Long Range Goal:  All K-12 students will achieve at high levels in reading.
Annual goals 2007-2008
Students in the Atlantic Community Schools will show improvement in mathematics as evidenced by at least one of the following indicators:   

1.  The percent of 4th grade full academic year students scoring above the 40th NPR on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in reading comprehension will increase from 78.4% proficient in accordance with the Iowa Accountability established trajectories in reading.

   
   

2.  The percent of 8th grade full academic year students scoring above the 40th NPR on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in reading comprehension will increase from 67.5% proficient in accordance with the Iowa Accountability established trajectories in reading.

   
   

3.  The percent of 11th grade full academic year students scoring above the 40th NPR on the Iowa Tests of Educational Development in reading will increase from 83.8% proficient in accordance with the Iowa Accountability established trajectory in reading.

   
   

4.  At least five grade levels 3-8 will make their expected mean RIT growth in reading from fall 2007 to spring 2008.

   
   

5.  5 out of 7 classes (3-9) will make at least a year's growth (1.0 NGE) on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in reading comprehension from the fall 2006 to fall 2007.

   
   

6.  The percent of at-risk students at two grade levels (1st - 5th) on the DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency subtest will decrease from fall to spring.

   
   

7.  Percentage of students (grades 3-8) who achieve expected (typical) growth on NWEA/MAP reading assessment from fall to spring will increase in 5 out of the 6 grade levels from the 2006-2007 testing.

   
   

8.  More than 78% of 2007-2008 sophomores will score in the upper three quartiles nationally on the PLAN in reading.