Pennsylvania Code
Title 22 - EDUCATION
Part XVI - Standards
Chapter 403 - COMPLIANCE WITH THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001
Section 403.3 - Single accountability system
Universal Citation: 22 PA Code ยง 403.3
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Requirement of NCLB. Section 1111 of Title I, added by NCLB (20 U.S.C.A. § 6311), requires each state to develop and implement a single, statewide state accountability system that will be effective in ensuring that all LEAs, public elementary schools and public secondary schools make AYP as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C) of Title I.
(b) Proficiency as a measure of student progress.
(1) As
the starting point for calculating the AYP, the Department will use the
proficient level of student performance, as adopted by the State Board on May
10, 2001. See 31 Pa.B. 2763 (May 26, 2001).
(2) Using data from the 2001-02 school year
as the baseline, the Department will determine the number of students meeting
or exceeding the proficient level of achievement on State
assessments.
(c) Adequate yearly progress.
(1) The Department will calculate the AYP by
using the "intermediate method" of calculation, involving "stepped
goals."
(2) The Department will
provide yearly targets to assist the LEAs in measuring progress within the
intermediate method.
(3) The
Department will use graduation rates as an additional indicator of the AYP for
secondary schools and students.
(4)
The Department will use child attendance rates as an additional indicator of
the AYP for elementary schools and students.
(5) The Department will use 40 as the
required number of students tested per building to form a group for the
purposes of measuring the AYP of students with disabilities, limited English
proficient students and students who are members of economically disadvantaged,
major racial and ethnic groups.
(d) Assessments.
(1) Section 1111(b)(3)(A) of Title I
specifically requires that, beginning no later than the 2005-06 school year,
states must assess all students in grades three through eight against the
challenging state academic content standards in, at a minimum, math and reading
or language arts, or both. In addition, beginning in the 2007-08 school year,
states must assess all students at least once in each of the intermediate,
middle and high school levels against the challenging state academic content
standards for science.
(i) To accomplish the
mandates described in paragraph (1), the LEAs shall continue to use the PSSA to
assess students in grades three, five, eight and eleven in reading and
mathematics and to assess students at least once in each of the intermediate,
middle and high school levels in writing.
(ii) The Department will supplement the PSSA
with a single assessment for reading and mathematics that will be administered
to students in each of grades four, six and seven.
(iii) The Value Added Assessment System shall
be implemented as a component of the Commonwealth's assessment system to
provide the LEAs with analyses and reports to offer valuable information for
focused program improvement to increase performance.
(2) Section 3121 of Title III of the ESEA,
added by the NCLB (20
U.S.C.A. §
6841), requires that each state
approve evaluation measures that are designed to assess the progress of
children in attaining English proficiency, including a child's level of
comprehension, listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English.
(i) To accomplish the mandates described in
paragraph (2), the Commonwealth will serve as the leader in a consortium of
states seeking to develop a language proficiency assessment that will meet the
needs of the NCLB.
(ii) The
Department may use the consortium's assessment to evaluate the progress of
students in attaining English proficiency, including a child's level of
comprehension, listening, reading and writing skills in English.
(iii) The Department will identify
commercially developed language proficiency assessment that the LEAs shall
administer.
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 19.1a (relating to general provisions).
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