Facts about the AZ LEARNS program
By Cronkite News Service
Here are key facts about the AZ LEARNS, the state Department of Education’s current program for compiling an annual achievement profile for school districts and charter schools:
_ For grades 9 through 12, the profile consists of AIMS test results, dropout rate, graduation rate and English language learners test results.
_ Based on this profile, schools are labeled as excelling, highly performing, performing, underperforming or failing.
_ Schools must submit data required for the profile to receive money from revenues made possible by Proposition 301, a 2000 referendum to raise the sales taxes to improve schools.