UPDATE: NJ districts just received the latest, and most recent, AYP reports, which are not on the DoE’s website yet, but are expected to be posted by next month.
Montclair saw some improvement in its elementary and middle schools, but still did not meet AYP in six of its school, including MHS which is now in its “Year 4″ status for failing to meet AYP in four consecutive years. In a letter on Montclair’s BoE website, Dr, Frank Alvarez explains, “We have made great progress in the last four years. In some individual cases, students who were once partially proficient are performing at advanced proficiency levels. However, a small number of students continue to struggle. We need to do better at understanding their needs and in helping them master the necessary content.” He goes on to say, “Like most progress reports, grades fluctuate, they don’t always reflect a learning curve, and they can be filled with pluses and minus. The report for the Montclair Public Schools is no different.”
The State Department of Education has released the 2009-2010 annual report card. The Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report reflects the testing scores from all children–including those in special education and ESL students (English as a Second Language.) Schools are tested from 3rd grade and up, so schools such as Nishuane in Montclair and Forest & Linden Avenue Schools in Glen Ridge are not on the report. AYP is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized tests
The goal for schools is to meet all 40 of the Adequate Yearly Progress indicators.
The following results are from the last published reports on the DoE’s website. Stay tuned for a follow up story on the results that were just released to the districts this week, but are not published yet.
