Federal Accountability
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
The federal No Child Left Behind system was implemented in 2002, and also primarily evaluates districts and schools based on student results on specific state assessments, although in a different way. When it was enacted, the NCLB law required a yearly increase in the student assessment passage rates required to earn a "Meets Adequate Yearly Progress" rating.
NCLB Report Cards (click NCLB for more information and reports)
The NCLB data is reported in six parts.
- Part I: Student Achievement by Proficiency Level – Provides the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) performance results for each subject area and grade level tested.
- Part II: Student Achievement and State Academic Annual Measurable Objects (AMOs) – Provides the STAAR performance results for each subject area tested. Also includes four-year and five-year graduation rates and participation rates on STAAR for reading/English and mathematics.
- Part III: Priority and Focus Schools – Priority schools are the lowest 5% of Title I served campuses based on performance in reading and mathematics and graduation rates. Focus schools are 10% of Title I served campuses, not already identified as priority schools, that have the widest gaps between student group performance and safeguard targets.
- Part IV: Teacher Quality Data – Provides information on teacher quality in three parts.
- Part A – Percent of Teachers by Highest Degree Held – Professional qualifications of all public elementary and secondary teachers in the Texas.
- Part B and C – Teachers with Emergency/Provisional Credentials, Highly Qualified (HQ) Teachers Low Poverty/Low Poverty Summary Reports – Percentage of all public elementary and secondary school teachers teaching with emergency or provisional credentials, and the percentage of classes in the state not taught by highly qualified teachers disaggregated by high-poverty compared to low-poverty schools.
- Part V: Graduates Enrolled in Texas Institution of Higher Education (IHE) – Provides the percentage of students who enroll and begin instruction at an institution of higher education in the school year following high school graduation.
- Part VI: Statewide National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Results – Provides most recent NAEP results for Texas showing reading and mathematics performance results and participation rates, disaggregated by student group.