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NCLB District and
School Reports 2006-2007
The
federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 requires
a statewide school accountability system. The state is
required to determine annually if every district and
school is making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward
reaching the goal, by 2014, of having 100 percent of its
student population scoring at or above the Proficient
level in mathematics and reading on the CMT and CAPT. For a school or district to have made AYP, the following
criteria must have been met by all students in the
district and each subgroup (major racial and ethnic
groups, students in poverty, students with disabilities
and English language learners):
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95 percent participation on both the mathematics and
reading CMT and CAPT;
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achievement of the AYP target percentage at or above
Proficient in mathematics and reading on the CMT and
CAPT; and
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achievement of the AYP target for an additional
academic indicator, 70 percent or above Basic on the
writing subtest of the CMT or improvement over the
previous year at the elementary and middle school
level, or 70 percent graduation rate or improvement
from the previous year for high schools.
Attached please find the following Federal Report
2006-2007 for the Windsor Schools:
In
order for a district to make adequate yearly progress,
the AYP criteria must be met on both the CMT and CAPT by
all students and in each subgroup. Under the law the
expectation is that by 2014 all students will be
performing at or above the proficient level in math,
reading and writing on both the CMT and CAPT. Each year,
the bar will be raised with respect to the percent of
students expected to meet proficiency, and each year it
will be determined if districts have made sufficient
progress (AYP). The goal is daunting and there are
clearly issues around it, but its intent of having all
students perform at higher levels is laudable. A
district NCLB Improvement Plan has been developed to
address the performance of students in the identified
subgroups. Good work is going on across the system. Our
desire to continuously improve insures that student
performance will continue to strengthen.
You are encouraged to read
these reports and familiarize yourself with the federal
regulations with which states must now comply. |
