Public Law 221

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RATIONALE
Why should we raise student achievement? EXTERNAL
MANDATES
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FEDERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM No Child
Left Behind Elementary and Secondary Education
Act Signed into law on January 8, 2002 In effect
for six years Indiana receives over 400
million
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To Meet AYP (NCLB)
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 72.6 71.6
2011 79.5 78.7
2012 86.4 85.9
2013 93.3 93.1
2014 100 100
Cuts score for the secondary indicator 95
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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 in any group
of Yrs AYP Not Met School Improvement Consequence (Title I Schools Only)
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 Replace staff relevant to failure Implement new curriculum Decrease management authority Extent school year or day Restructure internal organization Appoint outside expert advisor
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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
• School improvement plan
• ISTEP participation
• Mandatory annual assessments
• Accurate timely submissions of reports
• Annual performance report

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PART TWOSCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Description location of curriculum Titles descriptions of assessments Parent participation Technology as learning tool Safe disciplined learning environment Goals for attendance Goals for of students meeting ISTEP standards Goals for graduation rate Areas needing immediate improvement Benchmarks for progress Provisions to offer Core 40 Honors Diploma courses Encouragement for Core 40 Honors Diploma Professional Development Statues rules to be waived 3-year timeline
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SIP ANNUAL REVISION
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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 Effective 2005-2006 School Year
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

• Schools will not be placed in the lowest
  improvement category until two years of the
  3-year rolling average is in effect.
• Schools in School Improvement for NCLB cannot
  be in top two categories

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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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RATIONALE
Why should we raise student achievement? EXTERNAL
MANDATES