MEDIA ADVISORY: Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Media Contacts:
Jason Bearce, 317-232-6618, jbearce@doe.in.gov
Lynelle A. Miller 317-232-6614, lamiller@doe.in.gov

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Suellen Reed will be joined by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Ray Simon to announce the 2007 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standings for Indiana’s school corporations and schools at 10 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, March 25 in the Indiana Statehouse, Room 228.

Simon will discuss the details of the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to give states more flexibility in school accountability and meeting student needs.

NOTE: The Indiana Department of Education anticipates releasing embargoed AYP data for local school corporations and schools to media at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 24 to provide additional time in preparing coverage of this complex subject. All 2007 AYP data remains embargoed until 11 a.m. (EDT) on March 25. This information should not be broadcast, appear in print/online or otherwise distributed publicly until after that time.

WHO:	State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Suellen Reed U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Ray Simon
WHAT:	Release Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standings, discuss U.S. Department of Education’s plan to give states more flexibility in school accountability and meeting student needs
WHEN:	10 a.m. (EDT) – Tuesday, March 25, 2008
WHERE:	Statehouse, Room 228, Indianapolis