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Michigan’s District Report Cards
Michigan Department of Education, Public
Agenda, Michigan Association of Intermediate School Districts
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· This
is the first time school districts as a whole have
received report cards.
·
Similar to individual
schools, the district report card is based on:
o Minimum
size of 30 students in each subgroup for the district, in
the grades tested, using the same rules as applied to individual
schools
o Overall
student achievement in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) over
the entire district
·
For a district
to make AYP, it would have to meet the following targets. These
targets hold true for each subgroup of 30 or more students
identified by No Child Left Behind. They are: Black or African
American; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian American;
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; Hispanic or Latino;
Caucasian or White; Multiracial; Limited English Proficient;
Students with Disabilities; and Economically Disadvantaged.
o
Achievement:
§ AYP
status is determined in English Language Arts and Math for all
elementary schools in a district as if they were a single school
§ AYP
status is determined in English Language Arts and Math for all
middle schools in a district as if they were a single school
§ AYP
status is determined in English Language Arts and Math for all
high schools in a district as if they were a single school
§ If
the district makes AYP at 2 of the 3 steps above, it made AYP
o Participation:
Included in the elementary, middle, and high school AYP
calculations already (i.e. 95% of the students at the elementary
level must participate be tested).
o Attendance:
Minimum of 85% average attendance in all elementary and middle
schools combined
o Graduation
Rate: Minimum of
80% high school graduation
o Every
building within a school district may make AYP, but the district
may not make AYP. When considered as single buildings, the
student number in a subgroup may not be large enough to be part
of the AYP calculation. When compiled from multiple buildings
the subgroups may meet or exceed 30 students and will then be
part of the AYP calculation for the entire group of elementary,
middle school, or high school buildings.
o There
are 130 ways districts may not make AYP
DISTRICT SANCTIONS
· Districts
that do not make AYP for two consecutive years
o Must
develop a district improvement plan in consultation with
parents, school staff, and any outside expert who is providing
assistance.
o Must
implement the improvement plan by the beginning of the school
year following the year the district was identified.
o Must
spend at least 10 percent of its Title I allocation each year on
professional development that directly addresses the achievement
problems that caused it to be identified.
o May
request assistance in developing and implementing its
improvement plan from the Michigan Department of Education,
which must provide or arrange this assistance before it takes
any corrective action with respect to the district.
· Districts
that do not make AYP for four consecutive years, will be subject
to at least one of the following actions by the Michigan
Department of Education:
o
Withhold program
funds or reduce administrative funds.
o Implement
a new research-based curriculum and provide appropriate
professional development to for all
relevant staff.
o Replace
the district staff who are relevant to the failure to make AYP.
o Remove
particular schools from the district’s jurisdiction and make
other arrangements to govern and supervise these schools.
o Appoint
a receiver or trustee to administer the district in place of the
superintendent and school board.
o Abolish
or restructure the district.
o Authorize
students in the district to transfer to a higher-performing
school in another district and provide or pay for transportation
with Title I funds from the district subject to corrective
action. If the Department chooses this action, it must also
take at least one of the other six actions.
MORE ABOUT AYP
and NCLB
· Schools
with scores that do not meet AYP targets set by the State of
Michigan are placed on the state government’s list of schools
that need improvement.
· All
public school buildings will receive an Adequate Yearly Progress
report.
·
However, only
those school buildings that receive federal funding through
Title I, and are on the list of schools needing improvement, are
required to take the specific action outlined in the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Sanctions include placing
technical assistance in schools do not meet AYP.
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