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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Area, state schools fall short in Adequate Yearly Progress
Staff Writer Nearly half of Minnesota schools, or 1,048 schools, did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, under the federal No Child Left Behind Act in 2009, the Minnesota Department of Education released Monday.
Of those, 20 area schools and alternative programs did not make AYP this year.
There was a 7.6 percent increase in the number of schools that made AYP, compared to 2008, but this, along with an increase in the number of schools that did not make AYP, is attributed to an overall increase in the number of schools that now qualify to be measured for AYP. There are 2,303 schools in the state that earned an AYP status in 2009 and 1,066 schools made AYP compared to 984 schools in 2008, according to state education officials. There were 1,048 schools that did not make AYP in 2009, up from 931 schools last year. Also, 189 schools had insufficient data in 2009.
Report card on area schools
Schools that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, in 2009:
Crosby-Ironton High School
Cuyuna Range Elementary School
Lincoln Education Center, Brainerd
Motley-Staples Middle School
Pioneer Elementary School, Pierz
Pierz Healy High School
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Elementary School
Schools that did not make AYP in 2008 and 2009:
Brainerd High School
Brainerd School District Learning Center
Brainerd School District Middle Level Alternative Program
Forestview Middle School, Baxter
Range Area Alternative Program, Crosby
Lincoln Elementary School, Little Falls
Lindbergh Elementary School, Little Falls
Little Falls Middle School
Little Falls High School
Little Falls Continuing Education
Pillager Area Charter School
Rippleside Elementary School, Aitkin
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School
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Under the No Child Left Behind Act, the goal is 100 percent proficiency for all students by 2014. AYP for schools is determined for an entire school as well as subgroups within the school, including: racial/ethnic groups, students with disabilities, English language learners and economically disadvantaged students as measured by their participation in free and reduced-price meals.
Schools make AYP if a certain percentage of students in these subgroups meet or exceed the targets on state assessment tests in reading and mathematics, as well as meet participation, attendance and graduation requirements.
Schools that receive federal Title I dollars and don't make AYP for two or more years in a row in the same subject are classified as being in need of improvement. These schools must offer a range of options to students, including school choice with transportation, supplemental services and restructuring.
Schools that made AYP this year but did not last year include Aitkin, Pillager, Staples-Motley high schools; Staples Elementary School; Harrison Elementary School in Brainerd; and Pequot Lakes middle and high schools.
In the Brainerd School District, Brainerd High School, Forestview Middle School, Middle Level Alternative Program, Lincoln Education Center and the Brainerd School District Learning Center did not make AYP. BHS did not make AYP in the "special education" and "free/reduced lunch" subgroup for math proficiency. This is the second year in a row that BHS did not make AYP.
Lincoln Education Center, previously known as the Minnesota Learning Center, did not make AYP in the "all" category in both reading participation and proficiency and for math proficiency.
The Brainerd School District Learning Center did not make AYP in the "all," "white" and "free/reduced lunch" subgroups for math participation and for "all" and "white" subgroups for math proficiency. It did not make AYP last year.
The Middle Level Alternative Program did not make AYP in the "all" subgroup for math proficiency. The program did not make AYP last year.
Forestview Middle School did not make AYP in the "special education" subgroup in reading proficiency. Forestview did not make AYP last year.
Razidlo said large schools and alternative programs generally have larger subgroup populations and are more likely at a disadvantage when compared to smaller schools which often don't have enough students in the subgroups that are targeted for AYP.
"Larger schools are going to have larger subgroup populations and smaller schools have fewer groups to target," said Razidlo. "We have already spent hours analyzing school by school, grade level by grade level, and already are at work setting goals for groups of our students with whom we're not as successful as we want them to be. With every test cycle comes a responsibility to analyze the data and set new targets. We're beginning that work with our teachers and administrators even this week."
Razidlo said he is proud of the efforts made at Harrison Elementary School, which did not make AYP last year but made it this year. He said there was a targeted effort by Harrison staff to improve test scores, particularly in reading for students with disabilities.
"It's something the whole Harrison community can be proud of," Razidlo said. "Even after the great shift in populations - Harrison got a number of new faces last year - students at Harrison did well enough to get their school off the list. That's fairly remarkable when the bar keeps going up. They're to be praised for their efforts - the teachers, students and the community."
Rippleside Elementary School in Aitkin did not make AYP in the "special education" subgroup for math proficiency. Last year the school did make AYP.
In the Crosby-Ironton School District, C-I High School did not make AYP for the "special education" subgroup for reading and math proficiency. Cuyuna Range Elementary School in Crosby did not make AYP for the "all" and "free/reduced lunch" subgroups for math proficiency. Range Area Alternative Program did not make AYP in the "all" subgroup for math proficiency. The program did not make AYP last year.
In the Little Falls School District, Lincoln Elementary School did not make AYP in the "free/reduced lunch" subgroup for math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last year. Lindbergh Elementary School did not make AYP in the "special education" subgroup for reading and math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last year. Little Falls Middle School did not make AYP in the "all," "white," "special education" and "free/reduced lunch" subgroups for math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last year. Little Falls High School did not make AYP in the "special education" subgroup for math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last year. Little Falls Continuing Education did not make AYP in the "all" subgroup for math proficiency. The program did not make AYP last year.
In the Pierz School District, Pioneer Elementary School did not make AYP in "special education" subgroup for reading proficiency. Pierz Healy High School did not make AYP in the "special education" subgroup in math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last year.
In The Staples-Motley School District, Motley-Staples Middle School did not make AYP in the "free/reduced lunch" subgroup in reading proficiency.
In the Pine River-Backus School District, Pine River-Backus Elementary School did not make AYP in "special education" and "free/reduced lunch subgroups for reading proficiency and the "all," "white," "special education" and "free/reduced lunch" subgroups for math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last year. Pine River-Backus High School did not make AYP in "special education" and "free/reduced lunch" subgroups for math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last yea. Pine River Area Learning Center did not make AYP in the "all" subgroup for math proficiency. The program did not make AYP last year.
Pillager Area Charter School did not make AYP in the "all" subgroup for reading and math proficiency. The school did not make AYP last year.
In the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District, the elementary school and high school did not make AYP in the "American Indian" and "Free/Reduced Lunch" subgroups for reading proficiency. The high school also did not make AYP last year.
JODIE TWEED may be reached at jodie.tweed@brainerddispatch.com or 855-5858.
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