ALL REGION 15 SCHOOLS ACHIEVE ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Results are Based on Connecticut Mastery Test and Connecticut Academic Performance Test

   All schools in the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 achieved adequate yearly progress, or AYP, based upon the most recently-scored standardized test results.

   Adequate yearly progress is based on the Districtwide percentage of students scoring at or above the proficient level in reading and/or mathematics in Grades 4, 6, and 8 on the 2004 Connecticut Mastery Test and in Grade 10 on the 2004 Connecticut Academic Performance Test. In addition, the identification is based on CMT writing scores, the district graduation rate and participation rates on the tests.

   Under the No Child Left Behind Law, a 2001 law aimed at improving student performance and closing achievement gaps, each state establishes a definition of adequate yearly progress to use each year to determine the achievement of each school district and school.

   Pomperaug Regional High School met the AYP targets for participation rate in both mathematics and reading. The high school also met the proficiency targets for mathematics and reading, based on the spring 2005 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (“CAPT”).

   Additionally, all Region 15 elementary and middle schools achieved adequate yearly progress for the 2004-05 school year, based on the 2004 Connecticut Mastery Test (“CMT”). The four elementary schools and two middle schools met the AYP targets for participation rate, and mathematics and reading proficiency.

   Starting in March 2006, students in grades three to eight will take the Connecticut Mastery Test every year, instead of every other year. Grade ten students will take the Connecticut Academic Performance Test in the spring as usual.

   For a district to make adequate yearly progress, the criteria must be met on either the CMT or CAPT by all students and by each subgroup, including Hispanic, black and white students, students with disabilities, etc., at the district level.

   The state is required to determine annually if every district and school is making adequate yearly progress toward reaching the goal, by 2013, of having 100 percent of its student population scoring at or above the proficient level in mathematics and reading on the CMT and CAPT.

   Schools that do not make AYP for two consecutive years in the same subject are identified as “in need of improvement.” A school, once identified as in need of improvement, must make AYP for two consecutive years in order to be removed from this designation.

   “Region 15 students are very strong academically,” said Dr. Frank Sippy, District school superintendent. “I continue to be very proud of their achievements as well as the quality of education afforded them by our excellent teachers and staff.”