December 2007

Dear Parent:

Mustang Public Schools is committed to setting high goals so that every student can succeed. Recently, you may have heard reports about how our school is doing in meeting state and federal requirements. These standards are complicated, so we want to make sure that all parents understand how they work. This letter will tell you:

• Oklahoma uses the Academic Performance Index (API) for school and district accountability; pieces of the API are used to measure Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), which is a federal requirement mandated by No Child Left Behind (NCLB);
• How our school is doing in meeting those requirements;
• The challenges of AYP; and
• What steps we are taking to help all of our students achieve.

View the District Report Cards

District Report Card
Mustang Education Center
Mustng Creek Elementary
Mustang Elementary
Lakehoma Elementary
Mustang Trails Elementary
Mustang Valley Elementary
Mustang Middle School
Mustang North Middle School
Mustang Mid-High
Mustang High School

Mustang Centennial Elementary will not have a report for 2007 since the school did not open until August 2007.

State and Federal Requirements

As you may know, all schools must now meet rigorous state and federal accountability requirements:

State
Our state’s requirements are called the Academic Performance Index (API). The index is divided into three components:
• Oklahoma School Testing Program: Reading/language arts and math results from all state-mandated tests
• School Completion: Includes attendance, dropout and graduation rates
• Academic Excellence: ACT scores and percent of students participating, Advanced Placement credit and college remediation rates in reading and math.

Federal
The federal requirements called Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under NCLB focus on four indicators of educational success including:
• Math achievement
• Reading/Language Arts achievement
• Student participation in testing
• Student attendance rates or graduation rates, as applicable.

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