Ledyard Public Schools

A Message from the Assistant Superintendent of Schools

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) School Report: 2006-07 School Year

Ledyard School District

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 requires a statewide school accountability system. As part of this system, school districts receiving federal dollars based on the percentage of district students in poverty (referred to as Title I funds) must prepare and disseminate annual accountability reports which in Connecticut, present the performance of students in mathematics and reading on the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), as well as information about the qualifications of teachers based on the federal definition of "highly qualified" teachers.

Adequate Yearly Progress

The state is required to determine annually if every district is making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward reaching the goal, by 2014, of having 100 percent of its student population scoring at or above tin Proficient level in mathematics and reading on the CMT and CAPT. For a district to have made AYP, the following criteria must have been met by all students in the district and be each subgroup (major racial and ethnic groups, students in poverty, students with disabilities and English language learners): (1) 95 percent participation on both the mathematics and reading CMT and CAPT; (2) achievement of the AYP target percentage at or above Proficient in mathematics and reading on the CMT and CAPT; and (3) achievement of the AYP target for an additional academic indicator, 70 percent at or above Basic on the writing subtest of the CMT or improvement from the previous year. If a school does not make AYP for two consecutive years, it will be identified as "in need of improvement." More information about AYP can be found on Page 2 of this report.

Adequate Yearly Progress Status for Ledyard School District = Achieved

Subject	Grade 3		Grade 4		Grade 5		Grade 6		Grade 7		Grade 8
Subject	2005-06	2006-07	2005-06	2006-07	2005-05	2006-07	2005-06	2006-07	2005-06	2006-07	2005-06	2006-07
Mathematics	82	80	87	86	84	86	90	90	88	89	89	92
Reading	68	76	75	74	77	76	84	86	84	78	85	85

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Status Data for the 2006-07 School Year
Based on 2007 Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) results and the 2007 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT)

The tables below show this district's performance on the AYP indicators. A district fails AYP if there is a "No" under the AYP Target Met column for BOTH the CMT and me CAPT. Only students who were enrolled in this district for the full academic year were included in these calculations.

Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) Results (Grades 3 through 8)

Subgroup	Participation Rate (95 % participation needed)								% At or Above Proficient
	Mathematics				Reading			AYP Target Met?	Mathematics (74 % proficient needed)		Reading (68 % proficient needed)
	Current	2 Year Avg.	3 Year Avg.		Current	2 Year Avg.	3 Year Avg.	AYP Target Met?	AYP Calculation	AYP Target Met?	AYP Calculation	AYP Target Met?
Whole District	99:8	99.9	99.9		99.8	99.4	99.6	Yes	89.6	Yes	81.2	Yes
American Indian	100	98.5	97.7		100	97	98	Yes	69.8	No	53.6	No
Asian American	98.7	99.4	99.6		100	100	100	Yes	100	Yes	94	Yes
Black	100	100	100		100	100	100	Yes	86.8	Yes	82.9	Yes
Hispanic	100	100	100		100	100	100	Yes	86.4	Yes	80.5	Yes
White	99.8	99.9	99.9		99.7	99.8	99.9	Yes	92.5	Yes	84.5	Yes
Students with Disabilities	99.3	99.2	98.8		100	98.5	99	Yes	57.2	No	42.5	No
English Language Learners	Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup								Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup		Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup
Economically Disadvantaged	100	99.5	99.7		100	98.5	99	Yes	86.4	Yes	76.6	Yes
Additional Academic Indicator: Writing				AYP Target Met? Yes

Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) Results (Grade 10)

Subgroup

Participation Rate (95 % participation needed)

% At or Above Proficient

Mathematics

Reading

AYP
Target
Met?

Mathematics (69 % proficient needed)

Reading (72 % proficient needed)

Current

2 Year Avg.

3 Year Avg.

Current

2 Year Avg.

3 Year Avg.

AYP Calculation

AYP Target Met?

AYP Calculation

AYP Target Met?

Whole District

97.6

98.8

98.2

98.3

Yes

90.4

Yes

96.8

Yes

American Indian

Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup

Asian American

Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup

Black

Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup

Hispanic

Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup

White

98.4

99.2

98.5

98.4

98.7

98.8

Yes

93.8

Yes

99.1

Yes

Students with Disabilities

Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup

English Language Learners

Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup

Economically Disadvantaged

Fewer than 40 students in this subgroup

Additional Academic Indicator: Graduation Rate

AYP Target Met? Yes

2007 Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) Achievement Data
Ledyard School District

NCLB requires assessment data to be reported by different achievement levels. The table below shows the percentage of students scoring at or above the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced levels on the spring 2007 CMT. The numbers on this page were calculated only for groups of 20 or more. The percentage at or above Proficient will not be the same number as on the previous page. The number on the previous page is based on a federally approved AYP calculation used to analyze the adequate yearly progress of districts. In addition, it includes only those students who were in the district for a full academic year; the number on this page includes all students, regardless of their length of time in the district.

	Math						Reading						Writing
	Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	% of Students Scoring At or Above			Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	% of Students Scoring At or Above			% of Students Scoring At or Above Basic
	Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	Basic	Proficient	Advanced	Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	Basic	Proficient	Advanced	% of Students Scoring At or Above Basic
Whole District	1295	1292	100	92	87	29	1295	1292	100	85	78	22	92
Subgroup Achievement
American Indian	59	59	100	68	54	7	59	59	100	56	39	<5%	68
Asian American	77	76	99	96	94	36	77	77	100	88	83	19	92
Black	70	70	100	87	73	21	70	70	100	79	67	14	93
Hispanic	61	61	100	84	74	11	61	61	100	74	66	16	87
White	1028	1026	100	94	90	31	1028	1025	100	88	81	24	93
Students with Disabilities	149	148	99	58	46	7	149	149	100	42	33	<5%	54
English Language Learners	14	14	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup				14	14	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup
Economically Disadvantaged	65	65	100	83	72	18	65	65	100	71	62	11	78
Male	659	657	100	90	85	30	659	656	100	82	73	20	91
Female	636	635	100	94	88	28	636	636	100	89	83	23	92
State Achievement	259681	258542	100	92	82	27	259683	258351	100	83	74	19	92

2007 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) Achievement Data
Ledyard School District

NCLB requires assessment data to be reported by different achievement levels. The table below shows the percentage of students scoring at or above the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced levels on the spring 2007 CAPT. The numbers on this page were calculated only for groups of 20 or more. The percentage at. or above Proficient will not be the same number as on the previous page. The number on the previous page is based on a federally approved AYP calculation used to analyze the adequate yearly progress of districts. In addition, it includes only those students who were in the district for a full academic year; the number on this page includes all students, regardless of their length of time in the district.

	Math						Reading						Graduation Rate
	Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	% of Students Scoring At or Above			Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	% of Students Scoring At or Above
	Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	Basic	Proficient	Advanced	Total # Students	# Students Tested in Subject	% Students Tested in Subject	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
Whole District	296	289	98	91	82	19	296	287	97	93	81	15	95
Subgroup Achievement
American Indian	9	7	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup				9	7	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup				Graduation rate by subgroup will not be available until the class of 2010
Asian American	16	16	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup				16	16	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup
Black	16	15	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup				16	14	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup
Hispanic	12	12	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup				12	11	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup
White	243	239	98	93	86	21	243	239	98	95	85	16
Students with Disabilities	39	39	100	62	38	7	39	37	95	76	55	<5%
English Language Learners	3	3	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup				3	3	Fewer than 20 students in this subgroup
Economically Disadvantaged	29	29	100	83	62	<5%	29	27	93	83	69	<5%
Male	132	129	98	93	84	21	132	127	96	94	78	10
Female	164	160	98	93	83	18	164	160	98	97	89	19
State Achievement	44259	43201	98	89	80	20	44256	43311	98	92	90	20	91

Qualifications of Teachers Teaching in the Core Academic Areas
Ledyard School District

Table 1. General District Information

These data are provided to describe your district because the NCLB law requires that poor or minority students are not taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers at a higher rate than other students.
District Percent Poverty:	6.5
District Percent Minority:	19.5
Percent of Teachers 2 or less years of experience:	8.8

Table 2. General Teacher and Class Information

These data are your highly qualified and not highly qualified teacher FTEs as well as the number of classes taught by highly qualified and not highly qualified teachers.
Total Teacher FTE:	176.34
Highly Qualified Teacher FTE:	176.34
Not Highly Qualified FTE:	0
Total Number of Classes:	612
Number of Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers:	612
Number of Classes Taught by Not Highly Qualified Teachers:	0

Table 3. District Classes Taught by Highly and Not Highly Qualified Teachers

Percent of Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers		Percent of Classes Taught by Not Highly Qualified Teachers
2005-06	2006-07	2005-06	2006-07
99.0	100.0	1.0	0.0

Table 4. Connecticut Classes Taught by Highly and Not Highly Qualified Teachers

	Percent of Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers		Percent of Classes Taught by Not Highly Qualified Teachers
	2005-06	2006-07	2005-06	2006-07
State Overall	96.8	98.0	3.2	2.0
State High Poverty Schools	93.4	95.9	6.6	4.1
State Low Poverty Schools	98.1	98.9	1.9	1.1
State High Minority Schools	93.1	95.8	6.9	4.2
State Low Minority Schools	97.9	98.6	2.1	1.4
* NCLB requires this information for schools in the state, not districts, therefore only data for schools in Connecticut are provided.