Meeting AYP and Generating API: Preventing “Leakage”

“Leakage” AYP Two Reasons AYP is not met: 1. Failure to move Basic students to Proficiency. 2. Having students “leak” multiple quintile levels out of proficiency.

Figure #2- California Standards Test (CST) Levels: Language Arts Far Below BasicBelow BasicBasicProficientAdvanced 150 to to to to to 600 State Target for All Students

“Checking for Leaks”: Fleming Middle School Spring 2004 to Spring 2005 CST results Targeted Intervention Program in Math 50 students moved to CST proficiency 60 students move out of CST proficiency Net Growth of Proficient students in Math: -10

“Leakage” API Two Main Reasons API drops: 1. Failure to move students from Far Below Basic to Below Basic. 2. Having students “leak” multiple quintile levels.

Academic Performance Index (API) Criteria: Quintile Rankings and Weights Quintile API Weights Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic Far Below Basic

Academic Performance Index (API) Criteria: Quintile Rankings and Weights Quintile API Weights Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic Far Below Basic Numbers of Students

Academic Performance Index (API) Criteria: Quintile Rankings and Weights Quintile API Weights Gain in API Weight N/A Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic Far Below Basic

Figure #1- California Standards Test (CST) Levels: Language Arts Far Below BasicBelow BasicBasicProficientAdvanced 150 to to to to to 600 State Target for All Students API For Academic Performance Index (API), greatest gains will occur when moving students from the lowest CST levels due to weighting factors.

Preventing “Leaks”: Early monitoring of proficient and above students with the periodic assessments in ELA and Math. Provide early differentiated instruction for struggling proficient students.

Prevent Leakage: Elementary CST Comparison Data. Procedure to create an SIS report which compares two or more years of CST data for individual students. Type/Press: Main Screen- #7 Testing Menu-#4 CST Menu-#2 Current Teacher Report All or Specific Room- Press Enter Checking for “Leaks”: Elementary

ID99,2 (current year) “1” (for active) (enter today’s date) “2” (select by class number) “Y” (enter by district course #) – Grade 6 Math Grade 7 Math – Algebra I – Algebra Readiness (proceed to next step) “T” (sort by teacher) Press enter (Do start a new page or switch to Don’t) (create a new report) Type in title, then enter Checking for “Leaks”: Secondary

Wade Hayashida Categorical Program Coordinator Local District