El Dorado Elementary made adequate yearly progress goals established by the No Child Left Behind Act with flying colors this year.

The adequate-yearly-progress designation is determined by the standards-based assessment test administered to students in grades three to nine and grade 11. New Mexico is now in its third year of administering the test.

In order to make adequate yearly progress, all subgroups of students must test at proficiency levels in reading and math — levels that increase every year. All grades must meet the attendance rate, the high school must meet the target graduation rate and 95 percent of students in the different subgroups must take the test.

The different subgroups at El Dorado are Caucasian, Hispanic, economically disadvantaged and students with disabilities or in special education.

The school had 100 percent of students in all subgroups take the test, and they all tested at proficiency levels for the 2006-2007 school year. In reading, 44 percent of students had to be proficient in reading and 28 percent had to be proficient in math.

The school also met the target attendance rate.

Yann Lussiez, principal of El Dorado Elementary, said he hasn’t had a chance to look at the scores yet and doesn’t know what to attribute the school’s success to at this point.

The goal of the No Child law is to have all students tested reach 100 percent proficiency by the 2013-2014 school year.

Contact Ana Maria Trujillo at 995-3803 or atrujillo@sfnewmexican.com.

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