[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR200.16]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND

              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 200_TITLE I_IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart A_Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 

                                Agencies

 

Sec.  200.16  Starting points.



    (a) Using data from the 2001-2002 school year, each State must 

establish starting points in reading/language arts and in mathematics 

for measuring the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the 

State's proficient level of academic achievement.

    (b) Each starting point must be based, at a minimum, on the higher 

of the following percentages of students at the proficient level:

    (1) The percentage in the State of proficient students in the 

lowest-achieving subgroup of students under Sec.  200.13(b)(7)(ii).

    (2) The percentage of proficient students in the school that 

represents 20 percent of the State's total enrollment among all schools 

ranked by the percentage of students at the proficient level. The State 

must determine this percentage as follows:

    (i) Rank each school in the State according to the percentage of 

proficient students in the school.

    (ii) Determine 20 percent of the total enrollment in all schools in 

the State.

    (iii) Beginning with the lowest-ranked school, add the number of 

students enrolled in each school until reaching the school that 

represents 20 percent of the State's total enrollment among all schools.

    (iv) Identify the percentage of proficient students in the school 

identified in paragraph (iii).

    (c)(1) Except as permitted under paragraph (c)(2) of this section, 

each starting point must be the same throughout the State for each 

school, each LEA, and each group of students under Sec.  200.13(b)(7).

    (2) A State may use the procedures under paragraph (b) of this 

section to establish separate starting points by grade span.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2))



[67 FR 71716, Dec. 2, 2002]