Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)-School PerformanceAccountability Programs : Minnesota Department of Education

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)-School Performance

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)-School Performance

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a means of measuring, through standards and assessments, the achievement of No Child Left Behind’s (NCLB) goal.  The goal of NCLB is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.

Below you will find tools to help district accountability staff understand and operate within the Minnesota Department of Education's AYP, Annual Measurable Achievement Objective (AMAO), Accountability Gateway (AG) system.

2008 AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) Functional Requirements  331Kb (7/17/08)
     Descriptions of how AYP participation, proficiency, graduation and attendance measurements were derived. File includes sample calculations.
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Stages of In Need of Improvement  79Kb (7/1/08)
     This chart outlines the AYP consequences for districts, charters and schools.
DRAFT - 2% Proxy Explained & Visual Verification Report  45Kb (7/26/07)
     DRAFT This document discusses the adoption of a common proficiency cell size and additional flexibility related to special education students and also provides a visual representation of the 2% proxy
Graduation End Codes  74Kb (7/11/07)
     This document describes the numerical codes that are used to designate students' graduation or drop-out status within the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) calculation.
May Accountability Forum PowerPoint  4Mb (5/30/08)  29Mb (5/30/08)
     This document provides information related to: Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP); the Test Web Edit System (WES); the MARSS WES; the AYP Appeals process and; Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives.
No Questions Left Behind  33Mb (7/23/07)
     MDE created this booklet to help explain Minnesota’s system of accountability and uses sample district examples to help parents, educators, legislators and taxpayers understand the accountability system.
Race Ethnic Codes  64Kb (7/11/07)
     This document describes the numerical codes that are used to designate students' race/ethnicity within the Adequate Yearly Progess (AYP) calculation.
Reports User Guide  2Mb (7/2/08)
     This brief guide provides an introduction to the Educator Portal-Accountability Reports with screenshots and instructions.