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Three largest area school districts fail to meet state-set progress goals

Lodi Unified met only 34 of its 46 requirements set by the government, compared to 39 of 46 the year before, according to figures released Tuesday in the state's annual Accountability Progress Report.

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The previous year, the district met all but one of the requirements when the so-called growth API figures came out.

The same report this year shows that Lodi's 21,087 tested students as a whole are improving. The district's score, as a whole jumped 9 points, up from the base figure of 720 to 729. Last year, it went up 12 points, from the base figure of 708.

The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools and school districts to meet a variety of academic performance goals in order to reach their Adequate Yearly Progress goals.

None of the area's three largest districts met AYP this year.

In Lodi Unified School District, 15 schools -- or 35 percent -- met their API, while 13 -- or 30 percent -- grew, but did not meet the targets. The remaining stayed the same or declined.

Only schools with a valid 2008 Base API and a valid 2009 Growth API are included in the state summaries.

Comparatively, statewide fewer schools and districts, as a whole, made AYP

than in 2008.

Fifty-one percent of schools made AYP in 2009, a slight decline of one percentage point from 2008. There was a similar decrease in the percentage of districts making AYP, which fell from 41 percent in 2008 to 38 percent in 2009.