DEFINITION: Schools Making Insufficient Progress is the percentage of Rhode Island public schools making insufficient progress as classified by the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Classification levels include: "Insufficient Progress," "Caution," "Met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)," "Met AYP and Commended". Classifications are based on 37 measures of school performance. Rhode Island's accountability system is designed to promote an increase in educational outcomes so all students reach proficiency by 2014, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

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