Category: Every Student Succeeds Act
Alabama Will Get A New List of “Failing” Schools This Fall (2013)
August 11, 2013 Challen Stephens | cstephens@al.com Alabama will be facing a new list of “failing” schools before the year is out, as the test scores from last spring are due to be released some time this fall. The new round of test data will cause the state to recalculate the scores that led…
83% of Alabama Schools Make AYP Sept. 2008- {#iBelieve}
State Experiences 18 percent Decrease in High-Poverty schools needing improvement. THE ACHIEVEMENT REQUIREMENTS continue to rise and Alabama’s public schools respond to the challenge. In its fifth year of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) implementation, most Alabama schools continue to increase student performance and move toward reaching the ultimate goal of 100 percent student proficiency as…
Understanding the Impact of (AYP) on Schools under “No Child Left Behind”
Transcribed Interview (2010) Dr. Joseph B. Morton, State Superintendent of Education (Alabama) What specifically does AYP measure? AYP measures a student’s ability to perform at grade level in math and reading and it is established by Federal law to measure students in Grades 3-8 and one measure at the high school level. AYP stands for…
Every Child Can Learn – and Deserves the Opportunity to Do So #iBelieve
By Renée A. Middleton One of AACTE’s most important goals is to support members in preparing educators for highly diverse schools. Teachers must work with students from different racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as students with varying abilities – and varying command of the English language. The notion that educators will only teach one…
24 Alabama Schools added to the Failing list in 2017 – {#iBelieve}
By: Anna Beahm January 25, 2018 The new list of “failing” Alabama public schools was released on Wednesday. 75 of Alabama’s 1325 schools landed on the list due to a poor showing on the state’s standardized test in the spring of 2017. The list shows schools whose spring 2017 test results in math and reading on the ACT…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 