Academic Performance Index /Adequate Yearly Progress

API Brochure (pdf)

General Assessments -
Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests, OCCT

Oklahoma Modified Alternative Assessment  Program, OMAAP

Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program, OAAP Portfolio

District Report Cards

Oklahoma Testing and Accountability Oversight Team (pdf)

Testing Companies

Law/Legislation

Resources & Acronyms

FAQs - OSTP (pdf)

OSTP Brochure (pdf)

Academic Performance Index (API)

Oklahoma's API was created in law to measure the performance and progress of a school or district based on several factors, primarily state assessment scores, that contribute to overall educational success. The possible scores range from 0 to 1,500. The factors used in the calculation of an API score include:

• Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP)
• School completion - including attendance, dropout, and graduation rates.
• Academic excellence - includes ACT scores and participation, Advanced Placement (AP) credit, and college remediation rates in reading and mathematics.

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is based on state defined performance benchmarks. Schools that fail to meet the AYP benchmarks (performance continues below a federally acceptable level) face a number of possible sanctions.
| State Law | AYP Brochure (pdf)

State, District, and Site Report Cards

Parent Sample Letter | pdf | Word |

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Academic Performance Index (API) and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) (pdf)

Letter to Superintendent's Regarding Accountability Data Reports - August 2009 (pdf)

Letter to Superintendent's Regarding Cut Scores (pdf)

To access prior School Improvement Lists and for more information, click here (located on Oklahoma's No Child Left Behind Web site)

Contact Information
Jennifer Stegman, Assistant Superintendent, Accountability & Assessments (API/AYP), (405) 521-3341
Joyce DeFehr,  Executive Director, State Testing, (405) 521-3341