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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Governing Board Presentation October 14, 2008 Theresa Sweeney. AYP – Federal Standards. Evaluation of a school and a district for NCLB Attendance (90%) Percent Tested (95%) Test Objectives (varies by subject and grade level). Disaggregated Evaluation.
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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Governing Board Presentation October 14, 2008 Theresa Sweeney
AYP – Federal Standards • Evaluation of a school and a district for NCLB • Attendance (90%) • Percent Tested (95%) • Test Objectives (varies by subject and grade level)
Disaggregated Evaluation • Subgroups included in the evaluation (≥ 40 students) • Ethnicity • White • African American • Asian • Hispanic • Native American • English Language Learner (ELL) • Special Education • Low Socioeconomic Status
Are students counted in more than one category? • Yes, a student can be counted in multiple categories. e.g. A white student who is in special education and low socioeconomic status is counted 3 times provided each category had 40 or more students.
Implications for NOT making AYP • AYP is a part of the AZ Learns Label • 1 point out of 27 possible • Title Schools (a school that receives any title money at all) are placed into School Improvement • Each year of school improvement brings sanctions from writing a School Improvement Plan, providing transportation to students to attend another school, firing the principal and staff, and bringing in an outside agency to run the school
Schools That Did Not Make AYP • Pueblo** • Grade 6 Reading Special Education • Kyrene Middle School (School Improvement Year 2) • Grade 6 Reading Special Education • Grade 7 Reading Special Education • Grade 8 Reading Special Education **Pueblo is not a Title School
Sanctions for Title Schools That Did Not Make AYP • Warning Year • Parent Notification • Develop a School Improvement Plan (ASIP) • District Offers Technical Support • School Improvement Year 1 • All of the Above • Public School Choice • Set Aside 10% of the Title Budget for Professional Development
Sanctions for Title Schools That Did Not Make AYP • School Improvement Year 2 • All Warning Year and School Improvement Year I Sanctions • Supplemental Educational Services • Rank Order the Greatest Need Students • Provide Funding for these students to contract with a provide vendor for tutoring
District AYP Status • Kyrene is in Year 2 of LEA (Local Education Association) Improvement Status • Categories that did not make AYP • Grade 3 Reading Special Education • Grade 6 Math Special Education • Grade 8 Reading Special Education
Sanctions For A District that Does Not Make AYP • Year 2 • Parent Notification Letter • Title I 10% set-aside for Professional Development • Conduct a self-assessment • Develop an Improvement Plan • Implement the Improvement Plan • Evaluate self-assessment and Improvement Plan
AZ Learns State Standards • State Accountability System • Excelling • Highly Performing • Performing Plus • Performing • Underperforming • Public Release: October 8, 2007
AIMS Charts • The following charts depict Kyrene’s performance compared to the State of Arizona and NCLB expectations and standards
AIMS-DPA Writing ResultsPercentage of Students in Meets and Exceeds Category