(FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- Updated data indicate that 76 percent of Kentucky's public schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the Kentucky Department of Education announced today.
Updated 2004 AYP results are based on the Kentucky Core Content Tests' (KCCT) multiple-choice and open-response items in reading and mathematics. A preliminary report, based on the multiple-choice component only, was released in August.
Analysis of the updated data indicates that the AYP status of 78 schools has changed. Thirty-eight schools that were classified as not making AYP from the preliminary data are now considered to have made AYP. Forty schools that were classified as making AYP from the preliminary data are now considered to have not made AYP. Thirteen schools moved from Tier 1 of NCLB consequences to Tier 0; 15 schools moved from Tier 0 to Tier 1; one school moved from Tier 3 to Tier 2; and one school moved from Tier 2 to Tier 3. The other 48 schools whose AYP status changed did not experience changes in consequence levels.
Federal guidance indicates that, if a school offered the transfer option for students based on the preliminary data and that school's AYP status or tier of consequences changed, students may remain in the school to which they transferred for the remainder of the school year. Schools that were not required to offer the transfer option based on the preliminary data must offer it as soon as possible if they are now subject to consequences.
According to the updated data, 888 Kentucky public schools met 100 percent of their NCLB goals for AYP, while 288 schools did not. Schools that are funded by the federal Title I program, which provides funds to ensure that disadvantaged children receive opportunities for high-quality educational services, will be subject to consequences if they do not make AYP in the same content area for two or more consecutive years. Statewide, updated data show that 113 Title I schools are in Tier 1 of consequences; 12 Title I schools are in Tier 2; and 7 Title I schools are in Tier 3.
Consequences for the tiers are:
Tier 1 (2 years not making AYP)
- Notify parents
- Implement School Choice
- Write or revise School Plan
Tier 2 (3 years not making AYP)
- Notify parents
- Continue School Choice
- Revise School Plan
- Offer Supplemental Services
Tier 3 (4 years not making AYP)
- Notify parents
- Continue School Choice
- Revise School Plan
- Continue Supplemental Services
- Implement Corrective Action
School districts also are held to the requirements of AYP under NCLB. Of Kentucky's 176 school districts, 111 -- 63 percent -- met 100 percent of their target goals. For NCLB requirements, school districts are gauged on the total student population. This can mean that, even if every school within a district makes AYP, the district may not because of the total size of subpopulations and their performance.
Of the 288 schools that did not make AYP, 241 made 80 percent or more of their goals. As a state, Kentucky met 84 percent of the 25 target goals.
Detailed information on the AYP status of each Kentucky public school and district is available here. See a list of schools whose AYP status has changed since the preliminary release of data here.
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