NORTHWEST
EDUCATION
On the Road to Accountability
Summer 2005 / Volume 10, Number 4.
A publication of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
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Resource Annex
Articles
- "Aiming for AYP," by Anand Vaishnav (Harvard Education Letter, January/February 2005: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 5-6).
- A short article about the "educational tradeoffs" that the Brockton, Massachusetts school system has made in its attempt to meet adequate yearly progress.
- Devil is in the Details: Rural-Sensitive Best Practices for Accountability under No Child Left Behind [Policy brief], by Lorna Jimerson (Washington, DC: Rural School and Community Trust, 2004).
www.ruraledu.org/docs/devildetails.pdf
- Many aspects of AYP are especially challenging for rural schools and districts. This policy brief discusses those issues and offers several ideas for effectively addressing them.
- "A Framework for Assessing the Impact of Education Reforms on School Capacity: Insights from Studies of High-Stakes Accountability Initiatives," by Betty Malen & Jennifer King Rice (Educational Policy, November 2004: Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 631-660).
- This technical research study examines how NCLB and other educational reform policies, affect a school's capacity to change.
- Making Sense of Adequate Yearly Progress [Topical summary], by Wendell Anderson (Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2004).
www.nwrel.org/planning/reports/ayp/AYP.pdf
- A first step for those trying to understand current accountability systems, this article is especially good for parents.
- Making the Grade in AYP: What Your School Can Learn from This Year's Results, by Michael A. Resnick (Alexandria, VA: National School Board Association, 2004).
www.nsba.org/site/docs/34700/34655.pdf
- An AYP primer for school board members, this article includes a discussion of the many variations in state policies.
Online documents
- "Alternative Approaches to Measuring Adequate Yearly Progress," by Robert L. Linn, Eva L. Baker & Joan L. Herman (CRESST Line: Newsletter of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Winter 2003: pp. 1, 4-6).
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/products/newsletters/CLwinter2003_draft.pdf
- This online newsletter summarizes a 2002 conference that looked at many of the controversial aspects of AYP, and offered some alternatives.
- Holding High Hopes: How High Schools Respond to State Accountability Policies [Policy brief], by Margaret E. Goertz and Diane Massell (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2005).
www.cpre.org/Publications/rb42.pdf
- An in-depth look at how AYP and other accountability policies specifically affect high schools.
- Requirements for Measuring Adequate Yearly Progress [Policy brief], by Robert L. Linn (Los Angeles, CA: University of California at Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, 2003).
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/products/newsletters/policybrief6.pdf
- This policy brief summarizes the basics of AYP and the challenges they present for traditionally low-performing schools.
Useful Web sites:
- Education Commission of the States
ECS Report to the Nation. Indicator #2: Adequate Yearly Progress
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www.ecs.org/html/Special/NCLB/ReportToTheNation/docs/Indicator_2.pdf
- National School Board Association
Adequate Yearly Progress
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www.nsba.org/site/page.asp?TRACKID=&VID=1&CID=1172&DID=31602
