WCPSS Releases AYP Results
July 21, 2010 - The NC Department of Public Instruction today released the preliminary results for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the federal "No Child Left Behind Law" (NCLB) for schools. With the data currently available, 92.85 percent of the total AYP targets (3,420 out of 3,683) for the Wake County Public School System were met. Sixty-one of 159 Wake County Public School System schools met the AYP standard by reaching their target goals.
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WCPSS Evaluation and Research Department July 2010 |
Analyses of the state's End-of-Grade and End-of-Course tests are used in both the NCLB's Adequate Yearly Progress and the state's ABCs of Public Education, but each accountability program looks at the data in somewhat different ways. Adequate Yearly Progress measures student subgroups against a fixed performance standard. The ABCs of Public Education measures academic growth of students over the course of a year, as well as the percentage of students scoring at or above grade level. ABCs results for all schools will be released in August.
“We use EOG and EOC test results for both ABC and AYP reports to measure a student’s performance,” said Donna Hargens, WCPSS interim superintendent. “AYP uses an all or nothing approach. If one school misses one target, then the entire school is deemed to have missed AYP as judged under NCLB.”
In addition to the 61 WCPSS schools that made all of their targets in 2009-10, 54 missed one or two AYP targets. Under NCLB, schools must meet every target with every identified subgroup in order to make AYP.
The AYP passing rate targets apply to defined student subgroups. In order to qualify as a subgroup, there must be at least 40 students in the school identified under one of nine separate categories: White, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Multiracial, Limited English Proficiency, Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities. The school itself must also meet the target as a whole in order to meet the goal, and they must test at least 95% of their students in each of those defined subgroups.
WCPSS Schools Making AYP in 2009-10 by Grade Level
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Total number of schools tested |
Made AYP |
Missed AYP by |
Elementary |
102 |
52 |
36 |
Middle |
30 |
6 |
12 |
High |
23 |
2 |
4 |
Alternative |
4 |
1 |
2 |
Total |
159 |
61 |
54 |
WCPSS Schools
At the elementary school level, 52 of 102 schools met all reported targets. The schools are Adams, Apex, Baileywick, Brassfield, Briarcliff, Brooks, Bugg, Carpenter, Carver, Cary, Cedar Fork, Combs, Davis Drive, Dillard Drive, Forestville Road, Farmington Woods, Harris Creek, Highcroft, Hodge Road, Holly Grove, Holly Springs, Kingswood, Knightdale, Laurel Park, Lead Mine, Lockhart, Mills Park, Morrisville, Olds, Penny Road, Pleasant Union, Powell, Rand Road, Reedy Creek, River Bend, Rolesville, Smith, Stough, Swift Creek, Sycamore Creek, Timber Drive, Turner Creek, Underwood, Vance, Vandora Springs, Wake Forest, Wakelon, Weatherstone, Wendell, Wildwood Forest, Willow Springs and York elementary schools. Another 36 schools missed only one or two targets.
At the middle school level, 6 of 30 schools met all AYP targets. The schools are Apex, East Cary, Heritage, Lufkin Road, Salem and Zebulon Middle. Another 12 schools missed only one or two targets.
In 2009, the English and math test results for students with disabilities who are following the Occupational Course of Study were invalidated and continue to affect their AYP results. In 2009, the US Department of Education deemed the tests that North Carolina was using for those students to be inadequate. Therefore many high schools (14 in WCPSS in 2009-10) will fail AYP solely because the students taking those tests are counted as “not tested” for AYP purposes, regardless of whether they score proficient.
At the high school level, 2 of 23 schools met all AYP targets. The schools are the Wake Early College of Health and Sciences and East Wake School of Arts, Education and Global Studies. Another four schools missed only one or two targets.
Of the alternative schools, River Oaks Middle met all AYP targets. Two other schools missed only one or two targets.
WCPSS Title I Schools
Under the No Child Left Behind law, a Title I school enters Title I School Improvement if the school does not make AYP for two years in a row in the same subject. At that point, the school must offer all students the option to transfer to another school that is not in Title I School Improvement. Schools can exit Title I School Improvement by making AYP for two consecutive years in the subject area(s) that caused the school to go into school improvement.
Briarcliff, Bugg and York elementary schools have made AYP in math for the second year in a row and now exit Title I School Improvement status.
Four elementary schools – East Garner, Hilburn Drive, Hodge Road and Smith – will be in the first level of Title I School Improvement in 2010-11, which requires that families have the opportunity to move into schools designated by the school board, if they wish. Hodge Road and Smith were also in this first level of School Improvement last year, and since they made AYP, will now be eligible to exit Title I School Improvement status for 2011-12, if they make AYP again in 2010-11.
Six elementary schools – Aversboro, Barwell Road, Conn, Creech Road, Lynn Road, and Zebulon – missed AYP targets and will move into the second level of Title I School Improvement status. This second level requires that families have the opportunity to move into schools designated by the school board. In addition, students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunch are given the opportunity for after school tutoring if they choose to remain at the school
Four elementary schools – Brentwood, Fox Road, Poe, and Wendell – will be in the third level of Title I School Improvement in 2010-11 due to not meeting AYP targets in the same subject for the fourth consecutive year. This level requires the same school choice and tutoring options along with significant professional development and other staff-related interventions. A highlight of this year’s results was Wendell’s performance in making AYP in 2009-10. The school remains in this third level of improvement status pending since it takes two consecutive year of making AYP.
School-by-school AYP results may be found at www.wcpss.net/test-scores/ayp/2010/. For additional information, visit the NC Department of Public Instruction at www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb/.
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