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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP):NCLB's requirement that schools demonstrate measurable annual progress through student test scores and how Colorado defines AYPNEW: Update on AYP in Colorado NCLB outlines new requirements for holding schools accountable for the academic achievement of all students in K-12 schools. Under NCLB, this accountability is based on whether schools, districts, and states are making "adequate yearly progress" or AYP toward to the goal of bringing 100% of their students to at least academic proficiency by the end of the 2013-14 school year. Schools, districts, and states must show progress in reading and math for all student subgroups including economically disadvantaged students; students with limited English proficiency; students with disabilities; and students in major ethnic and racial groups. On January 8, 2003, Secretary of Education Paige approved five state plans for NCLB accountability and AYP: Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio. Their plans were approved for AYP in reading and math. In Colorado, AYP will be determined annually and separately for reading and math for all districts, schools, and all required student sub-populations. Colorado AYP will also include graduation rates and dropout rates. CDE tracks the number of students who participate and the number who do not take CSAP. All students are included in the denominator for percentages. Colorado's definition of AYP requires that 95% of all students in all required student sub-populations participate in CSAP. Districts and schools that fail to reach the 95% participation threshold in and of the required student sub-populations with thirty or more students cannot make AYP. CDE has agreed on specific AYP targets to move toward to the goal of bringing 100% of students to at least academic proficiency by the end of the 2013-14 school year. For example, the 2005 target is for 83.14% of students to be at least Proficient in CSAP reading and math.
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