sufficient size     |                       |                       |
| whether the         |                       |                       |
| subgroup achieved   |                       |                       |
| the annual          |                       |                       |
| measurable          |                       |                       |
| objective or met    |                       |                       |
| the "Safe Harbor"   |                       |                       |
| provision of NCLB   |                       |                       |
| and met the 95%     |                       |                       |
| participation rate  |                       |                       |
| criteria. For a     |                       |                       |
| school or LEA to    |                       |                       |
| make AYP, [every    |                       |                       |
| group for which a   |                       |                       |
| school or LEA is    |                       |                       |
| accountable must    |                       |                       |
| make                |                       |                       |
| AYP.]{.underline}   |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| ##               | **EXAMPLES FOR**   | **EXAMPLES OF**             |
| CRITICAL ELEMENT |                    |                             |
|                  | **MEETING          | ***NOT* MEETING             |
|                  | REQUIREMENTS**     | REQUIREMENTS**              |
+==================+====================+=============================+
| 3.  How are      | All students with  | The State Accountability    |
|     students     | disabilities       | System or State policy      |
|     with         | participate in     | excludes students with      |
|     disabilities | statewide          | disabilities from           |
|     included in  | assessments:       | participating in the        |
|     the State's  | general            | statewide assessments.      |
|     definition   | assessments with   |                             |
|     of adequate  | or without         | State cannot demonstrate    |
|     yearly       | accommodations or  | that alternate assessments  |
|     progress?    | an alternate       | measure grade-level         |
|                  | assessment based   | standards for the grade in  |
|                  | on grade level     | which students are          |
|                  | standards for the  | enrolled.                   |
|                  | grade in which     |                             |
|                  | students are       |                             |
|                  | enrolled.          |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
|                  | State demonstrates |                             |
|                  | that students with |                             |
|                  | disabilities are   |                             |
|                  | fully included in  |                             |
|                  | the State          |                             |
|                  | Accountability     |                             |
|                  | System.            |                             |
+------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE |                    |                             |
| AND STATE        |                    |                             |
| ACTIVITIES FOR   |                    |                             |
| MEETING          |                    |                             |
| REQUIREMENTS**   |                    |                             |
+------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| 3.  **Students   |                    |                             |
|     With         |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
|   Disabilities** |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| All students     |                    |                             |
| with             |                    |                             |
| disabilities in  |                    |                             |
| New Hampshire    |                    |                             |
| participate in   |                    |                             |
| the regular      |                    |                             |
| assessment New   |                    |                             |
| England Common   |                    |                             |
| Assessment       |                    |                             |
| Program (NECAP), |                    |                             |
| or the New       |                    |                             |
| Hampshire        |                    |                             |
| Alternate        |                    |                             |
| Assessment       |                    |                             |
| (NH-Alt).        |                    |                             |
| Students with    |                    |                             |
| disabilities     |                    |                             |
| participating in |                    |                             |
| these            |                    |                             |
| assessments,     |                    |                             |
| with or without  |                    |                             |
| accommodations,  |                    |                             |
| are included in  |                    |                             |
| the State's      |                    |                             |
| definition of    |                    |                             |
| AYP in the same  |                    |                             |
| manner as        |                    |                             |
| students without |                    |                             |
| disabilities.    |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| Each student's   |                    |                             |
| Individualized   |                    |                             |
| Education        |                    |                             |
| Program (IEP)    |                    |                             |
| team determines  |                    |                             |
| how the student  |                    |                             |
| will participate |                    |                             |
| in the state     |                    |                             |
| assessment       |                    |                             |
| program. The     |                    |                             |
| state has        |                    |                             |
| developed        |                    |                             |
| participation    |                    |                             |
| guidelines for   |                    |                             |
| IEP teams to use |                    |                             |
| as they make     |                    |                             |
| participation    |                    |                             |
| decisions. These |                    |                             |
| guidelines       |                    |                             |
| stress factors   |                    |                             |
| such as          |                    |                             |
| cognitive        |                    |                             |
| ability and      |                    |                             |
| adaptive         |                    |                             |
| behavior skill   |                    |                             |
| levels. The      |                    |                             |
| student's IEP    |                    |                             |
| team meets prior |                    |                             |
| to the state     |                    |                             |
| assessment to    |                    |                             |
| determine the    |                    |                             |
| nature of the    |                    |                             |
| student's        |                    |                             |
| participation    |                    |                             |
| for each         |                    |                             |
| assessment used. |                    |                             |
| Students with    |                    |                             |
| disabilities may |                    |                             |
| take:            |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| -   the          |                    |                             |
|     assessment   |                    |                             |
|     without      |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
|  accommodations, |                    |                             |
|     under        |                    |                             |
|     conditions   |                    |                             |
|     routinely    |                    |                             |
|     used;        |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| -   the          |                    |                             |
|     assessment   |                    |                             |
|     with         |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
|  accommodations; |                    |                             |
|     or           |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| ```{=html}       |                    |                             |
| <!-- -->         |                    |                             |
| ```              |                    |                             |
| -   NH-Alt for   |                    |                             |
|     students     |                    |                             |
|     with         |                    |                             |
|     disabilities |                    |                             |
|     who meet the |                    |                             |
|     criteria for |                    |                             |
|     alternate    |                    |                             |
|     assessment.  |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| NH-Alt is        |                    |                             |
| intended for a   |                    |                             |
| very small       |                    |                             |
| percentage of    |                    |                             |
| students who     |                    |                             |
| require          |                    |                             |
| significantly    |                    |                             |
| different        |                    |                             |
| instructional    |                    |                             |
| and              |                    |                             |
| technological    |                    |                             |
| supports to      |                    |                             |
| measure the      |                    |                             |
| progress in      |                    |                             |
| their learning.  |                    |                             |
| Alternate        |                    |                             |
| achievement      |                    |                             |
| standards were   |                    |                             |
| generated by     |                    |                             |
| convening a      |                    |                             |
| panel of school  |                    |                             |
| district         |                    |                             |
| personnel to     |                    |                             |
| identify the     |                    |                             |
| essential core   |                    |                             |
| of the content   |                    |                             |
| standards in     |                    |                             |
| English language |                    |                             |
| arts and         |                    |                             |
| mathematics.     |                    |                             |
| Students are     |                    |                             |
| scored using the |                    |                             |
| same performance |                    |                             |
| labels as those  |                    |                             |
| in the general   |                    |                             |
| statewide        |                    |                             |
| assessment       |                    |                             |
| system:          |                    |                             |
| Proficient with  |                    |                             |
| Distinction      |                    |                             |
| (level 4),       |                    |                             |
| Proficient       |                    |                             |
| (level 3),       |                    |                             |
| Partially        |                    |                             |
| Proficient       |                    |                             |
| (level 2),       |                    |                             |
| Substantially    |                    |                             |
| Below Proficient |                    |                             |
| (level 1). A     |                    |                             |
| student's        |                    |                             |
| portfolio is     |                    |                             |
| judged as        |                    |                             |
| demonstrating    |                    |                             |
| acceptable       |                    |                             |
| performance if   |                    |                             |
| it earns a score |                    |                             |
| of proficient or |                    |                             |
| better. Scores   |                    |                             |
| from the         |                    |                             |
| portfolio        |                    |                             |
| assessment and   |                    |                             |
| regular          |                    |                             |
| assessment are   |                    |                             |
| reported         |                    |                             |
| separately and   |                    |                             |
| combined when    |                    |                             |
| reporting        |                    |                             |
| accountability   |                    |                             |
| results.         |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| Students         |                    |                             |
| participating in |                    |                             |
| NH-Alt receive a |                    |                             |
| score that       |                    |                             |
| reflects the     |                    |                             |
| student's        |                    |                             |
| performance of   |                    |                             |
| skills. The      |                    |                             |
| score are        |                    |                             |
| converted to the |                    |                             |
| achievement      |                    |                             |
| levels currently |                    |                             |
| used in New      |                    |                             |
| Hampshire to     |                    |                             |
| determine AYP    |                    |                             |
| and incorporated |                    |                             |
| into the AYP     |                    |                             |
| calculation.     |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| New Hampshire    |                    |                             |
| ensures that the |                    |                             |
| use of the       |                    |                             |
| alternate        |                    |                             |
| assessments      |                    |                             |
| (NH-Alt)         |                    |                             |
| complies with    |                    |                             |
| the              |                    |                             |
| [1%]{.underline} |                    |                             |
| percent          |                    |                             |
| proficient limit |                    |                             |
| allowable and    |                    |                             |
| the eligibility  |                    |                             |
| criteria deemed  |                    |                             |
| permissible, as  |                    |                             |
| a result of the  |                    |                             |
| final federal    |                    |                             |
| regulations for  |                    |                             |
| accountability   |                    |                             |
| and assessment.  |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
|                  |                    |                             |
| *For AYP         |                    |                             |
| considerations   |                    |                             |
| based on 2007    |                    |                             |
| test results,    |                    |                             |
| New Hampshire    |                    |                             |
| will no longer   |                    |                             |
| implement the    |                    |                             |
| flexibility      |                    |                             |
| described in     |                    |                             |
| Transition       |                    |                             |
| Option 1 of      |                    |                             |
| Education        |                    |                             |
| Secretary        |                    |                             |
| Margaret         |                    |                             |
| Spellings'       |                    |                             |
| letter of May    |                    |                             |
| 10, 2005. Since  |                    |                             |
| New Hampshire's  |                    |                             |
| assessment       |                    |                             |
| system is        |                    |                             |
| currently in     |                    |                             |
| Approval Pending |                    |                             |
| status and is    |                    |                             |
| not eligible for |                    |                             |
| this transition  |                    |                             |
| flexibility.*    |                    |                             |
+------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+

+------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------+
| ##               | **EXAMPLES FOR**                    | **EXAMPLES  |
| CRITICAL ELEMENT |                                     | OF**        |
|                  | **MEETING REQUIREMENTS**            |             |
|                  |                                     | ***NOT*     |
|                  |                                     | MEETING     |
|                  |                                     | REQ         |
|                  |                                     | UIREMENTS** |
+==================+=====================================+=============+
| 3.  How are      | All LEP student participate in      | LEP         |
|     students     | statewide assessments: general      | students    |
|     with limited | assessments with or without         | are not     |
|     English      | accommodations or a native language | fully       |
|     proficiency  | version of the general assessment   | included in |
|     included in  | based on grade level standards.     | the State   |
|     the State's  |                                     | Acc         |
|     definition   | State demonstrates that LEP         | ountability |
|     of adequate  | students are fully included in the  | System.     |
|     yearly       | State Accountability System.        |             |
|     progress?    |                                     |             |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE |                                     |             |
| AND STATE        |                                     |             |
| ACTIVITIES FOR   |                                     |             |
| MEETING          |                                     |             |
| REQUIREMENTS**   |                                     |             |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------+
| New Hampshire    |                                     |             |
| expects all      |                                     |             |
| students         |                                     |             |
| enrolled in      |                                     |             |
| grades 3-8 **and |                                     |             |
| 11** to          |                                     |             |
| participate in   |                                     |             |
| the statewide    |                                     |             |
| assessment at    |                                     |             |
| those grade      |                                     |             |
| levels. This     |                                     |             |
| includes LEP     |                                     |             |
| students. New    |                                     |             |
| Hampshire has a  |                                     |             |
| very small, but  |                                     |             |
| growing          |                                     |             |
| population of    |                                     |             |
| LEP students.    |                                     |             |
| The LEP students |                                     |             |
| represent        |                                     |             |
| approximately 2% |                                     |             |
| of the total     |                                     |             |
| student          |                                     |             |
| population. With |                                     |             |
| over 150         |                                     |             |
| languages spoken |                                     |             |
| by LEP students  |                                     |             |
| in our public    |                                     |             |
| schools, it is   |                                     |             |
| not practical    |                                     |             |
| for New          |                                     |             |
| Hampshire to     |                                     |             |
| offer native     |                                     |             |
| language         |                                     |             |
| assessments as   |                                     |             |
| part of the NH   |                                     |             |
| Assessment       |                                     |             |
| Program. LEP     |                                     |             |
| students who     |                                     |             |
| have been        |                                     |             |
| enrolled less    |                                     |             |
| than 10 months   |                                     |             |
| in US schools    |                                     |             |
| are exempt from  |                                     |             |
| the Reading      |                                     |             |
| test, but must   |                                     |             |
| participate in   |                                     |             |
| the mathematics  |                                     |             |
| test. These      |                                     |             |
| students are     |                                     |             |
| counted as       |                                     |             |
| participating in |                                     |             |
| reading, but are |                                     |             |
| counted as       |                                     |             |
| participating in |                                     |             |
| mathematics      |                                     |             |
| **only** if they |                                     |             |
| do so. *In       |                                     |             |
| neither case, do |                                     |             |
| these students'  |                                     |             |
| assessment       |                                     |             |
| results count    |                                     |             |
| toward AYP       |                                     |             |
| performance      |                                     |             |
| calculations.*   |                                     |             |
| All LEP students |                                     |             |
| are required to  |                                     |             |
| participate in   |                                     |             |
| *the WIDA ACCESS |                                     |             |
| TEST for ELLs,*  |                                     |             |
| a test of        |                                     |             |
| English language |                                     |             |
| proficiency, in  |                                     |             |
| addition to the  |                                     |             |
| state-wide       |                                     |             |
| assessment.      |                                     |             |
|                  |                                     |             |
| Accommodations   |                                     |             |
| are provided to  |                                     |             |
| LEP students in  |                                     |             |
| order to         |                                     |             |
| facilitate their |                                     |             |
| participation in |                                     |             |
| the statewide    |                                     |             |
| assessment. New  |                                     |             |
| Hampshire        |                                     |             |
| requires schools |                                     |             |
| and districts to |                                     |             |
| identify LEP     |                                     |             |
| students when    |                                     |             |
| reporting        |                                     |             |
| student          |                                     |             |
| assessment       |                                     |             |
| results. A wide  |                                     |             |
| range of         |                                     |             |
| accommodations   |                                     |             |
| are available    |                                     |             |
| for all students |                                     |             |
| (see             |                                     |             |
| *Accommodation:  |                                     |             |
| Guidelines and   |                                     |             |
| Procedures).*    |                                     |             |
| Standard         |                                     |             |
| procedures and   |                                     |             |
| guidelines for   |                                     |             |
| determining      |                                     |             |
| which            |                                     |             |
| accommodations   |                                     |             |
| are appropriate  |                                     |             |
| for LEP students |                                     |             |
| have been        |                                     |             |
| developed and    |                                     |             |
| are being used   |                                     |             |
| by school        |                                     |             |
| districts. One   |                                     |             |
| particular       |                                     |             |
| accommodation    |                                     |             |
| for LEP students |                                     |             |
| is available:    |                                     |             |
| C-12             |                                     |             |
| Word-to-word     |                                     |             |
| translation      |                                     |             |
| dictionary,      |                                     |             |
| nonelectronic    |                                     |             |
| with no          |                                     |             |
| definitions (For |                                     |             |
| ELL students in  |                                     |             |
| Mathematics and  |                                     |             |
| Writing only).   |                                     |             |
| Approved         |                                     |             |
| accommodations   |                                     |             |
| do not affect    |                                     |             |
| student scores.  |                                     |             |
|                  |                                     |             |
| *LEP students    |                                     |             |
| who are being    |                                     |             |
| monitored after  |                                     |             |
| exiting from LEP |                                     |             |
| status are part  |                                     |             |
| of the LEP       |                                     |             |
| subgroup in both |                                     |             |
| assessment and   |                                     |             |
| accountability   |                                     |             |
| reporting for    |                                     |             |
| two years after  |                                     |             |
| exiting.*        |                                     |             |
|                  |                                     |             |
| *"Exit Status"   |                                     |             |
| for a NH Title   |                                     |             |
| III LEP program  |                                     |             |
| student is       |                                     |             |
| defined as       |                                     |             |
| follows: *       |                                     |             |
|                  |                                     |             |
| *The student has |                                     |             |
| earned: 1.) a    |                                     |             |
| [Composite       |                                     |             |
| Proficiency      |                                     |             |
| Score of         |                                     |             |
| 5.0]{.underline} |                                     |             |
| on the most      |                                     |             |
| recent ACCESS    |                                     |             |
| for ELLs® test,  |                                     |             |
| [                |                                     |             |
| and]{.underline} |                                     |             |
| 2.) scores [at   |                                     |             |
| or above         |                                     |             |
| 4.0]{.underline} |                                     |             |
| in               |                                     |             |
| [                |                                     |             |
| all]{.underline} |                                     |             |
| the proficiency  |                                     |             |
| sub-domains, to  |                                     |             |
| include          |                                     |             |
| listening,       |                                     |             |
| speaking,        |                                     |             |
| reading and      |                                     |             |
| writing.*        |                                     |             |
|                  |                                     |             |
| New Hampshire is |                                     |             |
| studying new     |                                     |             |
| ways to assess   |                                     |             |
| LEP student's    |                                     |             |
| English          |                                     |             |
| proficiency that |                                     |             |
| would allow us   |                                     |             |
| to judge their   |                                     |             |
| performance      |                                     |             |
| relative to our  |                                     |             |
| ELA curriculum   |                                     |             |
| standards. In    |                                     |             |
| addition, we are |                                     |             |
| seeking help in  |                                     |             |
| assessing LEP    |                                     |             |
| student's        |                                     |             |
| proficiency in   |                                     |             |
| mathematics      |                                     |             |
| through our      |                                     |             |
| collaboration    |                                     |             |
| with the New     |                                     |             |
| England Compact. |                                     |             |
| It is hope that  |                                     |             |
| in               |                                     |             |
| reauthorization  |                                     |             |
| of NCLB, the     |                                     |             |
| USED would       |                                     |             |
| review the       |                                     |             |
| research on the  |                                     |             |
| realistic length |                                     |             |
| of time it takes |                                     |             |
| for English      |                                     |             |
| Language         |                                     |             |
| Learners to      |                                     |             |
| become           |                                     |             |
| proficient, and  |                                     |             |
| then build an    |                                     |             |
| appropriate      |                                     |             |
| accountability   |                                     |             |
| system based on  |                                     |             |
| that research.   |                                     |             |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 4.  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**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Minimum n for       |                       |                       |
| reporting and       |                       |                       |
| accountability at   |                       |                       |
| the school and      |                       |                       |
| district level, and |                       |                       |
| to all subgroups    |                       |                       |
| within...           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| -   40 --           |                       |                       |
|     participation   |                       |                       |
|     rate            |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| -   40 --           |                       |                       |
|     attendance rate |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| -   **40 --         |                       |                       |
|     graduation      |                       |                       |
|     rate**          |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| -   11 -- for       |                       |                       |
|     performance     |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3.  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**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| New Hampshire State |                       |                       |
| Law (193-C:11)      |                       |                       |
| states "Individual  |                       |                       |
| names or codes      |                       |                       |
| contained in the    |                       |                       |
| statewide           |                       |                       |
| assessment results, |                       |                       |
| scores, or other    |                       |                       |
| evaluative          |                       |                       |
| materials shall be  |                       |                       |
| deleted for the     |                       |                       |
| purposes of records |                       |                       |
| maintenance and     |                       |                       |
| storage of such     |                       |                       |
| results or scores   |                       |                       |
| at the Department   |                       |                       |
| of Education,       |                       |                       |
| unless a parent or  |                       |                       |
| legal guardian      |                       |                       |
| provides written    |                       |                       |
| authorization, or   |                       |                       |
| as required under   |                       |                       |
| federal law." Such  |                       |                       |
| student identifiers |                       |                       |
| reside within the   |                       |                       |
| individual schools  |                       |                       |
| and the assessment  |                       |                       |
| contractor. School  |                       |                       |
| and district scores |                       |                       |
| are not reported    |                       |                       |
| publicly when the   |                       |                       |
| scores are based on |                       |                       |
| fewer than 11       |                       |                       |
| students. In        |                       |                       |
| addition, the       |                       |                       |
| Department will not |                       |                       |
| report summative    |                       |                       |
| performance for a   |                       |                       |
| group or subgroup   |                       |                       |
| at less than 10%    |                       |                       |
| nor greater than    |                       |                       |
| 90% if such         |                       |                       |
| reporting would     |                       |                       |
| compromise the      |                       |                       |
| confidentiality of  |                       |                       |
| students.           |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**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**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| In 1993, New         |                       |                       |
| Hampshire passed     |                       |                       |
| legislation that     |                       |                       |
| enacted the          |                       |                       |
| statewide education  |                       |                       |
| and improvement      |                       |                       |
| program The aim of   |                       |                       |
| this program was to  |                       |                       |
| define what students |                       |                       |
| should know and be   |                       |                       |
| able to do, develop  |                       |                       |
| and implement        |                       |                       |
| methods for          |                       |                       |
| assessing that       |                       |                       |
| learning and its     |                       |                       |
| application, report  |                       |                       |
| assessment results   |                       |                       |
| to all citizens of   |                       |                       |
| New Hampshire, help  |                       |                       |
| provide              |                       |                       |
| accountability at    |                       |                       |
| all levels, and to   |                       |                       |
| use the results, at  |                       |                       |
| both state and local |                       |                       |
| levels, to improve   |                       |                       |
| instruction and      |                       |                       |
| advance student      |                       |                       |
| learning. This       |                       |                       |
| legislation produced |                       |                       |
| the New Hampshire    |                       |                       |
| curriculum           |                       |                       |
| frameworks and an    |                       |                       |
| assessment system    |                       |                       |
| called New Hampshire |                       |                       |
| Educational          |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Assessment Program   |                       |                       |
| (NHEIAP). An excerpt |                       |                       |
| from the law         |                       |                       |
| reflects its intent: |                       |                       |
| "At each grade level |                       |                       |
| assessed, the        |                       |                       |
| standards and        |                       |                       |
| expectations shall   |                       |                       |
| be the same for      |                       |                       |
| every New Hampshire  |                       |                       |
| student." It is this |                       |                       |
| historical context   |                       |                       |
| that provides the    |                       |                       |
| basis as we move     |                       |                       |
| forward. Adequate    |                       |                       |
| Yearly Progress      |                       |                       |
| (AYP) will be based  |                       |                       |
| primarily on the     |                       |                       |
| reading and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics scores   |                       |                       |
| derived from the     |                       |                       |
| statewide            |                       |                       |
| assessments, *both   |                       |                       |
| the general          |                       |                       |
| assessment (NECAP)   |                       |                       |
| and the NH Alternate |                       |                       |
| Assessment,* given   |                       |                       |
| at grades 3-8 **and  |                       |                       |
| 11**.                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The 95%              |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| will be derived from |                       |                       |
| assessment data.     |                       |                       |
| Currently our        |                       |                       |
| statewide            |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| is well over 95%.    |                       |                       |
| The 90% attendance   |                       |                       |
| rate will be derived |                       |                       |
| from attendance      |                       |                       |
| records submitted to |                       |                       |
| the state.           |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| New Hampshire will   |                       |                       |
| be implementing a    |                       |                       |
| science assessment,  |                       |                       |
| NECAP-Science, in    |                       |                       |
| May 2008 at grades   |                       |                       |
| 4, 8, and 11.        |                       |                       |
| Participation        |                       |                       |
| guidelines for the   |                       |                       |
| science assessment   |                       |                       |
| are the same as for  |                       |                       |
| the federally        |                       |                       |
| approved October     |                       |                       |
| NECAP assessments in |                       |                       |
| reading and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics.         |                       |                       |
| Assessment scores    |                       |                       |
| will be reported in  |                       |                       |
| early fall of 2008   |                       |                       |
| after initial        |                       |                       |
| standard setting in  |                       |                       |
| August. Report       |                       |                       |
| structures will be   |                       |                       |
| the same as the fall |                       |                       |
| NECAP assessments.   |                       |                       |
| No accountability    |                       |                       |
| report will be       |                       |                       |
| issued for the first |                       |                       |
| year of science      |                       |                       |
| testing.             |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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).

+-------------+-------+-----------------+-----+-----------------------+
| ## CRITI    |       | **EXAMPLES      |     | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
| CAL ELEMENT |       | FOR**           |     |                       |
|             |       |                 |     | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|             |       | **MEETING       |     | REQUIREMENTS**        |
|             |       | REQUIREMENTS**  |     |                       |
+=============+=======+=================+=====+=======================+
| 1.  What is |       | State defines   |     | State has not defined |
|     the     |       | the additional  |     | an additional         |
|     State's |       | academic        |     | academic indicator    |
|             |       | indicators,     |     | for elementary and    |
|  additional |       | e.g.,           |     | middle schools.       |
|             |       | additional      |     |                       |
|    academic |       | State or        |     |                       |
|             |       | locally         |     |                       |
|   indicator |       | administered    |     |                       |
|     for     |       | assessments not |     |                       |
|     public  |       | included in the |     |                       |
|             |       | State           |     |                       |
|  elementary |       | assessment      |     |                       |
|     schools |       | system,         |     |                       |
|     for the |       | grade-to-grade  |     |                       |
|             |       | retention rates |     |                       |
|  definition |       | or attendance   |     |                       |
|     of AYP? |       | rates.[^8]      |     |                       |
|     For     |       |                 |     |                       |
|     public  |       | An additional   |     |                       |
|     middle  |       | academic        |     |                       |
|     schools |       | indicator is    |     |                       |
|     for the |       | included (in    |     |                       |
|             |       | the aggregate)  |     |                       |
|  definition |       | for AYP, and    |     |                       |
|     of AYP? |       | disaggregated   |     |                       |
|             |       | (as necessary)  |     |                       |
|             |       | for use when    |     |                       |
|             |       | applying the    |     |                       |
|             |       | exception       |     |                       |
|             |       | clause to make  |     |                       |
|             |       | AYP.            |     |                       |
+-------------+-------+-----------------+-----+-----------------------+
| **STATE     |       |                 |     |                       |
| RESPONSE    |       |                 |     |                       |
| AND STATE   |       |                 |     |                       |
| ACTIVITIES  |       |                 |     |                       |
| FOR MEETING |       |                 |     |                       |
| REQ         |       |                 |     |                       |
| UIREMENTS** |       |                 |     |                       |
+-------------+-------+-----------------+-----+-----------------------+
| New         |       |                 |     |                       |
| Hampshire   |       |                 |     |                       |
| will use    |       |                 |     |                       |
| attendance  |       |                 |     |                       |
| rates as    |       |                 |     |                       |
| the other   |       |                 |     |                       |
| indicator   |       |                 |     |                       |
| for grades  |       |                 |     |                       |
| 3-8.        |       |                 |     |                       |
| Attendance  |       |                 |     |                       |
| rate has    |       |                 |     |                       |
| been        |       |                 |     |                       |
| defined as  |       |                 |     |                       |
| the Average |       |                 |     |                       |
| Daily       |       |                 |     |                       |
| Membership  |       |                 |     |                       |
| (ADM)       |       |                 |     |                       |
| reported to |       |                 |     |                       |
| the NH      |       |                 |     |                       |
| Department  |       |                 |     |                       |
| of          |       |                 |     |                       |
| Education.  |       |                 |     |                       |
| Any school  |       |                 |     |                       |
| with an     |       |                 |     |                       |
| attendance  |       |                 |     |                       |
| rate lower  |       |                 |     |                       |
| than 90%    |       |                 |     |                       |
| will not    |       |                 |     |                       |
| make AYP.   |       |                 |     |                       |
|             |       |                 |     |                       |
| Attendance  |       |                 |     |                       |
| rate is     |       |                 |     |                       |
| included    |       |                 |     |                       |
| (in the     |       |                 |     |                       |
| aggregate)  |       |                 |     |                       |
| for AYP,    |       |                 |     |                       |
| and         |       |                 |     |                       |
| di          |       |                 |     |                       |
| saggregated |       |                 |     |                       |
| (as         |       |                 |     |                       |
| necessary)  |       |                 |     |                       |
| for use     |       |                 |     |                       |
| when        |       |                 |     |                       |
| applying    |       |                 |     |                       |
| the         |       |                 |     |                       |
| exception   |       |                 |     |                       |
| clause to   |       |                 |     |                       |
| make AYP    |       |                 |     |                       |
| \[See USC   |       |                 |     |                       |
| 6311(       |       |                 |     |                       |
| b)(2)(I)(i) |       |                 |     |                       |
| and 34 CFR  |       |                 |     |                       |
| 2           |       |                 |     |                       |
| 00.20(b)\]. |       |                 |     |                       |
|             |       |                 |     |                       |
|             |       |                 |     |                       |
|             |       |                 |     |                       |
| Attendance  |       |                 |     |                       |
| as the      |       |                 |     |                       |
| other       |       |                 |     |                       |
| indicator   |       |                 |     |                       |
| is          |       |                 |     |                       |
| reflected   |       |                 |     |                       |
| in New      |       |                 |     |                       |
| Hampshire's |       |                 |     |                       |
| single      |       |                 |     |                       |
| state       |       |                 |     |                       |
| acc         |       |                 |     |                       |
| ountability |       |                 |     |                       |
| le          |       |                 |     |                       |
| gislation - |       |                 |     |                       |
| now Chapter |       |                 |     |                       |
| 314 of the  |       |                 |     |                       |
| Laws of     |       |                 |     |                       |
| 2003.       |       |                 |     |                       |
| Section     |       |                 |     |                       |
| 314:6 is    |       |                 |     |                       |
| the         |       |                 |     |                       |
| acc         |       |                 |     |                       |
| ountability |       |                 |     |                       |
| portion of  |       |                 |     |                       |
| the bill.   |       |                 |     |                       |
| It creates  |       |                 |     |                       |
| a new       |       |                 |     |                       |
| chapter in  |       |                 |     |                       |
| our         |       |                 |     |                       |
| statutes,   |       |                 |     |                       |
| RSA 193-H.  |       |                 |     |                       |
| The         |       |                 |     |                       |
| legislation |       |                 |     |                       |
| took effect |       |                 |     |                       |
| on July 22, |       |                 |     |                       |
| 2003.       |       |                 |     |                       |
+-------------+-------+-----------------+-----+-----------------------+
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|             | de    |                 | has |                       |
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|             |       |                 | zed |                       |
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|             |       |                 | ds. |                       |
|             |       |                 |     |                       |
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|             |       |                 | has |                       |
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|             |       |                 | ade |                       |
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|             |       |                 | ica |                       |
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|             |       |                 | is  |                       |
|             |       |                 | not |                       |
|             |       |                 | c   |                       |
|             |       |                 | ons |                       |
|             |       |                 | ist |                       |
|             |       |                 | ent |                       |
|             |       |                 | wit |                       |
|             |       |                 | hin |                       |
|             |       |                 | gr  |                       |
|             |       |                 | ade |                       |
|             |       |                 | l   |                       |
|             |       |                 | eve |                       |
|             |       |                 | ls. |                       |
+-------------+-------+-----------------+-----+-----------------------+
| **STATE     |       |                 |     |                       |
| RESPONSE    |       |                 |     |                       |
| AND STATE   |       |                 |     |                       |
| ACTIVITIES  |       |                 |     |                       |
| FOR MEETING |       |                 |     |                       |
| REQ         |       |                 |     |                       |
| UIREMENTS** |       |                 |     |                       |
+-------------+-------+-----------------+-----+-----------------------+
| The NH DOE  |       |                 |     |                       |
| has         |       |                 |     |                       |
| contracted  |       |                 |     |                       |
| with the    |       |                 |     |                       |
| National    |       |                 |     |                       |
| Center for  |       |                 |     |                       |
| the         |       |                 |     |                       |
| Improvement |       |                 |     |                       |
| of          |       |                 |     |                       |
| Educational |       |                 |     |                       |
| Assessment  |       |                 |     |                       |
| (NCIEA) to  |       |                 |     |                       |
| coordinate  |       |                 |     |                       |
| an          |       |                 |     |                       |
| Ass         |       |                 |     |                       |
| essment/Acc |       |                 |     |                       |
| ountability |       |                 |     |                       |
| Technical   |       |                 |     |                       |
| Advisory    |       |                 |     |                       |
| Committee.  |       |                 |     |                       |
| It *is* the |       |                 |     |                       |
| res         |       |                 |     |                       |
| ponsibility |       |                 |     |                       |
| of this     |       |                 |     |                       |
| group to    |       |                 |     |                       |
| review all  |       |                 |     |                       |
| academic    |       |                 |     |                       |
| indicators  |       |                 |     |                       |
| for         |       |                 |     |                       |
| validity    |       |                 |     |                       |
| and         |       |                 |     |                       |
| r           |       |                 |     |                       |
| eliability. |       |                 |     |                       |
| Currently,  |       |                 |     |                       |
| re          |       |                 |     |                       |
| liabilities |       |                 |     |                       |
| for all     |       |                 |     |                       |
| mathematics |       |                 |     |                       |
| assessment  |       |                 |     |                       |
| are .90 or  |       |                 |     |                       |
| greater,    |       |                 |     |                       |
| .88 or      |       |                 |     |                       |
| greater for |       |                 |     |                       |
| reading.    |       |                 |     |                       |
+-------------+-------+-----------------+-----+-----------------------+

+----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR**     | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      | **MEETING            | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+======================+=======================+
| 3.  What is the      |                      |                       |
|     State's          |                      |                       |
|     definition for   |                      |                       |
|     the public high  |                      |                       |
|     school           |                      |                       |
|     graduation rate? |                      |                       |
+----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                      |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                      |                       |
| MEETING              |                      |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                      |                       |
+----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+
| Currently New        |                      |                       |
| Hampshire reports    |                      |                       |
| drop-out rates. NH   |                      |                       |
| uses a modified NCES |                      |                       |
| definition of        |                      |                       |
| graduation (does not |                      |                       |
| include GED) rate    |                      |                       |
| until such time as a |                      |                       |
| data collection      |                      |                       |
| system allows us to  |                      |                       |
| gather more accurate |                      |                       |
| graduation rates     |                      |                       |
| (possibly as early   |                      |                       |
| at the 2009-2010     |                      |                       |
| school year).        |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| New Hampshire's      |                      |                       |
| graduation rate is   |                      |                       |
| calculated as the    |                      |                       |
| percentage of        |                      |                       |
| students who         |                      |                       |
| complete high school |                      |                       |
| and earn a regular   |                      |                       |
| diploma within the   |                      |                       |
| standard number of   |                      |                       |
| years. The standard  |                      |                       |
| numbers of years for |                      |                       |
| students with        |                      |                       |
| IEP/504 plans are    |                      |                       |
| specified in those   |                      |                       |
| documents.           |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|             NH       |                      |                       |
| Graduation Rate =    |                      |                       |
| Completer Rate X     |                      |                       |
| Regular Diploma Rate |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|             Where,   |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| Completer Rate =     |                      |                       |
| 100% - Cumulative    |                      |                       |
| Dropout Rate%   and  |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|             Regular  |                      |                       |
| Diploma Rate in the  |                      |                       |
| standard \# of years |                      |                       |
| =                    |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|    [\# of completers |                      |                       |
| with regular         |                      |                       |
| diplomas earned in   |                      |                       |
| the standard \# of   |                      |                       |
| years                |                      |                       |
| ]{.underline}        |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| Number of completers |                      |                       |
| with regular +       |                      |                       |
| nonstandard diplomas |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| The dropout          |                      |                       |
| definition is        |                      |                       |
| consistent with the  |                      |                       |
| NCES definition.     |                      |                       |
| Dropouts are defined |                      |                       |
| as students who      |                      |                       |
| leave school prior   |                      |                       |
| to graduation for    |                      |                       |
| reasons other than   |                      |                       |
| transfer to another  |                      |                       |
| school or death of   |                      |                       |
| student.             |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| In New Hampshire,    |                      |                       |
| four is the standard |                      |                       |
| number of years for  |                      |                       |
| students who do not  |                      |                       |
| have IEPs or 504     |                      |                       |
| plans. An additional |                      |                       |
| year may be          |                      |                       |
| considered for       |                      |                       |
| completion to        |                      |                       |
| accommodate          |                      |                       |
| variations across    |                      |                       |
| districts and        |                      |                       |
| schools including,   |                      |                       |
| but not limited to:  |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| \(a\) the number of  |                      |                       |
| credits required for |                      |                       |
| graduation from      |                      |                       |
| public schools,      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| > New Hampshire Code |                      |                       |
| > of Administrative  |                      |                       |
| > Rules 306.23       |                      |                       |
| > establishes a      |                      |                       |
| > minimum number of  |                      |                       |
| > credits for high   |                      |                       |
| > school graduation. |                      |                       |
| > Many high schools  |                      |                       |
| > go beyond the      |                      |                       |
| > minimum number of  |                      |                       |
| > credits for        |                      |                       |
| > graduation. For    |                      |                       |
| > example, a student |                      |                       |
| > may transfer from  |                      |                       |
| > a school requiring |                      |                       |
| > 20 credits to a    |                      |                       |
| > school requiring   |                      |                       |
| > 23 credits, a      |                      |                       |
| > public school may  |                      |                       |
| > not accept all     |                      |                       |
| > credits from a     |                      |                       |
| > private school, or |                      |                       |
| > variations in      |                      |                       |
| > course offerings   |                      |                       |
| > may make it        |                      |                       |
| > necessary for a    |                      |                       |
| > student to take a  |                      |                       |
| > few courses during |                      |                       |
| > the fifth year.    |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| \(b\) the number of  |                      |                       |
| credits from private |                      |                       |
| schools that are     |                      |                       |
| accepted when a      |                      |                       |
| student transfers to |                      |                       |
| a public school, and |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| \(c\) the needs of   |                      |                       |
| students who are     |                      |                       |
| enrolled in Dropout  |                      |                       |
| R                    |                      |                       |
| ecovery/Intervention |                      |                       |
| Programs developed   |                      |                       |
| at the local level.  |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| > Students attending |                      |                       |
| > public schools in  |                      |                       |
| > New Hampshire      |                      |                       |
| > districts that     |                      |                       |
| > have an active     |                      |                       |
| > drop-out recovery  |                      |                       |
| > program may need a |                      |                       |
| > fifth year to      |                      |                       |
| > complete high      |                      |                       |
| > school graduation  |                      |                       |
| > requirements. If   |                      |                       |
| > this is not        |                      |                       |
| > allowed there      |                      |                       |
| > would be a         |                      |                       |
| > disincentive to    |                      |                       |
| > recover students   |                      |                       |
| > before they        |                      |                       |
| > permanently        |                      |                       |
| > drop-out.          |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| Graduation rate is   |                      |                       |
| included (in the     |                      |                       |
| aggregate) for AYP,  |                      |                       |
| and disaggregated    |                      |                       |
| (as necessary) for   |                      |                       |
| use when applying    |                      |                       |
| the exception clause |                      |                       |
| to make AYP \[See    |                      |                       |
| USC 6311(b)(2)(I)(i) |                      |                       |
| and 34 CFR           |                      |                       |
| 200.20(b)\].         |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| *For high school AYP |                      |                       |
| determinations, the  |                      |                       |
| graduation rate      |                      |                       |
| target is 75% or an  |                      |                       |
| improvement over the |                      |                       |
| previous year.*      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
|                      |                      |                       |
| Graduation rate has  |                      |                       |
| been incorporated    |                      |                       |
| into the AYP         |                      |                       |
| definition in the    |                      |                       |
| pending New          |                      |                       |
| Hampshire            |                      |                       |
| Legislature's Public |                      |                       |
| Education            |                      |                       |
| Accountability       |                      |                       |
| System Bill.  "The   |                      |                       |
| percentage of pupils |                      |                       |
| who graduate with a  |                      |                       |
| regular diploma from |                      |                       |
| an approved high     |                      |                       |
| school shall be an   |                      |                       |
| indicator of whether |                      |                       |
| a school district    |                      |                       |
| has made             |                      |                       |
| satisfactory         |                      |                       |
| progress.            |                      |                       |
+----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+

**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. [^9] | reading/language arts |
|                      |                       | 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**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Currently the state  |                       |                       |
| assessment (NECAP)   |                       |                       |
| measures student     |                       |                       |
| performance in       |                       |                       |
| reading and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics          |                       |                       |
| separately at grades |                       |                       |
| 3-8 **and 11**.      |                       |                       |
| Accountability       |                       |                       |
| measures will be     |                       |                       |
| reported for student |                       |                       |
| subgroups, public    |                       |                       |
| schools and LEAs in  |                       |                       |
| reading and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics          |                       |                       |
| separately.          |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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

+-------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITI    | **EXAMPLES FOR\                | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
| CAL ELEMENT | MEETING REQUIREMENTS**         |                       |
|             |                                | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|             |                                | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=============+================================+=======================+
| 1.  How do  | State has defined a method for | State does not have   |
|     AYP     | determining an acceptable      | an acceptable method  |
|     det     | level of reliability (decision | for determining       |
| erminations | consistency) for AYP           | reliability (decision |
|     meet    | decisions.                     | consistency) of       |
|     the     |                                | accountability        |
|     State's | State provides evidence that   | decisions, e.g., it   |
|             | decision consistency is (1)    | reports only          |
|    standard | within the range deemed        | reliability           |
|     for     | acceptable to the State, and   | coefficients for its  |
|             | (2) meets professional         | assessments.          |
|  acceptable | standards and practice.        |                       |
|     r       |                                | State has parameters  |
| eliability? | State publicly reports the     | for acceptable        |
|             | estimate of decision           | reliability; however, |
|             | consistency, and incorporates  | the actual            |
|             | it appropriately into          | reliability (decision |
|             | accountability decisions.      | consistency) falls    |
|             |                                | outside those         |
|             | State updates analysis and     | parameters.           |
|             | reporting of decision          |                       |
|             | consistency at appropriate     | State's evidence      |
|             | intervals.                     | regarding             |
|             |                                | accountability        |
|             |                                | reliability (decision |
|             |                                | consistency) is not   |
|             |                                | updated.              |
+-------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE     |                                |                       |
| RESPONSE    |                                |                       |
| AND STATE   |                                |                       |
| ACTIVITIES  |                                |                       |
| FOR MEETING |                                |                       |
| REQ         |                                |                       |
| UIREMENTS** |                                |                       |
+-------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+
| AYP         |                                |                       |
| det         |                                |                       |
| erminations |                                |                       |
| will be     |                                |                       |
| based       |                                |                       |
| primarily   |                                |                       |
| on          |                                |                       |
| assessment  |                                |                       |
| results     |                                |                       |
| from the    |                                |                       |
| statewide   |                                |                       |
| assessment  |                                |                       |
| system,     |                                |                       |
| NECAP.      |                                |                       |
| Annually    |                                |                       |
| NECAP goes  |                                |                       |
| through a   |                                |                       |
| complete    |                                |                       |
| evaluation  |                                |                       |
| of          |                                |                       |
| reliability |                                |                       |
| (Standard   |                                |                       |
| Errors of   |                                |                       |
| M           |                                |                       |
| easurement, |                                |                       |
| Accuracy    |                                |                       |
| and         |                                |                       |
| Co          |                                |                       |
| nsistency). |                                |                       |
| The results |                                |                       |
| are         |                                |                       |
| published   |                                |                       |
| in the      |                                |                       |
| NECAP       |                                |                       |
| Technical   |                                |                       |
| Manual.     |                                |                       |
|             |                                |                       |
|             |                                |                       |
|             |                                |                       |
| The NH DOE  |                                |                       |
| contracts   |                                |                       |
| with the    |                                |                       |
| NCIEA       |                                |                       |
| (National   |                                |                       |
| Center for  |                                |                       |
| the         |                                |                       |
| Improvement |                                |                       |
| of          |                                |                       |
| Educational |                                |                       |
| Assessment) |                                |                       |
| to          |                                |                       |
| coordinate  |                                |                       |
| an          |                                |                       |
| ass         |                                |                       |
| essment/acc |                                |                       |
| ountability |                                |                       |
| Technical   |                                |                       |
| Advisory    |                                |                       |
| Committee.  |                                |                       |
| It is the   |                                |                       |
| res         |                                |                       |
| ponsibility |                                |                       |
| of this     |                                |                       |
| group to    |                                |                       |
| review all  |                                |                       |
| the         |                                |                       |
| academic    |                                |                       |
| indicators  |                                |                       |
| for         |                                |                       |
| validity    |                                |                       |
| and         |                                |                       |
| reliability |                                |                       |
| and to      |                                |                       |
| ensure the  |                                |                       |
| integrity   |                                |                       |
| of the      |                                |                       |
| process.    |                                |                       |
|             |                                |                       |
|             |                                |                       |
|             |                                |                       |
|             |                                |                       |
+-------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## 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 process for      |                       |                       |
| making AYP           |                       |                       |
| determinations is    |                       |                       |
| widely publicized    |                       |                       |
| (NH DOE website,     |                       |                       |
| Superintendent's Key |                       |                       |
| Messages monthly     |                       |                       |
| e-mail, New          |                       |                       |
| Hampshire NCLB list  |                       |                       |
| serve, the AYP Task  |                       |                       |
| Force).              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| In the past year,    |                       |                       |
| the NH i.4.see data  |                       |                       |
| system has developed |                       |                       |
| numerous             |                       |                       |
| verification tools   |                       |                       |
| to enable school     |                       |                       |
| districts to be sure |                       |                       |
| that the demographic |                       |                       |
| data we have on      |                       |                       |
| students is correct. |                       |                       |
| This "data cleanup"  |                       |                       |
| occurs at multiple   |                       |                       |
| times throughout the |                       |                       |
| year, allowing us to |                       |                       |
| be sure that we have |                       |                       |
| accurate BOY         |                       |                       |
| (beginning of year)  |                       |                       |
| and EOY (end of      |                       |                       |
| year) data -- both   |                       |                       |
| of which are used in |                       |                       |
| AYP calculations.    |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| In addition, prior   |                       |                       |
| to the public        |                       |                       |
| release of           |                       |                       |
| assessment data, the |                       |                       |
| department checks    |                       |                       |
| for data anomalies   |                       |                       |
| and may go so far as |                       |                       |
| making phone calls   |                       |                       |
| to districts for     |                       |                       |
| verification of      |                       |                       |
| data. A report of    |                       |                       |
| assessment data is   |                       |                       |
| then sent to all     |                       |                       |
| schools for          |                       |                       |
| verification prior   |                       |                       |
| to its public        |                       |                       |
| release. Data that   |                       |                       |
| will form the basis  |                       |                       |
| of our graduation    |                       |                       |
| rates and retention  |                       |                       |
| rates are reviewed   |                       |                       |
| and confirmed by the |                       |                       |
| superintendents.     |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| This year, our data  |                       |                       |
| team is working on a |                       |                       |
| verification tool    |                       |                       |
| for districts to use |                       |                       |
| again prior to the   |                       |                       |
| release of AYP       |                       |                       |
| reports. AYP         |                       |                       |
| determinations will  |                       |                       |
| be made based on     |                       |                       |
| their final          |                       |                       |
| information and      |                       |                       |
| reports will be sent |                       |                       |
| to all schools. A    |                       |                       |
| school wishing to    |                       |                       |
| appeal its AYP       |                       |                       |
| designation will     |                       |                       |
| have 30 days to      |                       |                       |
| present an appeal to |                       |                       |
| their district.   A  |                       |                       |
| district wishing to  |                       |                       |
| appeal its AYP       |                       |                       |
| designation will     |                       |                       |
| have 30 days to      |                       |                       |
| present an appeal to |                       |                       |
| the Commissioner of  |                       |                       |
| Education or his     |                       |                       |
| designee. Guidelines |                       |                       |
| for the appeal       |                       |                       |
| process along with   |                       |                       |
| worksheets and       |                       |                       |
| directions that      |                       |                       |
| allow districts to   |                       |                       |
| do their own AYP     |                       |                       |
| calculations appear  |                       |                       |
| on the NH DOE        |                       |                       |
| website and are      |                       |                       |
| given to every       |                       |                       |
| school that has not  |                       |                       |
| made AYP.            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------+----------------------------------+------------------+
| ## CRI        | **EXAMPLES FOR\                  | **EXAMPLES OF**  |
| TICAL ELEMENT | MEETING REQUIREMENTS**           |                  |
|               |                                  | ***NOT* MEETING  |
|               |                                  | REQUIREMENTS**   |
+===============+==================================+==================+
| 3.  How has   | State has a plan to maintain     | State's          |
|     the State | continuity in AYP decisions      | transition plan  |
|     planned   | necessary for validity through   | interrupts       |
|     for       | planned assessment changes, and  | annual           |
|               | other changes necessary to       | determination of |
| incorporating | comply fully with NCLB.[^10]     | AYP.             |
|     into its  |                                  |                  |
|               | State has a plan for including   | State does not   |
|    definition | new public schools in the State  | have a plan for  |
|     of AYP    | Accountability System.           | handling         |
|               |                                  | changes: e.g.,   |
|   anticipated | State has a plan for             | to its           |
|     changes   | periodically reviewing its State | assessment       |
|     in        | Accountability System, so that   | system, or the   |
|               | unforeseen changes can be        | addition of new  |
|  assessments? | quickly addressed.               | public schools.  |
+---------------+----------------------------------+------------------+
| **STATE       |                                  |                  |
| RESPONSE AND  |                                  |                  |
| STATE         |                                  |                  |
| ACTIVITIES    |                                  |                  |
| FOR MEETING   |                                  |                  |
| R             |                                  |                  |
| EQUIREMENTS** |                                  |                  |
+---------------+----------------------------------+------------------+
| The NH DOE    |                                  |                  |
| has           |                                  |                  |
| contracted    |                                  |                  |
| with the      |                                  |                  |
| NCIEA to      |                                  |                  |
| coordinate a  |                                  |                  |
| Technical     |                                  |                  |
| Advisory      |                                  |                  |
| Committee.    |                                  |                  |
| It is the     |                                  |                  |
| r             |                                  |                  |
| esponsibility |                                  |                  |
| of this group |                                  |                  |
| to develop    |                                  |                  |
| policy for    |                                  |                  |
| anticipated   |                                  |                  |
| changes to    |                                  |                  |
| AYP as        |                                  |                  |
| changes are   |                                  |                  |
| made to the   |                                  |                  |
| assessment    |                                  |                  |
| system. The   |                                  |                  |
| changes       |                                  |                  |
| contained     |                                  |                  |
| within this   |                                  |                  |
| submission    |                                  |                  |
| result from   |                                  |                  |
| two external  |                                  |                  |
| panels: AYP   |                                  |                  |
| Task Force    |                                  |                  |
| and the TAC.  |                                  |                  |
| The NCIEA     |                                  |                  |
| helps to run  |                                  |                  |
| the meetings  |                                  |                  |
| of both       |                                  |                  |
| groups.       |                                  |                  |
+---------------+----------------------------------+------------------+

**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**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| New Hampshire        |                       |                       |
| collects student     |                       |                       |
| demographic data on  |                       |                       |
| every student        |                       |                       |
| enrolled on the      |                       |                       |
| first day of the     |                       |                       |
| statewide            |                       |                       |
| assessment.          |                       |                       |
| Participation rates  |                       |                       |
| for every group and  |                       |                       |
| subgroup at the      |                       |                       |
| school, district,    |                       |                       |
| and state level is   |                       |                       |
| calculated based on  |                       |                       |
| the total enrollment |                       |                       |
| on the first day of  |                       |                       |
| testing. Due to the  |                       |                       |
| large number of      |                       |                       |
| small schools and    |                       |                       |
| small districts in   |                       |                       |
| the state, a cell    |                       |                       |
| size for             |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| accountability will  |                       |                       |
| be 40. Subgroups     |                       |                       |
| that fall under the  |                       |                       |
| cell size at the     |                       |                       |
| school level may     |                       |                       |
| still show up at the |                       |                       |
| district level and   |                       |                       |
| will show up at the  |                       |                       |
| state level. New     |                       |                       |
| Hampshire does not   |                       |                       |
| intend to use        |                       |                       |
| confidence intervals |                       |                       |
| on the 95%           |                       |                       |
| participation        |                       |                       |
| requirement.         |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+--------------------+------------------------------+------------------+
| #                  | **EXAMPLES FOR\              | **EXAMPLES OF\   |
| # CRITICAL ELEMENT | MEETING REQUIREMENTS**       | *NOT* MEETING    |
|                    |                              | REQUIREMENTS**   |
+====================+==============================+==================+
| 2.  What is the    | State has a policy that      | State does not   |
|     State's policy | implements the regulation    | have a procedure |
|     for            | regarding the use of 95%     | for making this  |
|     determining    | allowance when the group is  | determination.   |
|     when the 95%   | statistically significant    |                  |
|     assessed       | according to State rules.    |                  |
|     requirement    |                              |                  |
|     should be      |                              |                  |
|     applied?       |                              |                  |
+--------------------+------------------------------+------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE   |                              |                  |
| AND STATE          |                              |                  |
| ACTIVITIES FOR     |                              |                  |
| MEETING            |                              |                  |
| REQUIREMENTS**     |                              |                  |
+--------------------+------------------------------+------------------+
| See section 10.1   |                              |                  |
+--------------------+------------------------------+------------------+

# 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.

**Appendix B**

Material added to the December 2007 Accountability Workbook Submission
after the addition of Grade 11 data

The following pages have changes:

Page 15: 3.2 Safe Harbor Equi-percentile Scores

Page 17: 3.2a High School Starting Points based on 07-08 Testing

Page 20: 3.2b High School Annual Measurable Objectives, 2007-2014

Page 25: 5.3 Students with Disabilities: Option 1 Flexibility

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

[^9]: 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.

[^10]: 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.