Karla Denny, Director of Communications, 785-296-4876
August 12, 2008
Kansas Schools/Districts Continue to Meet Increasingly Higher Academic Achievement Targets
“ Kansas teachers, students, administrators, and parents have a right to be proud of their districts and schools that continue to meet or exceed increasingly higher academic achievement targets,”according to Alexa Posny, commissioner of education. Over 94% of all schools in Kansas met or exceeded the reading and mathematics targets, all of which increased by six to nine percent over the previous year.
No Child Left Behind requires Title I schools and districts that do not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years be identified for improvement. The identification must occur prior to the beginning of the school year so that parents may make informed decisions regarding their children’s schools. Each school and district had opportunities to review their state assessment results, attendance and graduation data, make corrections, and file an appeal if they disagreed with the AYP decision. After a school or district has been identified for improvement, it must make AYP for two consecutive years to be off improvement. Below is the list of Title 1 schools and districts identified as on improvement in Kansas.
Kansas State Department of Education
Title I Schools and Districts
Identified for Improvement for 2008-2009
Title I Districts Identified for Improvement for 2008-2009
|
USD #
|
USD Name
|
# Years on
Improvement
|
Area(s) of
Improvement
|
Made AYP in Area of Improvement in 2008
|
# Schools on Improvement
|
|
202
|
Turner
|
5
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
No
|
1
|
|
214
|
Ulysses
|
2
|
Reading
|
No
|
1
|
|
253
|
Emporia
|
3
|
Reading
|
Yes
|
0
|
|
257
|
Iola
|
1
|
Reading
|
No
|
0
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
5
|
Reading and
Mathematics
|
No
|
12
|
|
261
|
Haysville
|
3
|
Reading
|
Yes
|
0
|
|
290
|
Ottawa
|
3
|
Reading
|
No
|
0
|
|
305
|
Salina
|
2
|
Reading
|
Yes
|
1
|
|
352
|
Goodland
|
1
|
Reading
|
No
|
0
|
|
420
|
Osage City
|
1
|
Reading
|
No
|
0
|
|
445
|
Coffeyville
|
5
|
Reading
|
No
|
0
|
|
453
|
Leavenworth
|
2
|
Reading
|
No
|
0
|
|
457
|
Garden City
|
3
|
Reading
|
No
|
1
|
|
464
|
Tonganoxie
|
2
|
Mathematics
|
Yes
|
0
|
|
480
|
Liberal
|
3
|
Reading and
Mathematics
|
No
|
1
|
|
490
|
El Dorado
|
3
|
Mathematics
|
Yes
|
0
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
5
|
Reading and
Mathematics
|
No
|
13
|
|
501
|
Topeka
|
3
|
Reading and
Mathematics
|
No
|
3
|
|
503
|
Parsons
|
2
|
Reading
|
Yes
|
0
|
Title I Districts Identified for Improvement Summary
- Nineteen Title I districts are identified for improvement for 2008-2009; in 2007-2008, 16 districts were on improvement
- 3 districts are in their 1st year of improvement
- 5 districts are in their 2nd year of improvement
- 7 districts are in their 3rd year of improvement
- 4 districts are in their 5th year of improvement
- 1 district is off improvement in reading; however, it is still on improvement in math
- 6 districts made AYP in the area identified for improvement
- 12 districts are on improvement for only reading; 2 are on improvement for only mathematics
- 5 districts are on improvement for both reading and mathematics
- 8 districts on improvement have Title I schools on improvement; 11districts have no Title I schools on improvement
Title I Schools Identified for Improvement for 2008-2009
|
USD
#
|
USD Name
|
School
|
Area(s) of Improvement
|
# Years on
Improvement
|
*Improvement
Status Year
|
Delay Next Level of Sanction
|
*School Sanctions
|
|
202
|
Turner
|
Turner Elementary
|
Mathematics
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
214
|
Ulysses
|
Kepley Middle School
|
Reading
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
233
|
Olathe
|
Ridgeview Elementary
|
Reading
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Clark Elementary
|
Reading
|
1
|
1
|
No
|
Choice
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Cloud Elementary
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Curtis Middle
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
5
|
4
|
No
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action, Plan to Restructure
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Enterprise
|
Reading
|
1
|
1
|
No
|
Choice
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Hamilton Middle
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
5
|
4
|
No
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action, Plan to Restructure
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Harry Street Elementary
|
Reading
|
1
|
1
|
No
|
Choice
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Irving Elementary
|
Reading
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Jardine Technology Middle Magnet
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
3
|
2
|
Yes
|
Choice and SES, Delay Corrective Action
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Marshall Middle
|
Reading and
Mathematics
|
6
|
4
|
Yes
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action
Delay Restructuring
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Mead Middle
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
6
|
5
|
No
|
Choice, SES,
Corrective Action, Implement Restructuring Plan
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Pleasant Valley Middle
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
5
|
4
|
No
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action, Plan to Restructure
|
|
259
|
Wichita
|
Truesdell Middle
|
Mathematics and Reading
|
4
|
4
|
No
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action, Plan to Restructure
|
|
305
|
Salina
|
Lakewood Middle
|
Mathematics
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
430
|
South Brown County
|
Everest Middle
|
Mathematics
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
457
|
Garden City
|
Alta Brown Elementary
|
Reading
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
480
|
Liberal
|
Liberal South Middle School
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
3
|
3
|
No
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Argentine Middle
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
2
|
2
|
No
|
Choice, SES
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Banneker Elementary
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
3
|
2
|
Yes
|
Choice, SES, Delay Corrective Action
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Bertram Caruthers Elementary
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Central Middle School
|
Reading
|
8
|
2
|
No
|
Choice, SES
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Chelsea Elementary
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
3
|
2
|
Yes
|
Choice, SES, Delay Corrective Action
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Grant Elementary
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
3
|
2
|
Yes
|
Choice, SES, Delay Corrective Action
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Lindbergh Elementary
|
Reading
|
1
|
1
|
No
|
Choice
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Mark Twain Elementary
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
2
|
2
|
No
|
Choice, SES
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
M.E. Pearson Elementary
|
Reading
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
New Stanley
|
Mathematics
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Northwest Middle
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
4
|
3
|
Yes
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action, Delay Restructuring
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Quindaro Elementary
|
Mathematics and Reading
|
2
|
2
|
No
|
Choice, SES
|
|
500
|
Kansas City
|
Whittier Elementary
|
Reading
|
5
|
4
|
No
|
Choice, SES, Corrective Action, Plan to Restructure
|
|
501
|
Topeka
|
Chase Middle
|
Reading and Mathematics
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
501
|
Topeka
|
Lundgren Elementary
|
Reading
|
1
|
1
|
No
|
Choice
|
|
501
|
Topeka
|
Scott Computer Technology Magnet
|
Reading
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
|
512
|
Shawnee Mission
|
Nieman Elementary
|
Reading
|
2
|
1
|
Yes
|
Choice, Delay SES
|
Title I Schools Identified for Improvement for 2008-2009 Summary
- 36 Title I schools are identified for improvement in 2008-2009; in 2007-2008, 35 schools were on improvement
- 4 schools are off of improvement: Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center and Charles O Stones Intermediate Center in USD 457 Garden City; Junction City Middle School in USD 475 Geary County; and Douglass Elementary in USD 500 Kansas City.
- 20 schools are on delay status for next level of sanctions as they made AYP in spring 2008;
- 5 schools are identified for the first time
- 19 schools are in Improvement Status Year 1; 8 schools are in Year 2 status; 2 are in Year 3; 6 are in Year 4 and 1 is in Year 5
- 14 schools are identified for improvement in reading only
- 4 schools are identified for improvement in mathematics only
- 18 schools are identified for both reading and mathematics
- 2007-2008 AYP mathematics targets were 73.4% for K-8 and 64.6% for 9-12
- 2007-2008 AYP reading targets were 75.6% for K-8 and 72.0% for 9-12
*NOTE:
Improvement Year Status refers to the level of sanction applied to a school on improvement.
It is not necessarily the same as the number of years on improvement. Following are the School Sanctions by Improvement Status Year:
Year 1 Choice
Year 2 Choice and Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
Year 3 Choice, SES and Corrective Action
Year 4 Choice, SES, Continue Corrective Action, and Plan to Restructure
Year 5 Choice, SES, Implement Restructuring Plan
A school or district on improvement is considered on delay status when it makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) one year. With this status, the school or district delays moving to the next level of sanction. For example, a school in its second year of improvement must offer choice but delays implementing supplemental educational services since it made AYP during the last testing cycle.
How does a school get the Title 1 designation?
Title 1 requires districts to rank order all schools by the percent of poverty to determine which schools are eligible for Title 1 funds. This means that the local district prioritizes its list, generally based on the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced lunch. Title 1 funds are then allocated to the higher poverty schools, which designates them as Title 1 schools.
How is a school or district identified for improvement?
The No Child Left Behind legislation requires Title 1 schools or districts that do not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years to be identified for improvement. Identification is to occur prior to the beginning of the school year so that parents may make informed decisions regarding their children’s schools.
What percentages of Title 1 schools or districts have been identified as on improvement?
Kansas had 295 school districts in 2007-08 eligible for Title 1 funds. Only 6% (19 districts) have been identified as on improvement for the 2008-09 school year. This compares to 16 districts (5%) identified as on improvement for the 2007-08 school year.
There were 652 Title 1 schools in Kansas during the 2007-08 school year, with 94.5% making AYP. Thirty-six schools were identified as on improvement. Last year, there were 691 Title 1 schools in Kansas, with 95% or 656 of those making AYP.
How will we know which subgroups in a school or district were identified as not making AYP?
This information is not available for publication at this time. When the report card is presented to the State Board in October, this information will be available.
How can a district be on improvement and yet have no identified schools on improvement?
The minimum size of a subgroup (e.g., ethnicity, income level, special needs or English proficiency) must be 30 students. In many small schools, a subgroup of this size is not possible. However, at the district level, the aggregate number may be at or above 30 and must be calculated according to the No Child Left Behind legislation.
What were the targets for the 2007-08 testing cycle?
The 2007-08 AYP mathematics targets were 73.4% for K-8 and 64.6% for 9-12.
The 2007-08 AYP reading targets were 75.6% for K-8 and 72.0% for 9-12.
What were the targets for the 2006-07 testing cycle?
Last year, the AYP mathematics targets were 66.8% for K-8 and 55.7% for 9-12.
The AYP reading targets for 2006-07 were 69.5% for K-8 and 65.0% for 9-12.
If you have questions about the data, please contact Karla S. Denny, director of communications, Kansas State Department of Education. Phone: (785) 296-4876. Email:
kdenny@ksde.org