• AYP is how the federal law, No Child Left Behind, measures the achievement of schools, districts and states.
• AYP measures the participation rate in the state assessment system (CSAP), academic performance, and graduation rate.
• AYP requires the disaggregation of data by different subgroups: White, Native American, Asian, Hispanic, Black, English Language Learners, economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities.
• All subgroups must make the statewide targets in reading and math.

AYP Goal:

All students will be proficient in reading and math by 2014.

How is AYP calculated?  

Participation- measures the number of students who are tested appropriately out of all students enrolled in the school and district on the day of testing.

Performance- measures the number of students who have been continuously enrolled in the school/ district for a year, and score Partially Proficient, Proficient or Advanced on the CSAP. Scores of students who have been in the US for less than three years and are not yet proficient in English are not included in this measure.

Safe Harbor- if the school/ district does not make a performance target, it can still make AYP if there is a 10% decrease in students scoring Non-Proficient from the previous year.

Other Indicator- elementary and middle schools need to have 1% of students scoring at the advanced level. High schools need to meet the graduation rate target. 

How Does the AYP Compare with the SAR Rating?

AYP	SAR Rating
Federal Accountability Measure	State Accountability Measure
Reading and Math	All CSAP tested subject areas
Disaggregates data by subgroups	All scores are aggregated
Statewide targets for all -- either you make AYP or you don't	Five performance levels, three improvement levels
Includes CSAPA scores	Includes ACT scores

What happens if a school does not make AYP?  

If a school receives Title I funds and does not make AYP for two consecutive years, the school is placed on School Improvement and...

• The school must develop a School Improvement plan.
• The district must provide transportation for students in that school to a high performing school in the district, if possible.

If the school does not make AYP for a third year, it must also provide supplemental educational services for low-performing, low-income students.

If the school continues to fail to make AYP, it progresses into corrective action and then restructuring plans.

For more information about AYP, please go to: www.cde.state.co.us/ayp