The Utah State Office of Education had planned to release the list today, but will now likely will wait until Feb. 13, said state associate superintendent Judy Park. The delay will give school districts more time to determine which schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) toward the goals of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in light of a vote the Utah State Board of Education took Thursday, Park said. That decision bars school districts from averaging certain test scores over three years to appeal AYP determinations.

AYP results were supposed to be finished months ago, but state officials and school districts had been unsure, until Thursday, whether they could average scores to make AYP.

Schools need to know whether they made AYP because those that accept federal funding can face sanctions for not making AYP. - Lisa Schencker