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Chapter 1: Accountability in New York State
Chapter 1: Accountability in New York State
To enable New York State to fulfill federal and State accountability requirements,
schools and districts must report certain data to the New York State Education
Department. All school administrators must understand the requirements of New York
State's accountability system so that they can use these reported data to improve
student achievement continually and to meet the accountability standards.
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Districts and schools are held accountable for their students through a process of
evaluating participation and performance of certain groups of students in specified
measures and determining if Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is made in those
measures. AYP indicates satisfactory progress by a district or school toward the goal of
proficiency for all students. Districts and schools that meet predefined participation and
performance criteria on New York State’s accountability measures are considered to be
making AYP.
Accountability Measures
NCLB requires that states develop and report on measures of student proficiency
in 1) English language arts (ELA), in 2) mathematics, and on 3) a third indicator.
Currently in New York State, the third indicator is science at the elementary/middle level
and graduation rate at the secondary level.
Accountability Groups
For each accountability measure, New York State must report data on the
following accountability groups:
• All Students
• American Indian or Alaska Native Students
• Black or African American Students
• Hispanic or Latino Students
• Asian or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Students
• White Students
• Multiracial Students
• Students with Disabilities
• Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students
• Economically Disadvantaged Students
Students are included in the Students with Disabilities, LEP Students, or
Economically Disadvantaged Students group if their Student Information Repository
System (SIRS) records show them to be members of the group at any time during the
reporting year. Students who are not identified as students with disabilities in the current
school year but who were identified in at least one of the previous two school years are
included in the current year’s students with disabilities group for performance
calculations if the group includes 30 or more current students with disabilities. Former
11 Student Information Repository System Manual for 2010–11 Version 6.2