State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Increase or maintain percent of MAP-tested key skills mastered by median student

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Three percent increase in students scoring in top 2 quintiles and 3 percent in students in bottom 2 quintiles.

Indicators for School Accountability
CRT (MAP) scores on performance-based test, graduation, dropouts

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Five percent increase in students at highest level and 5 percent decrease in lowest level or 5 percent in lowest level

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
Not available

Assessment Reported
Reading/Language Arts, Missouri Mastery and Achievement Test, Revised, used since 1991-92; Math, Missouri Assessment Program, used since 1997-98.

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Definition provided Appendix A

Definition of Title I Targeted Assistance
All students in Title I schools at tested grade are included in the assessment results.

Exclusion from Assessment
No attempt was made to administer the MMAT to all students. A statistical sample was used for the 8th and 10th grades.

Other Assessments
No information given