Three high schools in Jackson County failed to meet the initial determination of AYP this year due in part to having graduation rates below 85 percent. In addition, one middle school also missed the AYP mark.
Jackson County Comprehensive High School, East Jackson Comprehensive High School and Commerce High School all missed the 85 percent graduation rate threshold. That level was moved up from a required 80 percent last year.
CHS’s graduation rate in 2011 was 84.3 percent, just below the requirement to meet AYP. The school had the same graduation rate in 2010 and made AYP.
Although JCCHS’s graduation rate rose from 83.5 percent in 2010 to 84.2 percent in 2011, the school was also placed on the initial list of schools failing to meet AYP.
EJCHS’s graduation rate dropped from 85.2 percent last year to 81.2 percent this year.
JCCHS also failed to meet AYP because of its students’ performance on the Georgia High School Graduation Test, according to data on the state department of education’s website.
On the English/Language Arts portion of the test, the passing rate was too low to meet AYP among all JCCHS students and those who are designated as economically disadvantaged. On the math portion, not enough economically disadvantaged students passed the test for the school to make AYP.
West Jackson Middle School also failed to make AYP for having too many students with disabilities failing to pass the math portion of the Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). The state required that 75.7 percent of students pass that test, but only 64 percent of students with disabilities passed at WJMS.
Four Jackson schools fail AYP
None of the four local schools are designated as Needs Improvement. All schools in the Jefferson City School System made AYP.
AYP is the formula used to determine is schools are meeting expectations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The Georgia Department of Education released its initial AYP report on Thursday, but plans to release its final report in the fall — which will include summer retest scores, summer graduates and appeals.
Fewer Georgia schools made AYP this year due to the academic bar being raised in all four categories (Reading/Language Arts CRCT Grades 3-8, Math CRCT Grades 3-8, English/Language Arts Georgia High School Graduation Test, Math Georgia High School Graduation Test).
The percentage of all schools in Georgia making AYP in 2011 is 63.2 percent, compared to 71 percent in 2010. The percentage of schools falling into "Needs Improvement" (NI) status this year is 17.5 percent, compared to 15.4 percent last year.
"We have many great schools in the state providing a high-quality education to all students," said State School Superintendent John Barge in a statement. "But the rate at which the academic bar and the graduation rate requirement increased this year prevented more schools from making AYP. We knew we were up against the proverbial wall because this bar increases each year, and it appears that we have begun to hit it.”
NCLB consists of three parts — test participation, academic achievement and another statistic, called a "second indicator."
The academic goals continue to rise every few years toward a goal of 100 percent proficiency for all students by 2014.
All students at a school, as well as any qualifying subgroup of students, must meet goals in all three categories in order for the school to make AYP. Schools that do not make AYP for two consecutive years in the same subject are placed in Needs Improvement status and face escalating consequences.
AYP is the formula used to determine is schools are meeting expectations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The Georgia Department of Education released its initial AYP report on Thursday, but plans to release its final report in the fall — which will include summer retest scores, summer graduates and appeals.
Fewer Georgia schools made AYP this year due to the academic bar being raised in all four categories (Reading/Language Arts CRCT Grades 3-8, Math CRCT Grades 3-8, English/Language Arts Georgia High School Graduation Test, Math Georgia High School Graduation Test).
The percentage of all schools in Georgia making AYP in 2011 is 63.2 percent, compared to 71 percent in 2010. The percentage of schools falling into "Needs Improvement" (NI) status this year is 17.5 percent, compared to 15.4 percent last year.
"We have many great schools in the state providing a high-quality education to all students," said State School Superintendent John Barge in a statement. "But the rate at which the academic bar and the graduation rate requirement increased this year prevented more schools from making AYP. We knew we were up against the proverbial wall because this bar increases each year, and it appears that we have begun to hit it.”
NCLB consists of three parts — test participation, academic achievement and another statistic, called a "second indicator."
The academic goals continue to rise every few years toward a goal of 100 percent proficiency for all students by 2014.
All students at a school, as well as any qualifying subgroup of students, must meet goals in all three categories in order for the school to make AYP. Schools that do not make AYP for two consecutive years in the same subject are placed in Needs Improvement status and face escalating consequences.
Ok, it's related to No Child Left Behind. But it would be nice to know what the initials stand for.