Letter of Education Service Continuation

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All public schools in New Mexico receive a designation that describes the student outcomes in the school. The NMVistas index used to identify support for schools will also be used to provide designations of excellence in order to spotlight schools with excellent overall performance and with success on individual indicators. The following school designations are possible for public schools:

• School of Excellence
  Schools performing in the top 10% of all schools on the NMVistas school index.
• Spotlight School
  Schools performing in the next 15% of all schools on the NMVistas school index.
• Traditional School
  Schools performing below the top 25% of schools and not designated for additional supports per the following designations.
• Targeted Support and Improvement School (TSI)
  Schools serving a student group that falls below the cutoff for CSI schools (described below).
• Additional Targeted Support and Improvement School (ATSI)
  TSI schools serving a student group that is performing in the lowest 5% of all schools.
• Comprehensive Support School (CSI)
  Title I schools that are:
  • performing in the lowest 5% of Title I schools in New Mexico as identified by the school index score;
  • have an average four-year graduation rate less than or equal to 66.67% percent over the past three years;
  • is a Title I school that was previously identified as an ATSI school due to low performing student subgroups that has not demonstrated sufficient improvement in those subgroups over three years; or
  • the department may identify additional schools as CSI schools as deemed necessary.All public schools in New Mexico receive a designation that describes the student outcomes in the school. The NMVistas index used to identify support for schools will also be used to provide designations of excellence in order to spotlight schools with excellent overall performance and with success on individual indicators. The following school designations are possible for public schools:
    • School of Excellence
      Schools performing in the top 10% of all schools on the NMVistas school index.
    • Spotlight School
      Schools performing in the next 15% of all schools on the NMVistas school index.
    • Traditional School
      Schools performing below the top 25% of schools and not designated for additional supports per the following designations.
    • Targeted Support and Improvement School (TSI)
      Schools serving a student group that falls below the cutoff for CSI schools (described below).
    • Additional Targeted Support and Improvement School (ATSI)
      TSI schools serving a student group that is performing in the lowest 5% of all schools.
    • Comprehensive Support School (CSI)
      Title I schools that are:
      • performing in the lowest 5% of Title I schools in New Mexico as identified by the school index score;
      • have an average four-year graduation rate less than or equal to 66.67% percent over the past three years;
      • is a Title I school that was previously identified as an ATSI school due to low performing student subgroups that has not demonstrated sufficient improvement in those subgroups over three years; or
      • the department may identify additional schools as CSI schools as deemed necessary.