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What is Adequate
Yearly Progress?
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is one of the cornerstones of
the federal No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) Act. In Michigan, it’s a measure of year-to-year student
achievement on the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP)
test.
To comply with NCLB, Michigan and other states must have
developed target starting goals for AYP and the state must
“raise the bar” in gradual increments so 100 percent of the
students in the state are proficient on state assessments by the
2013-14 school year.
NCLB also requires other indicators to be used in determining
AYP. For elementary and middle schools in Michigan, attendance
rates are used. For high schools, graduation rates are used. The
Department of Education is still determining how attendance and
graduation measures will be defined. It is expected that the
2002-03 AYP status schools receive in June 2003 will include
these indicators.
AYP applies to each school building in the state; however, NCLB
remedies for schools that do not make AYP for two or more years
in a row only apply to those districts and schools that receive
federal funds. Because Michigan had an AYP definition in place
before 2001-02, Title I schools – those that qualify because of
an increased proportion of students that receive free and
reduced lunch - that did not make AYP prior to that year may be
identified for corrective action as defined in NCLB.
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How is AYP determined?
Beginning with 2001-02 data, the State of Michigan will use
the federal definition of AYP, which sets initial targets for
proficiency (MEAP Levels 1 and 2) on statewide MEAP scores in
math and reading. AYP is calculated based on each content area
separately (reading/language arts and math). The following table
shows the target levels based on 2001-02 MEAP data.
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Subject
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Percent Proficient |
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Elementary Math
Elementary Reading
Middle School Math
Middle School Reading |
47
38
31
31 |
School can make AYP in a number of ways.
1. Schools must show all students, including subgroups, meet or
exceed the established MEAP proficiency requirements in both
math and reading to make AYP.
2. For schools that do not make AYP, or have one or more
subgroups that do not make AYP, there is a “safe harbor”
provision in NCLB that can allow the school to make AYP if the
percentage of students that didn’t make AYP declined by at least
10 percent.
To avoid uncharacteristic “swings” in which a single school’s
scores would negatively impact its AYP status, schools can
average up to three years of MEAP student data to determine the
percentage of students scoring proficient in math and reading.
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Does AYP apply
to high schools at this time?
No. The state is still compiling data for high school AYP
results. However, all schools in Michigan will eventually fall
under the AYP definition.
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What round of
MEAP data has the state based its latest AYP calculations?
The most recent calculations were based on MEAP mathematics
and reading results from the 2001-02 school year.
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Was Michigan one
of the first states to implement AYP?
Beginning in 1995, Michigan was one of the first states in
the nation to implement AYP.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, requires that schools
demonstrate adequate yearly progress in reading and mathematics.
Michigan, however, had required that a school demonstrate
adequate yearly progress in mathematics, reading, science and
writing. A school that fails to make adequate yearly progress in
any one of these subjects for two consecutive years was
previously identified for improvement.
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Does NCLB
mandate an achievement goal for all students?
Yes. One hundred percent of students must be proficient in
reading and mathematics by the year 2014.
Michigan will maintain high standards for the achievement of
students in mathematics, reading, writing, science and social
studies through Education YES!, the state’s new accreditation
system.
The number of schools identified for improvement will begin to
increase again when AYP is measured for all subgroups of
students using 2002-2003 achievement data. The subgroup
information will be included in AYP reports this year on an
advisory basis only.
The subgroups for which achievement data will be reported are:
racial/ethnic groups, students with disabilities, economically
disadvantaged students, and limited English proficient students.
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Are all schools
participating under Title I the only ones falling under the AYP
requirement?
All public schools and public school academies will receive
an annual adequate yearly progress report based on state
assessments and other state indicators. Adequate yearly progress
must be included in each school’s and district’s report to the
community and the state. However, the requirements associated
with failure to make adequate yearly progress such as school
improvement status, corrective action, and restructuring apply
only to Title I schools in the district.
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