Schools That Didn't Make the Grade

Schools That Didn't Make the Grade

About 60 schools in Rhode Island did not make what is known as adequate yearly progress on their NECAP test scores.

Adequate progress is the increase in the percentage of students who are proficient on the tests. Schools have to make enough progress from year to year in order to reach the goal of having 100 percent of their students proficient in reading, writing, and math by 2014.

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What the Classifications Mean

A school that did not make adequate yearly progress falls into two categories. A school is labeled with “caution” if it only missed three targets for making progress. Those that miss more than three made “insufficient progress.”

What the Status of a School Means

A school that has not made adequately yearly progress faces a number of consequences, depending on how many years it has been lagging. Those consequences range from being on a watch list to being restructured. Those are shown in the status column on the right side of the chart. Below is a listing of what the terms mean.

Watch status: Refers to a school that has not met adequate yearly progress for one year.

In need of improvement: Refers to a school that has not met AYP for two years in a row.

Offers choice: After three or more years of not meeting AYP, a school may have to allow students to choose to go to another public school.

Supplemental Services: A school at the three-year or more mark also may have to offer supplemental services to struggling students.

Restructuring: After five years of no improvement, a school could be restructured by the state Department of Education.