Cooperative Link: Winter 2007

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND/ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS

AYP Regional Update

By Mary Jenatscheck – Lead AYP Consultant

As an AYP Service Provider I have the opportunity to work with determined fellow educators in meeting the No Child Left Behind adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements. There are many challenges, and yet the opportunities to raise student achievement, reduce the achievement gap, and enhance the chances of all students are driving forces.

To date, meeting with schools and districts in the development of AYP Improvement Plans has occupied much of each service providers’ time. The important work of carrying out the plans is now on the forefront. Four regional workshops are planned, both for schools and districts currently on the AYP Needs Improvement list, and for those taking a proactive step to ensure their performance is yielding results. Registration is available on the SCSC website: www.mnscsc.org (click on EVENTS).

MARCH 9
Assessment—Formative Assessment

Value Added Growth

Test Prep

State Initiatives

MARCH 30
School Improvement Processes

APRIL 17
The Adult Learner

MAY 18
Topic to be Determined

In addition, the AYP Service Providers work individually with schools and districts. Because No Child Left Behind legislation increases performance standards every two years, schools and districts are continually held to higher standards. Should schools and districts not make adequate yearly progress the mandate requires progressive interventions following the prescriptions in the federal legislation that include: offering students public school choice, offering supplemental education services of after-school tutoring, implementing corrective action, replacing school staff, instituting a new curriculum, decreasing school management authority, bringing in outside experts, and restructuring.

Because the consequences increase in severity, and because educators are dedicated to helping students, there is urgency to our efforts. The rate of change in our society is by any objective measure significant. Educators are presented with the daunting task of preparing students for an unknown future. Yet, increasingly we understand effective instruction and the necessary workings of a school to carry it out.




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