Public School Choice

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• Public School Choice
• and
• No Child Left Behind
• In North Carolina

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Adequate Yearly Progress

• AYP measures reading and math yearly progress by
  student group and school against state target
  goals
• State target proficiency goals are based on
  attaining 100 student proficiency by 2013-14,
  NCLBs requirement
• If just one student group does not meet state
  goals in reading or math or meet safe harbor
  requirements, the school does not make AYP

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Student groups

• The School as a Whole
• White
• Black
• Hispanic
• Native American
• Asian/Pacific Islander
• Multiracial
• Each group must meet the same set percentage of
  students performing at grade level in reading and
  math.

• Economically Disadvantaged Students
• Limited English Proficient Students
• Students with Disabilities

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Title I School Improvement

• Title I schools not meeting state target goals,
  or Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), are designated
  as Title I School Improvement schools

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Title I School Improvement

• The Title I School Improvement designation does
  not mean the school is failing, it means the
  school is in need of improvement
• Schools in their first year of Title I School
  Improvement face no sanctions
• After not making AYP in the same subject for two
  years in a row, a Title I School Improvement
  school must offer public school choice, if
  possible

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Title I School Improvement
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AYP and the ABCs

• A schools AYP and ABCs results may differ
• AYP looks at specific student groups meeting set
  goals the ABCs model follows the same students
  over time and looks at growth and performance
• In the ABCs, one grade or subject can be offset
  when looking at whole school growth and
  performance AYP is an all or nothing model
  according to subjects and student groups

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Public school choice

• All students enrolled are eligible for choice in
  Title I School Improvement schools offering
  choice
• In offering choice, priority goes to the lowest
  achieving, low-income students
• Schools with no choices must still notify parents
  of the schools status
• Schools of choice must not be identified for
  Title I School Improvement or considered
  persistently dangerous

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Public school choice

• Districts must permit students to remain in
  choice schools until students have completed the
  highest grade in the school
• Districts transportation obligation is limited
  until the school is out of Title I School
  Improvement

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More information and updates

• www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb
• www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/schoolchoiceguid.doc.