Overview
NCLB requires states to evaluate the performance of all students in all public schools in order to determine whether schools, school districts and the state have made AYP. Florida's approved accountability plan uses the same FCAT test and definitions of grade level as does the A+ Plan and includes specific criteria for determining and reporting AYP for all schools. Not making adequate yearly progress does not mean that a school is failing. It means that the school has not met a certain standard for at least one group of students.
These measures include:
Reading,
Mathematics,
Writing,
Graduation Rate and
Whether or not the school tested enough students in each group.
The subgroups consist of:
- economically disadvantaged students;
- students from major racial and ethnic groups
- White
- African American
- Hispanic
- Asian
- American Indian
- students with disabilities; and
- students with limited English proficiency;
School districts are responsible for identifying Title I schools that do not make AYP in two or more consecutive years as schools in need of improvement Title I schools that do not make AYP for more than two or more consecutive years are required to provide additional services to students and to implement defined strategies for improving school performance.
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