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Final 2007 AYP results and school improvement lists for both campuses and districts were released by TEA on Dec. 18, 2007. Overall, 87.5 percent of Texas’ independent and charter districts met AYP requirements. A total of 485 campuses that receive Title I, Part A funds failed to meet the federal evaluation process and are subject to sanctions under the School Improvement Program (SIP).
For campuses
A Title I, Part A campus that has not met AYP for two consecutive years is identified as Stage 1 School in Need of Improvement (SIP). Such a campus must revise, in consultation with parents, school staff, the school district, and outside experts, its Campus Improvement Plan (CIP) within three months to cover a two-year period, for school district approval. The school district must (local education agency (LEA)), not later than the first day of the school year following the identification of improvement status, provide all students enrolled in the school with the option to transfer to another public school served by the school district, which may include a public charter school that has not been identified for improvement. The School Choice option may not be applicable to open-enrollment public charter schools or other campuses that are by design schools of choice.
A Title I, Part A campus that has not met AYP for three consecutive years is identified as Stage 2 School in Need of Improvement (SIP). In addition to continuing to fulfill the Title I AYP Requirements from Stage 1, school districts with campuses in Stage 2 must ensure that supplemental educational services are available to students no later than the first day of the school year. The school district is required to arrange for the provision of supplemental educational services for students from low-income families. For purposes of Title I AYP requirements, supplemental educational services are defined as tutoring and other supplemental academic enrichment services that are in addition to instruction provided during the school day and are of high quality, research-based, and specifically designed to increase the academic achievement of eligible children on the state assessment and to assist them in attaining proficiency in meeting the state's academic achievement standards. However, if funds are insufficient for the school district to meet all requests for supplemental educational services, the LEA must give priority to the lowest achieving students from low-income families.
A Title I, Part A campus that has not met AYP for four consecutive years is identified as a Stage 3 School in Need of Improvement (SIP). The school district serving the campus must continue to offer the School Choice option and transportation, and provide technical assistance to the campus. The school district must continue to offer supplemental educational services to students from low-income families. The school district must identify the campus for corrective action and take at least one of the following corrective actions:
- Replace the school staff who are relevant to the failure to make AYP;
- Institute and fully implement a new curriculum, including providing appropriate professional development for all relevant staff, that is based on scientifically based research and offers substantial promise of improving educational achievement for low-achieving students and enabling the campus to make AYP;
- Significantly decrease management authority at the campus level;
- Appoint an outside expert to advise the campus on its progress toward making AYP, based on its school improvement plan;
- Extend the school year or school day for the campus;
- Restructure the internal organizational structure of the campus.
The school district must publish and disseminate information regarding any corrective action the LEA takes at a campus.
A Title I, Part A campus that has not met AYP for five consecutive years or continues not to meet AYP after one year of corrective action is identified as Stage 4 School in Need of Improvement (SIP). The school district serving the campus must continue to offer the School Choice option and transportation, and provide technical assistance to the campus. The school district must continue to offer supplemental educational services to eligible students. The school district must prepare a plan and make necessary arrangements to carry out one of the following restructuring options:
- Reopen school as charter school.
- Replace principal and staff.
- Contract for private management company of demonstrated effectiveness.
- State takeover.
- Any other major restructuring of school governance.
For school districts
Title I, Part A school districts that have not met AYP for two consecutive years are identified as School Districts in Need of Improvement. Such districts, within three months after being identified for improvement, must develop or revise its school district plan in consultation with parents, school staff, and others.
