Dear Parents,

Recently, the Utah State Office of Education released their summary of the State Core Testing results for the 2008-09.  Each school’s scores are analyzed in language arts, science, mathematics and the percent of students taking the test.  This analysis is done for nine different sub groups, as well as for the school as a whole.  In all, forty different criteria are used to determine if a school has made Adequate Yearly Progress according to the federal legislation entitled “ No Child Left Behind.”  It is necessary for a school to meet or exceed state established goals in all forty areas in order to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).  As a result of this analysis, Barratt was determined to be achieving Adequate Yearly Progress in all forty areas.  As a faculty, we were pleased to see that as a whole school, our language arts, mathematics, and science scores were significantly higher than the State average. 

We are also pleased to report that Barratt achieved good over-all progress on the Utah Performance Assessment for Students (U-PASS) School Performance Report for 2008-09.  On this report, 87% of our students were proficient in language arts, 82% in math and 77% in science.

At Barratt Elementary we are using the test data to improve instruction, plan professional development for our teachers and to target individual students who are in need of additional help and support.  We are committed to continuous school improvement and are always striving for increased academic achievement for each of our students.

Cordially,