Making Making Sense of Sense of Adequate Adequate

Yearly Yearly ProgressProgress

(AYP)(AYP)

Media Workshop, July 2007Media Workshop, July 2007

BackgroundBackground• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)

• Applies to all public schools

• Test reading and math in grades 3-9 and 11

• Test science at least once in each grade span (elementary, middle &high school) in 2007-2008 (does not count toward AYP)

Measuring Student Measuring Student PerformancePerformance

• State Content Standards - what a student should know and be able to do.

• Student performance on content standards measured by New Mexico Standards Based Assessments.

• Goal to achieve at Proficient or Advanced levels on the Standards Based Assessment.

AYP Has Three PartsAYP Has Three Parts• Student Participation in Testing

• Proficiency in reading and math

• Graduation and attendance rates (called Other Academic Indicators)

Groups Evaluated for NCLBGroups Evaluated for NCLB• All Students• Ethnic groups:

– American Indian/Alaskan Native– Asian/Pacific Islander– Black– Hispanic– White (Non Hispanic)

• Students with Disabilities• English Language Learners• Economically

Disadvantaged (FRLP)

Test ParticipationTest Participation• 95% of students must take the state

assessments

• NCLB subgroups with 40 or more students are evaluated

Proficiency in Proficiency in Reading & MathReading & Math

• All schools and subgroups must be 100% proficient by SY 2013-2014

• NM set baseline using 2004-2005 NM Standards Based Assessment

• Targets called Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) increase every year toward 100%

AMOs for Grades K-5AMOs for Grades K-5

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AMOsAMOs• Matched to School Configuration

Calculating ProficiencyCalculating Proficiency• Percent students scoring Proficient and

Advanced

• Calculated for All Students Group and for subgroups with 25 or more students

• Computed separately for Reading and Math

• Includes “Full Academic Year”students only

Three ways to make AYP Three ways to make AYP in Proficiencyin Proficiency

• AMO

• Confidence Interval

• Safe Harbor

Proficiency Compared Proficiency Compared with AMOwith AMO

• Compares the school/subgroup proficiency to the AMO

• If proficiency is equal to or higher than AMO, meets AYP

Proficiency Confidence Proficiency Confidence IntervalInterval

• A 99% one-tailed confidence interval is applied to the AMO to improve statistical reliability for small groups

• The smaller the group, the wider the confidence interval

• If subgroup proficiency is equal to or greater than the lower bound of the CI, makes AYP

Proficiency Confidence IntervalProficiency Confidence IntervalExample:

• AMO = 38% Proficient• 74 students• Lower bound of Confidence Interval = 7.76%

0 % 100 %

38 % (AMO)

AYP MetAYP Not Met

7.76 % (CI)

With the confidence interval, any proficiency rate equal to or greater than 7.76% will make AYP

Safe HarborSafe Harbor

When a subgroup fails to meet AYPfor proficiency, even with theconfidence interval.

Safe Harbor has 3 Safe Harbor has 3 requirementsrequirements

1. 10% reduction in non proficiency rate

2. 95% participation rate

3. Meet target for Attendance, Graduation or show progress from last year

10% Reduction in Non 10% Reduction in Non ProficiencyProficiency

Year 1 Year 2

10% Proficiency Rate

90% Non Proficiency Rate

10% reduction in Non Proficiency

Rate = 10% * 90% =9%

19% Proficiency Rate

81% Non Proficiency Rate

Other Academic IndicatorsOther Academic Indicators

• Attendance Rate for elementary or middle school (school without 12th grade)

• Graduation Rate for high school (school with 12th grade)

Attendance RateAttendance Rate• 92% or greater to make AYP

Three Ways to Meet Graduation Three Ways to Meet Graduation RateRate

1. Target is 90% or higher

2. If not 90%, this year’s rate higher than last year’s rate

3. If not higher, average of this year and last two years must equal or exceed last year’s rate

How a School Makes AYPHow a School Makes AYP

• Every subgroup must meet targets in participation, proficiency, and the other academic indicator (attendance or graduation)

There are 37 Possible Ways Schools Must Make AYP

(Miss One Indicator and The School Does Not Meet AYP) Population

Reading Participation

ReadingAchievement

Math ParticipationMath

AchievementOther Indicator

All Students Met Met Met Met Met

Native American Met Met Met Met

The other indicator for

high schools is the graduation rate. The other

indicator for elementary and middle schools is attendance

rate. Additional indicator

applies to the whole school.

      

Asian / Pacific Islander Met Met Met Met

Hispanic Met Met Met Met

Black Met Met Met Met

White Met Met Met Met

Students With Disabilities Met Met Met Met

ELL Met Met Met Met

FRL Does Not Meet Met Met Met

NCLB DesignationsNCLB Designations• Schools that continue to miss AYP get

a designation

• There are 5 designations• School Improvement I• School Improvement II• Corrective Action• Restructuring I• Restructuring II

Content Areas and Other Content Areas and Other Indicator Get DesignationsIndicator Get Designations

• Not make AYP for two consecutive years in same content area or other academic indicator, it receives School Improvement I designation for that indicator

• Each additional year of not making AYP moves the school further up the continuum

Content Areas and Other Content Areas and Other Indicator Get DesignationsIndicator Get Designations

• Receives most serious designation of the areas/indicator

• Make AYP for one year in designation, go into delay

• Make AYP for two years and designation is removed

School ExampleSchool Example

Reading Proficiency: School Improvement I> Participation (not make AYP)> Proficiency (make AYP)

Math Proficiency: School Improvement I> Participation (make AYP)> Proficiency (not make AYP)

Attendance Rate: None> Make AYP

Year 2 Year 3

Reading Proficiency: School Improvement II> Participation > Proficiency (not make AYP)

Math Proficiency: School Improvement I Delay> Participation (make AYP)> Proficiency (make AYP)

Attendance Rate: None> Make AYP

School Designation: School Improvement I

School Designation: School Improvement II

Reading Proficiency: None> Participation (not make AYP)> Proficiency (make AYP)

Math Proficiency: None> Participation (not make AYP)> Proficiency (make AYP)

Attendance Rate: None> Make AYP

Year I

School Designation: None