The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) mandated that all students in grades 3 through 10 score proficient on standardized tests for language arts and mathematics by 2014. All school districts and schools in Alaska are required to demonstrate Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) towards meeting this goal. Each school year the Department of Education uses the combined test scores from all of our students who were tested in April to determine Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for our school, along with other schools around the state.

Alaska’s AYP calculations are based upon three factors set forth within the law: (1) the percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards in language arts and math; (2) testing participation rate; and (3) the factor of “other academic indicator”, which is a combination of average daily attendance and graduation rate.

The IDEA program did make AYP for the 2009-2010 school year. Until we make AYP two years in a row, NCLB requires that we notify parents and develop a school improvement plan. Each year, we look at the areas where we could improve and work with the PAC’s and staff to come up with workshops or changes to our procedures that will move us towards our meeting AYP for the next school year.

Below you will find links to the AYP report for IDEA from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development for the last several years, with the most recent on top, along with a letter from Assistant Superintendent Steve Musser about this year's report. If you have any questions regarding NCLB, AYP, and what this means to the IDEA program and/or to you specifically, please contact Steve Musser in the Anchorage IDEA Office.

2010 Letter to IDEA families about IDEA's AYP
2009-2010 Adequate Yearly Progress report