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Our high school was told they didn't make AYP. The paper had a field day pointing out the failure. Of course, the reporter has no clue what AYP (or not making AYP means). They keep saying that the test scores weren't high enough in all the indicators (they mean, of course, the pass rate and the subgroups). No discussion at all about what "indicators" mean, what the pass rate is that we are aiming at (71%), or about the N. Anyway, our administration, after pouring over the roles and looking for errors, asked for a recount. The state had counted two students as students with disabilities and they weren't. When those students came off that category, magically, the school made AYP. The school division asked the papers to print this new info and it was dutifully done (without details as they are complex and hard to understand). Now the school has made AYP. Lots of backslapping all around. When the two students came off the SWD category, the school then had less than fifity kids with disabilities (49, I think). In Virginia, schools with less than fifty kids in a category are "presumed" to make AYP. So the school made AYP. Mickey ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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