July 20, 2006
CALCULATION OF SCHOOLS’ ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS
(AYP)
The Illinois State Board of Education intends to use
the same process used last year for calculating school
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). AYP will be calculated
once the report card data are submitted and approved
by local superintendents and all of the assessment scores
are available for the school. The assessment data should
be considered final unless errors are identified or rescoring
is requested.
Since it takes two consecutive years of making AYP to
be removed from status, all Title I schools currently
in federal improvement status that did not make AYP in
2005 will remain in improvement status and must offer
choice options plus the services associated with that
status, regardless of whether AYP is met. Those schools
newly identified and those schools advancing in status
should take all necessary action to implement the new
status.
Beginning with 2006, there are several new conditions
associated with calculating AYP. The conditions for making
AYP are as follows:
- At least 95% of the students must be tested in reading
and mathematics for the All group and subgroups.
If the current year’s participation rate is less
than 95%, the participation rate for AYP will be considered
sufficient if the average of the current year and
the
preceding year is at least 95% or if the average
of the current year and the two preceding years is
at least
95%.
- Students in the All group and each subgroup must
have performance levels of at least 47.5% Meeting/Exceeding
standards for reading and mathematics. For any
group (including the All group) with less than 47.5%
Meeting/Exceeding
standards, a 95% confidence interval will be applied,
which may enable the group to meet AYP. Subgroups
also may meet this condition through Safe Harbor provisions.
- For subgroups that do not meet their Safe Harbor
targets, a 75% confidence interval will be applied,
which may enable the subgroup to meet AYP.
- For schools not making AYP solely because the
IEP subgroup fails to have 47.5% Meeting/Exceeding
standards,
a specific percentage (to be determined later) based
on a prescribed formula will be added to the percent
Meeting/Exceeding in accordance with the federal
2% flexibility provision. In 2005, 14% was used.
- For 2006, non-high schools must achieve an attendance
rate of at least 89%, and high schools must achieve
a graduation rate of at least 69%.
District AYP calculations will be made later, and at
that time an explanation of the use of grade spans and
how it relates to district improvement status will be
provided.
Questions regarding Adequate Yearly Progress should
be directed to the Data Analysis and Progress Reporting
Division at (217) 782-3950.
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