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Message from Stanley County Superintendent of Schools:
Under the federal No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all school districts are required to
annually provide assessment and accountability reports for the
district and for each school. The reports are for parents, school
personnel and community members. In this report you will find the
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status of each of the Stanley County
schools and for the District as a summary. The AYP status
represents the ‘accountability’ piece of this report. Accountability
is determined based on the achievement of students who were enrolled
from October 1, 2008 to April 17, 2009.
School districts are
also required to share each student’s State Test of Educational
Progress (STEP) with the child’s parents and/or guardians. All
students in grades 3 – 8 and 11 took the Dakota STEP in April,
2009. Individual student results will be mailed to parents during
the week of September 14, 2009.
The state Department
of Education produces an on-line Report Card that includes
assessment and accountability information at the state, district and
school level. You are welcome to visit this site at:
www.doe.sd.gov.
Click on the “Report Card” Quick Link in the left-hand column. The
most recent data is also available for the district and for each
school on the Stanley County Schools “2009 Report Card” link
directly below this message.
I hope you will find
the information presented in this document helpful. Each year the
AYP “achievement bar” is raised slightly higher, which means the
requirements for passing are more stringent than the previous year.
The 2009 test incorporated questions on the new South Dakota reading
standards and also featured more challenging items in terms of
higher-order thinking skills. All Stanley County Schools met the
AYP. We are very proud of our students and teaching staff for doing
such a great job continuing to make AYP year-after-year. We believe
the high quality of our dedicated faculty and staff, along with the
continued support and encouragement provided by parents and
guardians, plays an integral role in the continued success enjoyed
by students within our schools.
Dr. Don
R. Hotalling, Superintendent of Schools
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