No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the federal education act, requires that each school district and each individual school present a public report card including information in three areas.
Part 1) Comparison of local scores to state scores (Accountability)
Part 2) Assessment Data
Part 3) Teacher Quality
Cape Elizabeth Schools has compiled the required reports for each of its three schools, as well as for the district as a whole. Data for the reports is based on data reported to us by Measured Progress on the results of the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) given to all students in grades 3-8 and the Maine High School Assessment which is primarily the Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT given to all grade 11 students. Teacher quality data comes from the data the district collects on each teacher such as degree attained, certification, and qualifications in the content area. Highly Qualified Teacher requirements are set by the State and Federal NCLB standards.
NCLB requires student assessment data be reported not only for the whole group but also for the following sub groups: major racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, migrant limited English proficiency, and gender. Migrant and gender are not included as factors in determining if a school has made adequate yearly progress (AYP). In many areas or sub groups, the district cannot report student results because the sub group is so small that individual students may be readily identifiable and to do sowould violate the students’ rights.
If you have questions about the data in the Cape Elizabeth School District’s NCLB Report Card, please contact the district office at 799-2217.
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