Public Law 221

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RATIONALE
Why should we raise student achievement? EXTERNAL
MANDATES Indiana Public Law 221 Federal No Child
Left Behind Act
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FEDERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM No Child
Left Behind Elementary and Secondary Education
Act Signed into law on January 8, 2002
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To Meet AYP
Indiana Improvement Intervals Indiana Improvement Intervals Indiana Improvement Intervals
Year (Fall) Eng Math
2002, 2003, 2004 58.8 57.1
2005, 2006, 2007 65.7 65.3
2008, 2009, 2010 72.6 71.6
2011 79.5 78.7
2012 86.4 85.9
2013 93.3 93.1
2014 100 100
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To Make AYP Yes in Every Box
Eng / LA Math 2nd Indicator 95 Test in E/LA 95 Test in Math
Overall
IEP
LEP
Econ Dis
A. Indian
Black
Asian
Hispanic
White
AYP Annual Yearly Progress
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Title I Failure to Meet AYP
of Yrs AYP Not Met School in Improvement Consequence
1 No
2 Yes 1st Year School Improvement Plan School Choice
3 Yes 2nd Year School Improvement Plan School Choice Supplemental Services
4 Yes 3rd Year School Improvement Plan School Choice Supplemental Services Corrective Action Restructuring May include Government take-over of the school Complete reorganization
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INDIANA SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM Public
Law 221
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ACCREDITATIONREQUIREMENTS
1. Legal standards 2. School Improvement
Plan 3. Student Achievement
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PART ONE LEGAL STANDARDS

• Health and safety
• Minimum time requirements
• Staff to student ratios
• Curriculum offerings
• Instructional staff
• ISTEP participation
• Mandatory annual assessments
• Accurate timely submissions of reports
• Annual performance report

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PART TWOSCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
PL221 REQUIREMENT InSAI REPORT
Description location of curriculum Curriculum Force Field Report
Title description of assessments Assessment Force Field Report
Mission, vision or beliefs Vision Statement
Parent Participation Parent Participation Strategy
Technology as a learning tool Technology Strategy
Safe / disciplined environment Safe / Disciplined Strategy
Goals for attendance Attendance Strategy
Goals for ISTEP ISTEP Data Target
Goals for graduation rate Graduation Rate Data Targets
Areas needing improvement Areas of Concern
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PART TWO (cont.)SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
PL221 REQUIREMENT InSAI REPORT
Benchmarks for progress Achievement Data Targets
Provisions to offer Core 40 and Honors Diploma courses Core 40 Course Strategy
Encouragement for Core 40 and Honors Diploma Courses Core 40 Encouragement Strategy
Professional Development Professional Development in every strategy plan
Cultural competency Cultural competency strategy
Statutes and rules to be waived Environment Force Field Report
Three-year timeline One-year timeline
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ONE READ Department of Education review of the
plan is not required IF school implements a
quality-focused planning process such as the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for
Education, a national or regional accreditation
agency that the State Board has approved, or a
planning model the State Board has approved.
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PART THREESTUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Increase in the of all ISTEP tests that are passing Non-mobile group (70 of previous year) 3-year rolling average
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
of all ISTEP tests that are passing All subjects All grade levels
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School Performance Improvement Categories
Improvement Improvement Improvement Improvement Improvement
Performance Exemplary Progress Commend-able Progress Academic Progress Academic Watch (Priority) Academic Probation (High Priority)
90 Exemplary School Exemplary School Exemplary School Exemplary School Exemplary School
80 1 Commendable School Commendable School Commendable School Commendable School
70 3 2 1 lt 1
60 4 3 2 lt 2
50 5 4 3 lt 3 lt 0
40 6 5 4 lt 4 lt 1
lt40 6 5 3 lt 3
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PL221 Link to No Child Left Behind
Schools that do not make AYP for two consecutive
years cannot be placed in top two categories.
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Probation Category Consequences
Consequence
1st Year ? State notifies school School issues public notice School holds a public hearing Committee revises the schools plan School may request state board to appoint outside team to manage school or help develop a plan (school immediately moves to third year consequence)
3rd year after initial placement ? State assigns expert team to the school
5th year after initial placement State holds public hearing in the school corp State may opt to ? merge the school with a nearby school ? assign a management team ? other options including closing the school ? revise the schools plan
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CENTRAL OFFICE REQUIREMENTS Areas of
Concern Achievement Data Targets Strategies
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EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS required by optional
programs Title I NCA Accreditation Grants
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RATIONALE
Why should we raise student achievement? EXTERNAL
MANDATES Indiana Public Law 221 Federal No Child
Left Behind Act