Alabama: Adequate Yearly Progress

(Based on School Year 2006-2007 Data)

Academic Assessments

GOAL: Score at or above the annual measurable objectives*

• Have at least a 95% participation rate
• Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT)
  
  • Reading in Grades 3 - 8
  • Mathematics in Grades 3 - 8

(Selected Stanford 10 reading and mathematics questions matching the Alabama courses of study and augmented questions ensuring complete coverage of the Alabama courses of study)

• Alabama High School Graduation Exam (AHSGE)
• Reading and mathematics subject-area tests in Grade 11
• Alabama Alternate Assessment (AAA)
• Reading Extended Standards in Grades 3 – 8 and 11
• Mathematics Extended Standards in Grades 3 – 8 and 11

The results of these assessments and the participation rates will be reported separately for reading and mathematics for the All Students category and disaggregated for the following groups:

• Economically disadvantaged (free/reduced meals)
• Major racial/ethnic groups
• Special education students
• Students with limited English proficiency
• See page 10 of the 2006 Interpretive Guide for the annual measurable objective for each grade and subject.
• Additional Academic Indicators
• Goal: Reach the goal or make improvement toward the goal
• Attendance rates for schools without Grade 12 – all grades within the school (goal of 95%)
• Graduation rates for schools with Grade 12 (goal of 90% at end of Grade 12)

Who Is Included

All schools, including those with no accountability grades.

Students enrolled in the school or school system for a “full academic year” will be included in the calculations for reading and mathematics test scores. A “full academic year” for 2006 – 2007 is defined as students enrolled as of September 1 and listed on the enrollment file as of the first day of the state testing window. (Exception: LEP students for whom 2006 – 2007 is their first academic year of enrollment in U. S. schools will not be included in reading and mathematics test scores for accountability.)

Students enrolled on the first day of the state testing window will be included in calculations for the participation rates.

Attendance rate will be based on the report collected at 20-days after Labor Day. Graduation rates will be based on the 2006 ninth-month attendance report, 2006 summer school completers report for Grade 12, and the October 2006 drop-out report.

• School Improvement
• Components for AYP
• Reading (annual measurable objectives and participation rates)
• Mathematics (annual measurable objectives and participation rates)
• Additional academic indicators
• School Improvement for Schools
• A school must miss AYP in the same component for two consecutive years in order to be identified for school improvement.
• School Improvement for School System

A school system must miss AYP in the same component in all three grade spans (Grades 3 – 5, Grades 6 – 8, and High School) for two consecutive years in order to be identified for school improvement.

When Academic Status Will be Released

• Schools and school systems will be notified of their academic status based on academic assessments, participation rates, and additional academic indicators in August 2007.