No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Report Card

January 5, 2009

Dear Parent or Guardian:

On January 8, 2002, President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 into law. The law calls for sweeping changes in public education. Among these is a new federal requirement that all states and school districts in receipt of Title I funds must issue NCLB "report cards" to parents. The purpose of the report card is to give parents information about their child's school in terms of academic achievement and the professional qualifications of its teachers. Attached is our school's 2007-2008 "report card." The information is divided into three parts: Teacher Qualifications (2008-2009); Maine Education Assessment (MEA) Results (2008); and School Performance Ratings.

The teacher qualification section provides information about the qualifications of the teachers currently working in SAD #46. The information is divided into two parts: (1) the number of core academic classes and (2) the percentage of classes taught by teachers who are highly qualified in the core academic areas such as mathematics, science, reading, history, English language arts, etc. Both pieces of information are intended to help you understand the qualifications of the teachers who are working with your child(ren).

No Child Left Behind requires that test results for reading and mathematics be reported. The included test information summarizes how SAD #46 did on the spring 2008 tests. The data is broken down by grade level, subject area, and the performances of different sub-groups. This information is similar to the MEA data you have received from your child's school. Now this data has been added together to provide a snapshot of how the students in our schools have performed as a whole.

The school performance ratings provide information about how well our schools are doing relative to others in the state and to its performance in past years. This system has been set up to comply with the accountability provisions of No Child Left Behind which requires, among other things, that each school make adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward meeting a national goal of all students being "proficient" in mathematics and English by the year 2013-2014.

In closing, please know that we are prepared to help you further should you have additional questions about what this report card means.

Sincerely,

Kevin T. Jordan

Superintendent of Schools

Dexter Primary School Grade 3

Dexter Primary School Grade 4

Dexter Primary School Summary

Dexter Primary School AYP Report

Exeter  School Grade 3

Exeter School Grade 4

Exeter School Grade 5

Exeter School Summary

Exeter School AYP Report

District Grade 3

District Grade 4

District Grade 5

Dexter Middle School Grade 5

Dexter Middle School Grade 6

Dexter Middle School Grade 7

Dexter Middle School Grade 8

Dexter Middle School Summary

Dexter Middle School AYP Report

Dexter Regional High School Grade 11 SAT Report

Dexter Regional High School AYP Report

SAD #46 Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) Report