Briefly, here's what your ULTRASCORE API AYP Score Improvement Study includes...

1. An analysis of your school's past year API and AYP results
   
   We analyze the official STAR, API, and NCLB data to determine exactly how your district, school, and all significant sub-groups have performed in relation to your API and AYP targets. This overview sets the parameters before we move forward with the rest of the study.
    
2. An internal pre-calculation of what your actual API and AYP targets will be long before these targets are supplied to you by the state
    
3. An efficient, specific, mathematical strategy that allows you to maximize your resources in your effort to make targets
    
4. A detailed section on the latest scoring and participation rate rules and how they affect your particular school
    
5. Our exclusive Administrative Warnings
   
   We examine each individual piece of data in your STAR results file in relation to your school's previous scores, your pre-id process, all of your school's demographic information as available from CDE, and the latest API and AYP scoring rules.  We issue Administrative Warnings for all anomalies found.  Use this analysis as the basis for a timely appeal of the previous year's scores or to correct problems for the current year.  These alerts and warnings can instantly change a failing school into a passing school without any other work on your part.  We'll show you a few examples later on this tour.
    
6. ULTRASCORE Intelligent Remediation Lists individually prepared for the 15% to 20% of your students who control about 72% of your school’s API and AYP scores based upon the exact nuances of the scoring formulas in effect for the current year; or we can develop the lists for any other strategic group you specify --- or for your entire school.  With a customized study like UltraScore, the choice is yours.
   
   The ULTRASCORE Intelligent Remediation Lists for these students show the exact California State Content Areas in which to tutor them.  We'll show you a few sample remediation lists later in this tour.
   
    
7. A sampler portfolio of actual STAR questions, exactly as they appeared on the latest available STAR tests
   
   Each question shows the exact California Content Standard addressed by the question.
    
8. Consultation with your sales consultant to determine the best strategic group and timetable for your school to implement a remediation plan based upon your school's resources
    
9. A manual and CD-ROM containing everything in your study

Let's take a more detailed look at 2 of the items in your ULTRASCORE API AYP Score Improvement Study ...