Not making the grade

The Chico Unified School District “has not met all requirements for 2013 Adequate Yearly Progress as determined by the California Department of Education,” according to a recent report from Ed-Data. The report noted that CUSD student “subgroups”—based on disability, English-language status, ethnicity and socioeconomic disadvantage—did not meet the required participation rate of 95 percent in English/language-arts; nor did they meet “annual measurable objectives” in English/language arts.

Subgroups “must have a 95 percent participation in both English/language arts and math in order to make Adequate Yearly Progress,” the report pointed out. The CUSD, which receives Title I funding, is now in its third year of Program Improvement (PI). According to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, if a school district does not improve adequately after two years of PI, it faces such sanctions as staff replacement, new curriculum and/or public supervision of schools.

Source: www.ed-data.k12.ca.us