School
As with many school
systems across the United States, Arizona Schools have several
measurement and accountability programs in place to improve student
scholastic achievement. One accountability program for the Arizona
schools is the AZ LEARNS achievement program. AZ LEARNS holds all
Arizona schools accountable for the performance of their students and
teachers, measuring performance over several years versus a snapshot
one-year measurement. The AZ LEARNS evaluation is basved upon four
established measurements already required by the Arizona schools. They
are:
o AIMS Scores -- Measures reading, language arts and mathematics for
elementary schools; and reading, writing and mathematics for high
schools.
o MAP -- Measure of Academic Progress for schools, where students scores for AIMS and SATs are compared to the state average.
o Graduation/Dropout Rates -- Used for the high schools.
o AYP -- Adequate Yearly Progress measures student proficiency in the
state's academic standards of reading and mathematics over time
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