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BeforetheEveryStudentSucceedsAct(ESSA)wassignedintolaw,NoChildLeftBehind(NCLB)setaccountabilitystandardsforschools.Inthislesson,wewillexamineAdequateYearlyProgress,orAYP,asrequiredbyNoChildLeftBehind. Createanaccount DefinitionofAYPSchoolaccountabilityisahottopicforpoliticians.Whatexactlyhasthefederalgovernmentdonetoholdschoolsaccountable?TheNoChildLeftBehind(NCLB)Actof2001wasabipartisaneducationreformbillthatwasenactedbyCongressandsignedintolawbyformerPresidentGeorgeW.Bush.UnderNCLB,AdequateYearlyProgress(AYP),ameasureofgrowththatisdeterminedbyeachstate,wasrequiredforschoolsthatreceiveTitleIFunds.NoChildLeftBehindhasnowbeenreplacedbytheEveryStudentSucceedsAct(ESSA),thereforeonAugust1,2016,theregulationsthatrequiredstatestomonitorschoolsanddistrictsbyAYPexpired.Instead,eachstatehasmoreauthoritytosettheirownproficiencygoalstoaddressgraduationrates,EnglishLanguageLearners,literacy,mathematicalproficiency,studentgrowth,andschoolquality.Let'stakeacloserlookatAYP. Lesson Quiz Course 1.3K views WhatConstitutesGrowth?Whileeachstateisultimatelyresponsiblefordetermininggrowthmeasures,thefederalgovernmentprovidedsomeguidelinesabouthowAYPshouldbedetermined.Firstofall,itfocusedononehigh-stakesendoftheyeartestastheprimarysourceofinformation.Othermeasures,suchasdrop-outrates,attendancerates,andretentionratescouldalsobeconsideredtoalesserdegree.Theexpectationwasthateachyear,economicallydisadvantagedstudentsandEnglishLanguageLearnersinparticular,wouldmakesubstantialgrowthuntilallstudentsscoredsatisfactorilyontheannualtest.Tomakesurethesestudentswereadequatelyserved,schoolswerenotonlyrequiredtoassess95%ofallstudents,but95%ofstudentsineachsubgroup(ELL,economicallydisadvantaged,specialeducation,ethnicandracialgroups)alsohadtobetestedinreadingandmath.WhatTypesofAssessmentsWereUsed?Asstatesdevelopedtheirassessmentsystem,theyhadthreeoptions: AuniformassessmentwoulddefineonetestandaparticularsetofcriteriafordeterminingAYP. Statescouldchoosetouseacombinationofstateandlocalassessments.Forexample,grades3,5,8,AlgebraI,andEnglishImighttakeastate-mandatedtest,whilegrades4,6,7,EnglishI,AlgebraII,andBiologywouldtakedistrict-selectedtests.Inthisscenario,thestatemaychoosetoweightthetests.Anotherexampleofusingmixedassessmentsisforthestatetoprovideastandardassessment,butgivelocaldistrictstheoptionofdevelopingtheirownassessmentsunderspecificguidelines. Statescouldalsochoosetoallowalldistrictstodeveloptheirownassessmentsaslongastheysetcriteriaandmaintainawatchfuleyetoensurethatalldistrictswillmaintainhighstandardsandthatassessmentsarealignedwiththestate'sstandardsandobjectives. WhatHappenedifaSchoolDidNotMeetAYP?Thefirstyearthataschooldidnotmeetgrowthgoals,itwasplacedonalisttobemonitored.Sanctionsfollowedifaschooldidnotmakeadequateprogressthefollowingyear.Aftertwoyearsoffailure,theschoolwasrequiredtodevelopanimprovementplanandaportionoftheirTitleIfundsweresetasidetoprovidetransportationtostudentswhowishedtotransfertoahigher-performingschool.Ifaschooldidnotmeetstandardsforthreeormoreyears,therewereprogressivelymoreaggressivesanctions,includingrequiringschoolstoprovidetutoringwithTitleIfunds.Eventually,itcouldleadtothereplacementofstafforthetake-overofaschoolbythestateorthirdpartyagency.LessonSummaryAdequateYearlyProgress(AYP)isatermusedwhenholdingschoolsaccountableforstudentgrowthaccordingtotheNoChildLeftBehind(NCLB)Actof2001.SchoolsreceivingTitleIfundswererequiredtomeasurethegrowthofstudents,especiallythoseconsideredeconomicallydisadvantagedorELL.Themeasurecouldcomethroughastate-mandateduniformassessment,state-approvedlocalassessments,oracombinationofthetwo.IfschoolsdidnotmeetAYP,therewouldbeprogressivesanctionsplacedagainstthem.Thefirstyearwasawarning;thesecondyearwasanimprovementplanandarequirementtopaytransportationforstudentswhowishedtotransfertoahigher-performingschool;afterthreeyears,TitleIfundscouldbedivertedtotutoringprogramsandschoolscouldfacereconstitution.NCLBhassincebeenreplacedbytheEveryStudentSucceedsAct(ESSA),thereforeAYPisnolongerafederalrequirement. 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