Alabama: Adequate Yearly Progress

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

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.

You can find more information at:

https://docs.alsde.edu/documents/91/Accountability%20Overview.pdf