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DEFINITIONS
-Status*-Rating. Tennessee ratings: Good, target, school improvement 1, school improvement 2, corrective action, restructuring 1, restructuring 2 and SEA/LEA reconstitution plan. Target schools have missed a federal benchmark in at least one area for the first time. Georgia ratings: distinguished, adaquate, adequate-did not make adaquate yearly progress, needs improvement.
-Students-Total. Derived from state ethnic breakdowns of black, white and others.
-Attendance-Percentage. Tennessee: Students with fewer than 10 absences per year. Georgia: Students with fewer than 15 absences per year.
-Suspended students-Total.
-Expelled students-Total.
-Promotion (elementary and middle schools)-Percentage. Students promoted to the next grade.
-Held back (Georgia)-Total. Students not passed to the next grade.
-Graduation (rate, high schools)-Percentage. Ontime graduates with a regular high school diploma.
-Teacher/ratio-Student total divided by number of teachers available to instruct in the classroom.
-Writing grade (Tennessee)-Letter grade A through F. The Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Writing Assessment requires 5th-, 8th- and 1th-grade students to write an essay in response to an assigned topic within a limited time period. A score of at least 3 on a 6-point scale must be obtained to satisfy proficiency requirements for No Child Left Behind.
-Student diversity-Totals. Student body by race/ethnicity of white, black and others based on net enrollment.
-Economically disadvantaged students-Percentage. Students whose families meet income criteria making them eligible to receive free or reduced meals at school, as determined by federal guidelines.
-Student subject proficiency-Percentage. Students scoring proficient or better in math and reading/language testing. Math and reading scores on scale of 0 to 100. Writing scores on scale of 0 to 6. Top five bars represent scores for the school the past five years. Gray bar represents the 2006-2007 score for the school system in which the school is located. Black bar represents 2006-2007 score of the state in which the school is located.
