Meeting AYP and Generating API Preventing Leakage Leakage

Meeting AYP and Generating API: Preventing “Leakage”

“Leakage” AYP n n n Two Reasons AYP is not met: 1. Failure to move Basic students to Proficiency. 2. Having students “leak” multiple quintile levels out of proficiency.

Figure #2 - California Standards Test (CST) Levels: Language Arts Far Below Basic Proficient Advanced 150 to 268 269 to 299 300 to 349 350 to 392 393 to 600 State Target for All Students

“Checking for Leaks”: n n n Fleming Middle School Spring 2004 to Spring 2005 CST results Targeted Intervention Program in Math 50 students moved to CST proficiency 60 students move out of CST proficiency Net Growth of Proficient students in Math: -10

“Leakage” API n n n Two Main Reasons API drops: 1. Failure to move students from Far Below Basic to Below Basic. 2. Having students “leak” multiple quintile levels.

Academic Performance Index (API) Criteria: Quintile Rankings and Weights Quintile API Weights Advanced 5 1000 Proficient 4 875 Basic 3 700 Below Basic 2 500 1 200 Far Below Basic

Academic Performance Index (API) Criteria: Quintile Rankings and Weights Quintile Numbers of Students API Weights 100 Advanced 5 1000 200 Proficient 4 875 400 Basic 3 700 200 Below Basic 2 500 100 Far Below Basic 1 200

Academic Performance Index (API) Criteria: Quintile Rankings and Weights Quintile API Weights Gain in API Weight Advanced 5 1000 125 Proficient 4 875 175 Basic 3 700 200 Below Basic 2 500 300 Far Below Basic 1 200 N/A

Figure #1 - California Standards Test (CST) Levels: Language Arts Far Below Basic Proficient Advanced 150 to 268 269 to 299 300 to 349 350 to 392 393 to 600 State Target for All Students API For Academic Performance Index (API), greatest gains will occur when moving students from the lowest CST levels due to weighting factors.

Preventing “Leaks”: n n Early monitoring of proficient and above students with the periodic assessments in ELA and Math. Provide early differentiated instruction for struggling proficient students.

Checking for “Leaks”: Elementary Prevent Leakage: Elementary CST Comparison Data. Procedure to create an SIS report which compares two or more years of CST data for individual students. Type/Press: Main Screen- #7 Testing Menu-#4 CST Menu-#2 Current Teacher Report All or Specific Room- Press Enter

Checking for “Leaks”: Secondary ID 99, 2 <F 1> (current year) <F 2> <F 10> <F 2> “ 1” (for active) (enter today’s date) <F 2> “ 2” (select by class number) “Y” (enter by district course #) 310102 – Grade 6 Math 310104 - Grade 7 Math 310302 – Algebra I 310318 – Algebra Readiness <F 2> (proceed to next step) “T” (sort by teacher) Press enter (Do start a new page or switch to Don’t) <F 4> (create a new report) Type in title, then enter

Wade Hayashida Categorical Program Coordinator Local District 8 310 354 3416 wade. hayashida@lausd. net