§ 22-2F-2. Definitions

As used in the School Support and Accountability Act: A. “ adjusted cohort graduation rate ” means the graduation rate of first-time ninth grade students with a diploma of excellence in a particular school year adjusted by adding any students who transfer into the cohort after the ninth grade and subtracting any students who transfer out, emigrate to another country or die; B. “ chronic absenteeism ” means the percentage of students missing ten percent or more of the school year for any reason, including excused absences, unexcused absences and out-of-school suspensions; C. “ college, career and civic readiness ” includes the completion of a college-ready course of study; the completion of a high-quality career technical education program; the completion of advanced courses such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate or dual credit; a seal of bilingualism-biliteracy on the student's diploma of excellence; demonstrating competency for college readiness or career certification; or the completion of a work-based learning experience; and for all students, includes the completion of a service-based learning experience, participation in a civic engagement experience or participation in a college or career exploration experience; D. “ comprehensive support ” means support for a school that performs at or below the support identification threshold, or has an adjusted cohort graduation rate of less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent, or fails to exit targeted support status after a number of years determined by the department; E. “ educational climate ” means the percentage of school stakeholders who report that the school provides an appropriate climate for learning in the domains of student and staff engagement, social-emotional and physical safety and a school environment conducive to teaching and learning; F. “ English language proficiency ” means the ability of students to use academic English to make and communicate meaning in spoken and written contexts in an assessment determined by the department; G. “ local school board ” includes the governing body of a charter school; H. “ more rigorous intervention ” means an intervention plan for a school that fails to exit comprehensive support status after a number of years determined by the department; I. “ on track to graduate ” means data on each individual student that show the student's graduation status and potential predictors of dropout, such as student attendance, behavior, grades and test scores; J. “ opportunity to learn standards ” means a comprehensive view of the context in which learning takes place, including curriculum and instruction, educational resources and school staff competency; K. “ school stakeholders ” means students, parents, other family members, teachers, school staff and community partners who are part of a school's immediate environment; L. “ student growth ” means a measure, either norm-referenced to students with similar prior test scores or criterion-referenced to a specific standard, of students' academic progress within a specified time period; M. “ student proficiency ” means a measure demonstrating students' grade level mastery of the knowledge and skills determined by the New Mexico standards-based assessments; N. “ support identification threshold ” means a threshold set by the department using the metrics in the school support and accountability system to identify the lowest performing five percent of schools in the state receiving Title 1 funds; O. “ system ” means the school support and accountability system; P. “ targeted support ” means support for a school in which at least one subgroup of students, but not the entire school, performs at or below the support identification threshold; and Q. “ traditional support ” means a school that is not designated for targeted support or comprehensive support or has exited more rigorous intervention status by surpassing the support identification threshold.