Why does AYP exist?
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) was established as the accountability measure for Title I schools and school districts in the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Each state was required to develop its own formula based on state assessments in at least reading and mathematics. Many different approaches were used, with the result that Title I schools were held to different standards in each state. The most recent reauthorization of Title I in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 made major changes in the AYP requirements to bring more consistency to the approaches used by individual states. Each state is required to establish a timeline for adequate yearly progress. The timeline ensures that not later than 2013-2014 school year, each accountability group at the school, school system, and state level will meet or exceed the States predetermined level of academic proficiency on the States assessments.2. What is AYP?
As required by the Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Sec. 1111 (b)(F), each state shall establish a timeline for adequate yearly progress. The timeline shall ensure that not later than 12 years after the 2001-2002 school year, all students in each group described in subparagraph (C)(v) will meet or exceed the State’s standards.
