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 115 STAT. 1448 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 in subparagraph (C)(v) will meet or exceed the State's proficient level of academic achievement on the State assessments under paragraph (3). "(G) MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES.— Each State shall establish statewide annual measurable objectives, pursuant to subparagraph (C)(v), for meeting the requirements of this paragraph, and which— "(i) shall be set separately for the assessments of mathematics and reading or language arts under subsection (a)(3); "(ii) shall be the same for all schools and local educational agencies in the State; " (iii) shall identify a single minimum percentage of students who are required to meet or exceed the proficient level on the academic assessments that applies separately to each group of students described in subparagraph (C)(v); "(iv) shall ensure that all students will meet or exceed the State's proficient level of academic achievement on the State assessments within the State's timeline under subparagraph (F); and "(v) may be the same for more than 1 year, subject to the requirements of subparagraph (H). " (H) INTERMEDIATE GOALS FOR ANNUAL YEARLY PROGRESS.— Each State shall establish intermediate goals for meeting the requirements, including the measurable objectives in subparagraph (G),. of this paragraph and that shall— "(i) increase in equal increments over the period covered by the State's timeline under subparagraph (F); "(ii) provide for the first increase to occur in not more than 2 years; and "(iii) provide for each following increase to occur in not more than 3 years. "(I) ANNUAL IMPROVEMENT FOR SCHOOLS.—Each year, for a school to make adequate yearly progress under this paragraph— "(i) each group of students described in subparagraph (C)(v) must meet or exceed the objectives set by the State under subparagraph (G), except that if any group described in subparagraph (C)(v) does not meet those objectives in any particular year, the school shall be considered to have made adequate yearly progress if the percentage of students in that group who did not meet or exceed the proficient level of academic achievement on the State assessments under paragraph (3) for that year decreased by 10 percent of that percentage from the preceding school year and that group made progress on one or more of the academic indicators described in subparagraph (C)(vi) or (vii); and "(ii) not less than 95 percent of each group of students described in subparagraph (C)(v) who are enrolled in the school are required to take the assessments, consistent with paragraph (3)(C)(xi) and with

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