Adequate Progression
Adequate
Progression
MARGO MORIARTY
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
SPECIAL EDUCATION LITIGATION & LAW
TABLE OF CONTENTS…
A definition of the meaning of adequate progress.
Court cases that have addressed this subject.
How school districts measure adequate progress.
How school districts are held accountable.
Concerns and challenges that may arise regarding adequate progress in the schools.
Also, outline how you as a teacher will keep documentation to determine adequate progress for your students.
Adequate Progress is defined as …
Adequate Progress is defined by Goertz as ,” In a manner that…
"1) results in continuous and substantial yearly improvement of each school and local education agency sufficient to achieve the goal of all children
… meeting the state's proficient and advanced levels of achievement; [and]
2) is sufficiently rigorous to achieve the goal within an appropriate time frame"(Goertz, 2001)
Adequate Progression Facts
Adequate progression Is a measurement defined by the United
States federal No Child Left Behind Act
Determines the average level where each student should have reached by a particular grade through standardize state testing, therefore differs from state to state.
It allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the county is performing academically. Outcome Judge ruled:
•Schools did not provide students with the services necessary in order to meet the average Adequate Yearly
Progress.
•Neither school was aware of its AYP status up until the department issued report cards.
•Appeal was filed with the Department
•Both schools were denied by the Department.
District decided to challenge provisions of NCLB act after 6 out of 19 school's were sanctions on warning list in 2003-2004
Adequate funding was not provided by state due to 10 million dollar tax cut resulting in $20 a year less per student
District has one of weakest
Progression
MARGO MORIARTY
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
SPECIAL EDUCATION LITIGATION & LAW
TABLE OF CONTENTS…
A definition of the meaning of adequate progress.
Court cases that have addressed this subject.
How school districts measure adequate progress.
How school districts are held accountable.
Concerns and challenges that may arise regarding adequate progress in the schools.
Also, outline how you as a teacher will keep documentation to determine adequate progress for your students.
Adequate Progress is defined as …
Adequate Progress is defined by Goertz as ,” In a manner that…
"1) results in continuous and substantial yearly improvement of each school and local education agency sufficient to achieve the goal of all children
… meeting the state's proficient and advanced levels of achievement; [and]
2) is sufficiently rigorous to achieve the goal within an appropriate time frame"(Goertz, 2001)
Adequate Progression Facts
Adequate progression Is a measurement defined by the United
States federal No Child Left Behind Act
Determines the average level where each student should have reached by a particular grade through standardize state testing, therefore differs from state to state.
It allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the county is performing academically. Outcome Judge ruled:
•Schools did not provide students with the services necessary in order to meet the average Adequate Yearly
Progress.
•Neither school was aware of its AYP status up until the department issued report cards.
•Appeal was filed with the Department
•Both schools were denied by the Department.
District decided to challenge provisions of NCLB act after 6 out of 19 school's were sanctions on warning list in 2003-2004
Adequate funding was not provided by state due to 10 million dollar tax cut resulting in $20 a year less per student
District has one of weakest