2008 09 Adequate Yearly Progress AYP Preliminary Results

2008 -09 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Preliminary Results WSFCS Board of Education July 28, 2009

Preliminary AYP • Preliminary results were released July 21 – Meet NCLB requirement to identify AYP status of schools – Inform parents whenever school choice must be offered • Detail reporting of subgroup details will be released along with ABCs release at the August SBE meeting

AYP – US Accountability A Y P • Assesses school and student groups – Six ethnic/racial groups • African American, Asian, Hispanic, Multiracial, Native American & White – – Economically Disadvantaged Students Limited English Proficient Students with Disabilities School as a whole

AYP – US Accountability A Y P • Evaluates Percent Tested and Performance • Grades 3 – 8: Reading and Math EOG (or alternates) • Grade 10: Algebra 1, English 1 & Writing 10 (or alternates)

AYP – US Accountability A Y P • Performance -only students who have been in membership for at least 140 days • Other Academic Indicator (OAI) – Attendance (elementary and middle schools) – Cohort Graduation Rate (high schools)

Changes that Impacted 2009 AYP A Y P • POSITIVE CHANGE: Retests counted in AYP proficiency for elementary and middle schools – Adding retests this year provided an additional opportunity to reach proficiency for elementary and middle schools – Retests most likely assisted some schools in attaining targets through safe harbor

Changes that Impacted 2009 AYP A Y P • NEGATIVE CHANGE: Occupational Course of Study (OCS) Assessments scores counted against participation for all NC high schools – did not pass peer review per NCLB requirements – OCS students count in the 95% tested targets as not having been tested – Schools and Districts will most likely miss the SWD percent tested targets in Grade 10

Changes that Impacted 2009 AYP A Y P • CHANGE: Scores of students who have exited SWD status within the last two years are included in applicable SWD groups

2009 AYP District: We met 68 out of 76 district targets (89. 5%) – 2008: – 2007: – 2006: – 2005: – 2004: – 2003: 59 out of 76 (77. 6%) 58 out of 76 (76. 3%) 57 out of 74 (77. 0%) 56 out of 73 (76. 7%) 62 out of 69 (89. 9%) 58 out of 73 (79. 5%)

2009 AYP Schools: 48 out of 75 met AYP (64%) – 2008: 10 out of 77 met AYP (13%) – 2007: 20 out of 75 met AYP (27%) – 2006: 17 out of 75 met AYP (23%) – 2005: 32 out of 71 met AYP (45%) – 2004: 42 out of 69 met AYP (61%) – 2003: 25 out of 68 met AYP (37%)

2009 AYP URBAN DISTRICTS – How did we stack up? – CMS: 111 out of 163 schools (68. 1%) – Guilford: 79 out of 116 schools (68. 1%) – WSFCS: 48 out of 75 schools (64. 0%) – Wake: 98 out of 156 schools (62. 8%) – Durham: 22 out of 51 schools (43. 1%)

2009: AYP Targets by School

Schools Meeting AYP: Elementary Schools (32) ASHLEY* JEFFERSON SEDGE GARDEN BOLTON* KERNERSVILLE SHERWOOD FOREST CLEMMONS KIMBERLEY PARK* SOUTH FORK* COOK* LATHAM* SOUTHWEST DIGGS* LEWISVILLE SPEAS* DOWNTOWN MEADOWLARK UNION CROSS FOREST PARK* MINERAL SPRINGS* VIENNA GIBSON MOORE WALKERTOWN HALL-WOODWARD* OLD TOWN* WARD IBRAHAM* PINEY GROVE WHITAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER SPECIAL CHILDREN'S CENTER * EQUITY PLUS SCHOOLS

Schools Meeting AYP: Middle Schools (11) EAST FORSYTH* MEADOWLARK HILL* NORTHWEST* JEFFERSON PAISLEY KENNEDY LEARNING SOUTHEAST KERNERSVILLE WILEY* LOWRANCE * EQUITY PLUS SCHOOLS

Schools Meeting AYP: High Schools (5) EAST FORSYTH HIGH REAGAN HIGH WEST FORSYTH HIGH WS PREPARATORY ACADEMY* HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND * EQUITY PLUS SCHOOLS

More to Come • Three schools will receive a special evaluation – Early College – Griffith Academy – Middle College • Subgroup details available after the August SBE Meeting

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