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Frequently Asked Questions
Schools in school improvement status/AYP-How did I get here?
Title I schools "in status" have not met required conditions for the two consecutive years in any of three ways:
- Levels of student performance in reading and math, school-wide or by any of the eight sub groups does not meet AYP.
- Participation rate on the state assessment.
- Attendance rate
Schools in school improvement status/AYP-Am I the only one? How long does this last? What do I do now?
- School Improvement Status lasts a minimum of 2 years and until the scores reach AYP for two consecutive years.
- School Improvement Status lasts a minimum of 2 years or until participation and attendance rates reach target levels for two consecutive years.
- The next step is to develop an approved school improvement plan and implement school choice requirements
Legal requirements for schools in school improvement status
- You need to notify ALL parents within your school of your status
- You need to offer school choice to ALL students (see ISBE school choice document)
- You need to develop and implement an approved school improvement plan
Q4--Requirements regarding school choice
- Please consult the document "Overview of Public School Choice for Illinois Schools" found at www.isbe.net/ayp/ and click on "Choice Fact Sheet" Q5--Timelines, deadlines, and action planning for schools in status
- Within 90 days of official ISBE notification, your school needs local School Board approval of a school improvement plan We are advised that you should consider the deadline to be between December 1-15 of the year prior to the due date.
- The school improvement plan must meet the criteria listed on the SIP rubric
- The school improvement plan must narrate goals and actions for two or more years
Lessons learned from schools who removed themselves from being in status
- It happens! There are success stories every year.
- Schools who regained AYP almost uniformly say it was accomplished through a well planned, clearly communicated, whole faculty focus on six areas of work (see next section)
How the ROE helps you, your school, your students, parents and faculty
- The ROE provides trained educators, professional development specialists, technical assistance, and funds to help you.
- The ROE provides a six county network of schools (RESPRO) also involved in this work.
- The ROE stays involved with you throughout the school improvement process
- The six areas of SIP work include: standards aligned curriculum; research based teaching strategies; frequent review of data; community partnership; leadership actions to create and maintain instruction and assessment systems within the context of a learning community; and intervention programs to work with targeted student populations.
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