As of 2004, nearly 200 of the state’s public and charter school campuses failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements for two consecutive years. The Texas Education Agency has identified these as being in “school improvement status.”

What exactly does this mean? Yearly progress is measured principally by student achievement, but also uses other measures, such as attendance and drop-out rates. On all accounts, schools must meet the same targets for each of several identified subgroups—African American, Hispanic, White, economically disadvantaged, special education, and limited English proficiency (LEP)—as for the student population as a whole.

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