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SPS announces preliminary AYP results

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education today released preliminary 2011 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 requires all schools, districts and states to show that students are making AYP by meeting annual targets in communication arts, mathematics, attendance and graduation rate.

AYP is determined by the percentage of students and student subgroups that score at the advanced or proficient level or are on track to proficiency by the law's 2014 deadline.

Overall, Springfield Public Schools did not meet AYP in 2011. At the site level, 12 of 51 SPS schools did meet AYP in all three categories. Of the 12 schools that met AYP overall, nine were schools that did not meet AYP in all three categories last year. Congratulations to the students and staff at these schools for this accomplishment! They are Campbell, Field, Harrison, Jeffries, McGregor, Portland, Rountree, Weaver and Williams elementary schools. The other three schools--Gray and Pershing elementary schools and Wilson's Creek 5-6 School-- met in all three categories both years.

View a summary of all SPS schools' performance.

A key objective of NCLB is that 100 percent of students be proficient in communication arts and math by 2014. Meantime, annual AYP targets have been established to track schools' progress. This year, federally mandated targets require 75.5 percent of students to perform proficient or above in communication arts on the MAP test and 72.5 percent must perform proficient or above in mathematics.

District-level AYP results show the percent of SPS students scoring proficient and above held steady over the past year in both communication arts and mathematics. SPS performance in communication arts improved slightly from 56.3 percent in 2010 to 56.4 percent in 2011; mathematics performance declined from 58.6 percent in 2010 to 58.2 percent in 2011.

The percent of SPS students scoring proficient and above or meeting the growth model requirement for on track to become proficient stands at 63.7 in communication arts and 64.9 percent in mathematics in 2011.

Following is a summary of other AYP highlights:

Communication Arts

5 out of 5 high schools (100 percent) met AYP in the category of total students.
4 out of 10 middle schools (40 percent) met AYP in the category of total students.
17 out of 36 elementary schools met AYP (47.2 percent) in the category of total students.
Across the district, 911 students earned a score increase significant enough to be on-track to proficiency, thereby meeting AYP with the growth model applied.
3 high schools, 7 middle schools, and 16 elementary schools increased the percent of students who scored proficient and above in communication arts between 2010 and 2011.

Mathematics

1 out of 5 high schools (20 percent) met AYP in the category of total students.
4 out of 10 middle schools (40 percent) met AYP in the category of total students.
24 out of 36 elementary schools (66.7 percent) met AYP in the category of total students.
Across the district, 862 students earned a score increase significant enough to be on-track to proficiency, thereby meeting AYP with the growth model applied.
1 high school, 3 middle schools, and 22 elementary schools increased the percent of students who scored proficient and above in mathematics between 2010 and 2011.

Additional Indicator (attendance or graduation rate)

2 out of 5 high schools met AYP in the area of additional indicator (graduation rate).
9 out of 10 middle schools met AYP in the area of additional indicator (attendance rate).
36 out of 36 elementary schools met AYP in the area of additional indicator (attendance rate).

Any school failing to meet AYP two years in a row in the same category is identified for school improvement. According to the preliminary data, 16 Springfield schools were identified for school improvement this year:

Elementary Schools:

Bowerman Elementary (Level I)

Boyd Elementary (Level II)

Cowden Elementary (Level I)

Fremont Elementary (Level I)

Holland Elementary (Level I/delayed)

McGregor Elementary (Level V/restructuring, implementation)

Sunshine Elementary (Level II)

Twain Elementary (Level II)

Weaver Elementary (Level I/delayed)

Weller Elementary (Level III/corrective action)

Westport Elementary (Level III/corrective action)

Williams Elementary (Level III/corrective action/delayed)

York Elementary (Level III/corrective action)

Middle Schools:

Pipkin Middle School (Level IV/restructuring, planning)

Reed Middle School (Level V/ restructuring, continuing)

Study Middle School (Level IV/restructuring, planning)

Below are links to supplemental materials that may be of assistance to you if you would like more information about AYP:

Understanding Your Adequate Yearly Progress

Webinar about SPS' AYP performance