What is AYP?
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Requirement of federal law No Child Left Behind
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Process for judging whether public schools and districts are on track
for achieving 100% proficiency by 2013-2014
What is Included
in AYP?
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State reading
assessment results
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State mathematics
assessment results
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State assessment
participation rates
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Attendance rate
(elementary & middle schools)
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Graduation rate
(secondary schools)
How Does a School or
District Make AYP?
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Every student group must meet or exceed the annual targets in reading
and mathematics
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Participation rate in state assessments must be 95% or more
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Attendance rate must be 90% or increase from previous year
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Graduation rate must be 75% or increase from previous year
What are the student groups?
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All students
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Free & reduced meal students
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Students with disabilities
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English Language Learners (ELLs)
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Each racial/ethnic group: African American, American Indian, Hispanic,
White, Asian/Pacific Islander/Hawaiian and Multi-Ethnic
How Many Students are Needed
for Specific Groups to Count for AYP? (N-Size)
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30 students
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All assessed grades within the building are combined to determine if
there are 30 students
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No data is publicly reported if less than 10 students or data
identifies individual students
How is AYP Decided for Small
Schools?
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If the All Students group is less than 30, data from the previous year
or previous two years is merged with the current year
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If group is still less than 30, then a hypothesis test (confidence
interval) is applied
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If the merged data does not make the AYP target, then the higher of the
two is used (current year’s data or merged data)
Which Students are Included
in AYP?
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Students who are enrolled by September 20 are included in assessment
results
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Students who are enrolled at the time of testing window are included in
participation rates
What are the 2006-2007
Targets for Schools?
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Targets are the percent of students meeting or exceeding
standard (proficient and above)
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K-8 |
9-12 |
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69.5% |
65.0% |
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Mathematics |
66.8% |
55.7% |
What are the 2006-2007
Targets for Districts?
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65.0% |
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Mathematics |
55.7% |
What Happens if the AYP
Target is Missed?
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Confidence Intervals of 99% are applied.
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If still not making AYP,
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If still not making AYP, confidence intervals of 75% are
applied to
What is
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When a specific student group misses the target,
o
Has 95% participation rate
o
Has 90% attendance rate (elementary)
o
Has 75% graduation rate (secondary)
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To make
not meeting
standard (below proficient) must be reduced by 10% from previous year or
reduced by the amount set by the confidence interval
What Happens When a School
Misses AYP?
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Schools and districts participating in federal program
Title I are identified for improvement when they miss AYP in the same area
(i.e. reading, attendance) for two consecutive years
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The list of schools and districts not making AYP is
released to public at a Kansas State Board of Education meeting
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Status is publicized on KSDE website (www.ksde.org) through the report cards.
Who Does One Contact if One
Has Questions?
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AYP@ksde.org or
qpahelp@ksde.org
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Special Situations
What is the 1% Cap?
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The 1% cap applies at the district and state levels.
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Only 1% of students with disabilities who took the
alternate assessment and scored at Meets Standard or above are included
in AYP calculations as Meets Standard.
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All others scoring at Meets Standard or above are
reclassified as not meeting standard (below proficient).
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Students selected for reclassification are reclassified at
all 3 levels: school, district and state.
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Actual assessment results should be reported to parents.
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The 1% cap is based on the district’s testing pool of all
students, not just students with disabilities.
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Districts exceeding the 1% may request a waiver.
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Districts who do not exceed the 1% will have the difference
added to the 2% cap.
What is the 2% Cap?
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The 2% cap applies at the district and state levels.
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Only 2% of students with disabilities who took the Kansas
Assessment of Multiple Measures (KAMM) and scored at Meets Standard or
above are included in AYP calculations as meeting standard.
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All others scoring at Meets Standard or above are
reclassified as not meeting standard (below proficient).
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Students selected for reclassification are reclassified at
all 3 levels: school, district and state;
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Actual assessment results should be reported to parents.
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The 2% cap is based on the district’s testing pool of all
students, not just students with disabilities.
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Districts who do not exceed the 1% will have the difference
added to the 2% cap.
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Federal regulations do not allow waivers on the 2% cap.
What is the Flexibility for
ELLs?
· Recently arrived ELLs (attended schools in US 12 months or less) must be assessed but they only count for participation
· Recently arrived ELLs may take the Kansas English Language Proficiency Assessment (KELPA) in place of reading assessment
· Former/monitored ELLs are included in the ELL subgroup in determining AYP
· Former/monitored ELLs are included for up to two years in AYP calculations