The New Mexico Public Education Department announced Friday the list of schools making Adequate Yearly Progress for 2008.

The list of schools and their status is here. You can also search the results by school name or district here .

Quick Facts about AYP is here ; Q&A about AYP is here.

Each year, the state determines whether a school has made adequate yearly progress, measured by guidelines outlined in the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Schools are evaluated mainly on student performance and participation in math and reading tests administered in grades 3-9 and grade 11. Other factors are graduation rates for high schools and attendance rates for elementary and middle schools.

School testing data also must be organized to measure the performance of not only the entire student body but designated subgroups— special education students, English- language learners, economically disadvantaged students, and the ethnic groups of American Indian/Alaskan native, Asian/Pacific Islander, black, Hispanic and white.

If a school does not meet standards in even one group, the entire school is designated as not meeting adequate yearly progress.

More info is on the Public Education Department Web site here .