Pennsylvania Department of Education
  The Pennsylvania Academic Achievement Report is temporarily unavailable.
The 2006–07 version will be available on August 29, 2007.		  
     
    On this site you will find District and School Reports that contain:

  • Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets and results for 2006–07
  • Last year's results and next year's targets
  • Discussion of results for parents and educators
   AYP

AYP Facts

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all groups of children reach proficiency in Reading and Math. The three AYP categories in 2007 are:

  1. School Attendance
    (for schools without a high school graduating class): Target of 90%
    or any improvement from previous year.
    Graduation Rate (for schools with high school graduating class): Target of 80% or any improvement from previous year.

  2. Achieving Proficiency (Performance):
    To meet the Performance Target required for AYP, schools and every measurable subgroup in the school must have at least 45% of the tested students achieve Proficient or higher on the mathematics assessment and 54% of the tested students achieve Proficient or higher on the reading assessment.

  3. Taking the Test (Participation):
    At least 95% of students overall and within each subgroup must take the test.

For a school to meet AYP, all AYP targets must be met. Note that the number of targets used for AYP can vary. This is because the targets associated with subgroups that have fewer than 40 students in the school do not apply. However, schools with fewer than 40 students are still accountable and are evaluated at the overall level.

This year, district targets are assessed in three grade spans: Grades 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12. To meet AYP goals in Academic Performance or Test Participation, the district needs to achieve all targets for both subjects in one grade span only. This is different from previous years and current school AYP requirements whereby all grades are assessed as a whole and all targets must be met.