need of replacement, if the high school has a 
graduation rate of 50 percent or less in the 
most recent year for which data are available. 
(3) SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The State educational 
agency shall define, in consultation with rep-
resentatives from urban and rural local edu-
cational agencies in the State, a comprehensive 
set of school performance indicators that— 
(i) shall be used, in addition to the in-
dicators used to determine adequate yearly 
progress, to— 
(I) analyze the performance of 
high schools in the State; 
(II) determine the amount, inten-
sity, and type of support each high 
school needs; and 
(III) guide the school improve-
ment process; 
(ii) demonstrate whether a high school 
is making substantial and continuous 
progress toward the goal of graduating all 
of the school’s students prepared for suc-
cess in higher education and careers; and 
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(iii)(I) 
directly 
measure 
student 
achievement and advancement in high 
school; or 
(II) have been demonstrated by re-
search to have a direct impact on high 
school student achievement and advance-
ment. 
(B) CATEGORIES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The comprehensive 
set of school performance indicators re-
quired by subparagraph (A) shall include 
indicators of— 
(I) high school student engage-
ment and effort; 
(II) student advancement; 
(III) educator quality; and 
(IV) academic learning. 
(ii) INDICATORS
OF
HIGH
SCHOOL 
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
AND
EFFORT.— 
With respect to high school student en-
gagement and effort, the indicators— 
(I) shall include student attend-
ance rates; and 
(II) may include— 
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(aa) the percentage of stu-
dent suspensions and expulsions; 
(bb) surveys of high school 
student engagement and effort; 
or 
(cc) other indicators of stu-
dent engagement proposed by the 
State educational agency and ap-
proved by the Secretary as part 
of the peer review process de-
scribed in section 105(a). 
(iii) INDICATORS
OF
STUDENT
AD-
VANCEMENT.—With respect to student 
achievement, the indicators— 
(I) shall include— 
(aa)(AA) student-earned on- 
time promotion rates from grade 
to grade for all grades in the 
high school; or 
(BB) the percentage of stu-
dents who have on-time credit ac-
cumulation at the end of each 
grade; and 
(bb) the percentage of stu-
dents— 
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(AA) failing a core, 
credit-bearing, English lan-
guage arts, mathematics, or 
science course; or 
(BB) failing 2 or more 
courses of any type; and 
(II) may include— 
(aa) measures of enrollment, 
retention, persistence, and degree 
attainment in two-year and four- 
year institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
(bb) measures of the em-
ployment success of students who 
graduated from the high school; 
or 
(cc) other indicators of stu-
dent advancement proposed by 
the State educational agency and 
approved by the Secretary as 
part of the peer review process 
described in section 105(a). 
(iv) INDICATORS OF EDUCATOR QUAL-
ITY.—With respect to educator quality, the 
indicators— 
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(I) shall include— 
(aa) measures of teacher at-
tendance, vacancies, and turn-
over; and 
(bb) the percentage of highly 
qualified teachers by grade level; 
and 
(II) may include other indicators 
of educator quality proposed by the 
State educational agency and ap-
proved by the Secretary as part of the 
peer review process described in sec-
tion 105(a). 
(v) INDICATORS OF ACADEMIC LEARN-
ING.—With respect to academic learning, 
the indicators— 
(I) shall include— 
(aa) the percentage of stu-
dents 
taking 
a 
college-pre-
paratory curriculum, which may 
include the percentage of stu-
dents taking Advanced Placement 
courses, 
International 
Bacca-
laureate 
courses, 
or 
postsec-
ondary courses for dual credit; 
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(bb) the percentage of stu-
dents reaching proficiency on the 
State academic assessments in 
reading and mathematics re-
quired under section 1111 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311), disaggregated by the cat-
egories of students identified in 
section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of such 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)); and 
(cc) 
student 
success 
on 
State or local educational agency 
end-of-course 
examinations 
or 
performance-based 
assessments 
with standardized scoring rubrics 
aligned to State standards, where 
such assessments are available; 
and 
(II) may also include— 
(aa) student achievement on 
college entrance and placement 
examinations such as the ACT or 
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SAT, or Advanced Placement ex-
aminations; or 
(bb) other indicators of aca-
demic learning proposed by the 
State educational agency and ap-
proved by the Secretary as part 
of the peer-review process de-
scribed in section 105(a). 
(C) DEMONSTRATION
OF
CAPACITY
TO 
COLLECT AND REPORT INDICATORS.—The State 
educational agency shall demonstrate its capac-
ity to collect, report, and use the indicators de-
fined and used to meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A), including through the use of a 
statewide longitudinal data system. 
(D) ANNUAL
GROWTH
TARGETS.—The 
State educational agency shall set State annual 
growth targets that— 
(i) include a goal and a minimum per-
centage of expected annual growth for each 
school performance indicator; and 
(ii) demonstrate continuous and sub-
stantial progress toward the State-defined 
goal and making adequate yearly progress. 
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achievement and graduation rates and sys-
tem alignment. 
(iii) STRENGTHENING AND ALIGNING 
POLICIES.—The State educational agency 
shall demonstrate how the State edu-
cational agency will strengthen and align 
policies affecting— 
(I) interventions in schools in 
whole school reform or replacement 
under clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph 
(2)(B); 
(II) new school development; and 
(III) implementation of effective 
school improvement activities that ad-
dress the education needs of high 
school students who are off-track or 
who have dropped out. 
(B) DATA
SYSTEMS.—The State edu-
cational agency shall demonstrate the State 
educational agency’s use and support of a state-
wide longitudinal data system, including dem-
onstrating— 
(i) that such system exists, or is being 
developed, and includes the elements de-
scribed in section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the 
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America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 
9871(e)(2)(D)) and any additional ele-
ments described in section 14005(d)(3) of 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 
283); 
(ii) a commitment to the maintenance 
and growth of such system; 
(iii) State policies that ensure the pro-
tection of personally identifiable informa-
tion in such system and authorize such 
system to collect, share, and link data from 
multiple systems for the purposes of eval-
uations and continuous improvement; 
(iv) governance structures to guide 
the collection, sharing and use of the data 
in such system; and 
(v) that such system includes linkages 
between kindergarten through grade 12 
data systems with early learning, postsec-
ondary education, workforce, social services 
and other critical State agency data sys-
tems in order to achieve interoperability 
with systems in other States. 
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(C) CAPACITY
AND
TECHNICAL
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The State educational agency shall 
demonstrate how it will support the statewide 
differentiated high school improvement system, 
including— 
(i) a description of the statewide sys-
tem of support, including regional support 
services and how schools identified under 
this Act can utilize such supports to im-
prove teaching, learning, and student out-
comes; 
(ii) a description of how the State 
educational agency will review, support, 
monitor, and provide technical support for 
local educational agency plans in accord-
ance with paragraph (5); 
(iii) a description of the State edu-
cational agency staffing structure that is 
designed to— 
(I) carry out the activities de-
scribed in clause (ii); 
(II) assist local educational agen-
cy school improvement teams de-
scribed in section 110(b)(2), including 
supporting local educational agencies 
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and school officials in developing and 
implementing 
school 
improvement 
plans, including though the provision 
of resources, training and technical 
assistance; and 
(III) coordinate services across 
other State agencies to streamline and 
improve support provided to schools 
identified as needing targeted inter-
vention, whole school reform, or re-
placement under paragraph (2)(B); 
(iv) a description of how the State 
educational agency will develop and iden-
tify school improvement planning tools for 
use by the local educational agencies and 
schools, such as needs assessments; and 
(v) a description of how the State 
educational agency will ensure local edu-
cational agencies with high numbers of 
schools in whole school reform and replace-
ment and such schools will be prioritized 
and targeted with support. 
(D) INCREASING LOCAL CAPACITY FOR IM-
PROVEMENT.—The State educational agency 
shall demonstrate how the State educational 
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agency will align its resources and policies to 
increase State and local capacity to ensure com-
prehensive support for schools identified as 
needing targeted intervention, whole school re-
form, or replacement under paragraph (2)(B), 
including how the State educational agency 
will— 
(i) target resources, including re-
sources from additional funding sources, to 
improve teacher and principal effectiveness 
in such schools including using data for de-
cision-making; 
(ii) leverage resources from other 
funding sources, such as school improve-
ment funds, technology and data funds, 
and professional development funds; 
(iii) provide local educational agencies 
with support in finding and utilizing sec-
ondary school reform partners and other 
external partners; 
(iv) increase access to State and re-
gional technical assistance services; 
(v) ensure an equitable distribution of 
teachers and principals with a dem-
onstrated record of improving student 
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achievement and graduation rates among 
the schools in the State that are identified 
for targeted intervention, whole school re-
form, or replacement under paragraph 
(2)(B), particularly those schools in whole 
school reform or replacement, as compared 
to schools not identified under paragraph 
(2)(B); 
(vi) ensure access to substantially 
equal educational funding (for each stu-
dent in the State), such as through ad-
dressing per pupil expenditures or inter- 
district funding disparities; 
(vii) support the development of effec-
tive school leaders for high schools identi-
fied for targeted intervention, whole school 
reform, or replacement under paragraph 
(2)(B); 
(viii) assist local educational agencies 
in developing early warning indicator sys-
tems described in section 110(b)(6)(A); 
and 
(ix) assist local educational agencies 
in developing education options as de-
scribed in section 110(b)(6)(B). 
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