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MoonDog · 03-07-2005, 08:15 PM

KMA, could you be a little more specific? Perhaps post a link to your district's NCLB report card? Does Colorado already require 100% of students scoring at Advanced+Proficient on their assessments in Reading and Math, because NCLB doesn't require 100% until 2013-14. In PA, only 35% and 45% of students need to score Advanced+Proficient in Reading and Math - that goes up next year.

The "Program Improvement" option doesn't kick in unless the school (or district) in question failed to meet AYP levels for 2 consecutive years, correct? If so, did they fail in the same area? A funny thing about AYP is that it isn't necessarily all about reading and math scores. One of the schools in PA that I work for failed to meet AYP because of substandard performance in the ATTENDANCE area! That landed them in what is called "School Improvement I".

We have actually used that designation to help us land grant funds for the district, and school administrators have been told to embrace the School Improvement I as an opportunity - because NCLB requires a plan that will address ALL areas, not just the Attendance area that landed them there in the first place.

Our evaluation guy is always reminding our principals that meeting AYP, especially for our economic disadvantaged and special ed student subgroups, is possible (at least for us) by focusing on the easiest to bring up to the next category up in scoring. AYP is an arcane formula that I barely grasp, but if you get there, you can stave off sanctions from Dept of Ed.

I strongly suspect that I have not done a good job here in explaining NCLB as I see it, but I don't even have 2 years under my belt in public school admin yet, so please forgive me!

03-07-2005, 08:15 PM	#19 (permalink)
MoonDog Psycho Location: Buffalo, New York	KMA, could you be a little more specific? Perhaps post a link to your district's NCLB report card? Does Colorado already require 100% of students scoring at Advanced+Proficient on their assessments in Reading and Math, because NCLB doesn't require 100% until 2013-14. In PA, only 35% and 45% of students need to score Advanced+Proficient in Reading and Math - that goes up next year. The "Program Improvement" option doesn't kick in unless the school (or district) in question failed to meet AYP levels for 2 consecutive years, correct? If so, did they fail in the same area? A funny thing about AYP is that it isn't necessarily all about reading and math scores. One of the schools in PA that I work for failed to meet AYP because of substandard performance in the ATTENDANCE area! That landed them in what is called "School Improvement I". We have actually used that designation to help us land grant funds for the district, and school administrators have been told to embrace the School Improvement I as an opportunity - because NCLB requires a plan that will address ALL areas, not just the Attendance area that landed them there in the first place. Our evaluation guy is always reminding our principals that meeting AYP, especially for our economic disadvantaged and special ed student subgroups, is possible (at least for us) by focusing on the easiest to bring up to the next category up in scoring. AYP is an arcane formula that I barely grasp, but if you get there, you can stave off sanctions from Dept of Ed. I strongly suspect that I have not done a good job here in explaining NCLB as I see it, but I don't even have 2 years under my belt in public school admin yet, so please forgive me!