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Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the Requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
The Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 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 adequate yearly progress (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.
School districts are responsible for identifying Title I schools that do not make AYP in two consecutive years as schools in need of improvement. For the 2003-04 school year, requirements for school improvement apply to Title I schools that received a performance grade of F in the 2001-02 school year and did not make AYP in 2002-03. Students attending these schools are eligible for public school choice options for the 2003-04 school year. Title I schools that do not make AYP for more than two consecutive years are required to provide additional services to students and to implement defined strategies for improving school performance.