Averaging data.
Averaging data. For the purposes of calculating the indicators under 200.14 that are used for annual meaningful differentiation under 200.18, meeting the requirement under 200.15(b)(2), and identifying high schools with low graduation rates under 200.19(a)(2), a State may establish a uniform procedure for averaging school-level data that includes one or both of the following:
(1) Combining data across school years.
(i) A State may combine data across up to three school years.
(ii) If a State combines data across school years for these purposes, the State must -
(A) Use the same uniform procedure for combining data from the school year for which the identification is made with data from one or two school years immediately preceding that school year for all public schools, including by summing the total number of students in each subgroup of students described in § 200.16(a)(2) across all school years when calculating a school's performance on each indicator under § 200.14 and determining whether the subgroup meets the State's minimum number of students described in § 200.17(a)(1);
(B) Report data for a single school year, without combining, on report cards under section 1111(h) of the Act; and
(C) Explain its uniform procedure for combining data in its State plan under section 1111 of the Act and specify that such procedure is used in its description of the indicators used for annual meaningful differentiation on the State report card pursuant to section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i)(III) of the Act.
(2) Combining data across grades.
(i) A State may combine data across grades in a school.
(ii) If a State combines data across grades for these purposes, the State must -
(A) Use the same uniform procedure for combining data for all public schools;
(B) Report data for each grade in the school on report cards under section 1111(h) of the Act; and
(C) Explain its uniform procedure for combining data in its State plan under section 1111 of the Act, and specify that such procedure is used in its description of the indicators used for annual meaningful differentiation in its accountability system on the State report card pursuant to section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i)(III) of the Act.