29 percent of schools don't make 'adequate yearly progress' (Roswell, Alpharetta: high schools, rank)

[ericsonga]

29 percent of schools don't make 'adequate yearly progress' *| ajc.com

Just came across this, kinda sad really. However, on a bright note, out of the 130 or so schools in Gwinnett County, all but 4 made AYP. Woohoo!

[DeaconJ]

I doubt that most people even understand what "average yearly progress" entails. It's actually something leftover from the Bush regime - the No Child Left Behind nonsense. It's just another attempt to unfairly rank and compare schools in completely different circumstances.

[PKCorey]

Well, all 18 in Rockdale made it...nice...

[BobKovacs]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

I doubt that most people even understand what "average yearly progress" entails. It's actually something leftover from the Bush regime - the No Child Left Behind nonsense. It's just another attempt to unfairly rank and compare schools in completely different circumstances.

Unfair, nonsense, or whatever you want to call it, it's still one of the only indicators we have at the moment to compare schools in various cities/counties. I'm happy to say that the majority of Cherokee County's schools made AYP and also got into the "distinguished" category. Not surprisingly, the only schools that didn't make AYP are the night school and the schools in the cluster that has all of the "undocumented guests" (can't call them "illegal immigrants", after all) in Canton.

[Mattie]

Originally Posted by BobKovacs

Unfair, nonsense, or whatever you want to call it, it's still one of the only indicators we have at the moment to compare schools in various cities/counties. I'm happy to say that the majority of Cherokee County's schools made AYP and also got into the "distinguished" category. Not surprisingly, the only schools that didn't make AYP are the night school and the schools in the cluster that has all of the "undocumented guests" (can't call them "illegal immigrants", after all) in Canton.

Yup, and I'll be glad Milton schools continue to score well when we're looking to sell. What's happening in Roswell though? Neither Roswell HS nor Centennial met AYP, and I don't think their demographics are much different than say Alpharetta, where they did.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by BobKovacs

Unfair, nonsense, or whatever you want to call it, it's still one of the only indicators we have at the moment to compare schools in various cities/counties. I'm happy to say that the majority of Cherokee County's schools made AYP and also got into the "distinguished" category. Not surprisingly, the only schools that didn't make AYP are the night school and the schools in the cluster that has all of the "undocumented guests" (can't call them "illegal immigrants", after all) in Canton.

True, but people still tend to fall for the rhetoric without knowing exactly what it is. They use it either as a rallying point or a call for action, when it should be used for neither.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by Mattie

Yup, and I'll be glad Milton schools continue to score well when we're looking to sell. What's happening in Roswell though? Neither Roswell HS nor Centennial met AYP, and I don't think their demographics are much different than say Alpharetta, where they did.

Schools that start out higher have a harder time meeting AYP...I don't know the situations at Roswell or Centennial, but AYP is based on improvement. It's possible that those schools had less room to improve and therefore didn't meet AYP.

[Mattie]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

Schools that start out higher have a harder time meeting AYP...I don't know the situations at Roswell or Centennial, but AYP is based on improvement. It's possible that those schools had less room to improve and therefore didn't meet AYP.

But if that's the case, then a school like Walton in Cobb, which sets the bar for Georgia public high schools, would struggle to meet the standards every year. Yet, it doesn't.

[BobKovacs]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

True, but people still tend to fall for the rhetoric without knowing exactly what it is. They use it either as a rallying point or a call for action, when it should be used for neither.

Why shouldn't it be used for either? If a school continues to improve, that's a good thing. If it's not meeting the measures it's supposed to, that may be a sign that something needs to change.

[Newsboy]

Fayette County Schools have never NOT made AYP ~~ that is, not one of the 28 schools in Fayette County has ever failed. Ever. Since AYP was implemented anyway. Why? Because administrators there know how to pass. Not to say the schools are any worse or better than anywhere else, just that Fayette figured out how to pass and made it a priority even with rapidly changing demographics.