2008-09 LEA Performances on Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs 1, 2, and 3) under NCLB Title III and Notice of Final Interpretations

The State Board of Education has adopted a policy (HSP-A-012, amended in September 2009) stating that subgrantees receiving Title III funds (including LEAs and public charter schools, with consortia as defined in No Child Left Behind legislation) must meet a series of Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs).

Based on the Notice of Final Interpretations (NOFI), published in the Federal Register by staff at the US Department of Education (October 2008), AMAO calculations have been altered compared to last year. Changes include:

·  For AMAO 1 (Progress):

o  No substantive changes have been made by the federal government. Determinations are still based only on LEP students in Title III entities that have had two annual ELP assessments.

o  The criterion for progress on the North Carolina assessments is determined for each LEP student by an increase in English language proficiency in at least one of the four assessed language domains. A series of correspondence tables linking IPT proficiency levels to ACCESS for ELLs proficiency levels was made in a bridge study conducted by researchers at the Center for Applied Linguistics (Summer, 2009).

·  For AMAO 2 (Proficiency):

o  As per the NOFI, all LEP students (K-12) are being included in calculation of AMAO 2. This is a change from last year’s determinations, when only LEP students in a Title III LEP program for 5 or more years were included in the cohort analyzed for this AMAO. In addition, no credit is being awarded this year to Title III subgrantees when LEP students attain English language proficiency shortly after entry into an LEP instructional program.

o  In this AMAO, a performance criterion for the attainment of English language proficiency was established. The criterion is a composite proficiency level of 4.8 on the ACCESS for ELLs, as well as obtaining a proficiency level of 4.0 on the reading and writing domains. The highest possible proficiency level on the ACCESS for ELLs, for both the composite score and scores in language domains, is 6.0

o  A target percentage of LEP students reaching this criterion was also set for Title III subgrantees to meet. If subgrantees meet or exceed that target percentage, AMAO 2 was “Met.” In consultation with ESL and Accountability Services staff, performance criteria and the target percentage (14.7%) were established by researchers at WestEd and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (Summer, 2009). The final criteria and target were approved by DPI’s LEP Testing Advisory Group and by the SBE.

·  For AMAO 3 (AYP for the LEP Subgroup):

o  Per federal regulations, AYP for the LEP subgroup was determined for Title III exactly as done under Title I. Programming changes for the incorporation of monitored former LEP students in these calculations was performed; this has been verified. A Title III subgrantee’s status on AMAO 3 is based on the performance of the LEP subgroup on four sub-targets (two subject areas at two grade spans). Performance on each subtarget is shown by functioning on two goals: Proficiency and 95% Participation.

The following report documents the status of all Title III entities (individual LEAs as well as LEAs grouped into the NE consortium) on AMAOs 1 and 2 (Progress and Proficiency) achieved during the ACCESS for ELLs annual assessment in Spring 2009. Each LEA’s status on AMAO 3 is also reported.

AMAO 1: Progress

Statewide targets for progress toward English language proficiency are first shown for several academic years (Table 1):

Table 1. Target Percentages for the Progress AMAO for Several Academic Years
Academic Years / Percent of LEP Students Making Progress in at Least One Domain (Reading, Writing, Speaking, or Listening)
2007-2008 / 60
2008-2009 / 65
2009-2010 / TBD*
*Target to be determined at a later date

Statewide in 2009, progress toward English language proficiency was met by all Title III entities. The percent of LEP students making progress toward English language proficiency, as well as AMAO 1 status, is shown in Table 2 for each Title III subgrantee.

Table 2. 2008-09 AMAO 1 Results by LEA/Consortium
Sub-grantee / Title III Subgrantee Name / Number with
Progress in At
Least 1 Domain / Students with 2
Annual
Administrations1 / AMAO 1 Percent / AMAO 1 Status
NE / NE Consortium / 297 / 354 / 83.9 / Met
010 / Alamance-Burlington Schools / 1901 / 2341 / 81.2 / Met
020 / Alexander County Schools / 154 / 198 / 77.8 / Met
030 / Alleghany County Schools / 65 / 74 / 87.8 / Met
050 / Ashe County Schools / 63 / 75 / 84.0 / Met
761 / Asheboro City Schools / 620 / 756 / 82.0 / Met
111 / Asheville City Schools / 87 / 105 / 82.9 / Met
060 / Avery County Schools / 96 / 105 / 91.4 / Met
070 / Beaufort County Schools / 285 / 330 / 86.4 / Met
090 / Bladen County Schools / 212 / 226 / 93.8 / Met
100 / Brunswick County Schools / 372 / 413 / 90.1 / Met
110 / Buncombe County Schools / 1271 / 1543 / 82.4 / Met
Sub-grantee / Title III Subgrantee Name / Number with
Progress in At
Least 1
Domain / Students with 2
Annual
Administrations1 / AMAO 1 Percent / AMAO 1 Status
120 / Burke County Schools / 800 / 1022 / 78.3 / Met
34D / C G Woodson Sch of Challenge / 58 / 69 / 84.1 / Met
130 / Cabarrus County Schools / 1463 / 1680 / 87.1 / Met
140 / Caldwell County Schools / 372 / 431 / 86.3 / Met
160 / Carteret County Public Schools / 127 / 155 / 81.9 / Met
180 / Catawba County Schools / 1150 / 1456 / 79.0 / Met
681 / Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools / 801 / 945 / 84.8 / Met
600 / Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools / 10242 / 12316 / 83.2 / Met
190 / Chatham County Schools / 951 / 1122 / 84.8 / Met
230 / Cleveland County Schools / 205 / 250 / 82.0 / Met
821 / Clinton City Schools / 159 / 175 / 90.9 / Met
240 / Columbus County Schools / 128 / 154 / 83.1 / Met
250 / Craven County Schools / 330 / 393 / 84.0 / Met
260 / Cumberland County Schools / 820 / 952 / 86.1 / Met
280 / Dare County Schools / 168 / 189 / 88.9 / Met
290 / Davidson County Schools / 233 / 275 / 84.7 / Met
300 / Davie County Schools / 205 / 244 / 84.0 / Met
310 / Duplin County Schools / 1314 / 1524 / 86.2 / Met
320 / Durham Public Schools / 3158 / 3674 / 86.0 / Met
330 / Edgecombe County Public School / 174 / 194 / 89.7 / Met
861 / Elkin City Schools / 113 / 127 / 89.0 / Met
340 / Forsyth County Schools / 4152 / 4948 / 83.9 / Met
350 / Franklin County Schools / 325 / 376 / 86.4 / Met
360 / Gaston County Schools / 1166 / 1329 / 87.7 / Met
390 / Granville County Schools / 352 / 430 / 81.9 / Met
400 / Greene County Schools / 337 / 419 / 80.4 / Met
410 / Guilford County Schools / 3951 / 4605 / 85.8 / Met
430 / Harnett County Schools / 1025 / 1166 / 87.9 / Met
440 / Haywood County Schools / 114 / 138 / 82.6 / Met
450 / Henderson County Schools / 927 / 1117 / 83.0 / Met
181 / Hickory City Schools / 504 / 595 / 84.7 / Met
470 / Hoke County Schools / 357 / 438 / 81.5 / Met
490 / Iredell-Statesville Schools / 748 / 848 / 88.2 / Met
500 / Jackson County Schools / 47 / 55 / 85.5 / Met
510 / Johnston County Schools / 1498 / 1800 / 83.2 / Met
132 / Kannapolis City Schools / 423 / 500 / 84.6 / Met
530 / Lee County Schools / 1026 / 1210 / 84.8 / Met
540 / Lenoir County Public Schools / 321 / 411 / 78.1 / Met
291 / Lexington City Schools / 324 / 397 / 81.6 / Met
550 / Lincoln County Schools / 310 / 371 / 83.6 / Met
Sub-grantee / Title III Subgrantee Name / Number with
Progress in At
Least 1
Domain / Students with 2
Annual
Administrations1 / AMAO 1 Percent / AMAO 1 Status
560 / Macon County Schools / 144 / 161 / 89.4 / Met
590 / McDowell County Schools / 328 / 396 / 82.8 / Met
620 / Montgomery County Schools / 409 / 491 / 83.3 / Met
630 / Moore County Schools / 438 / 527 / 83.1 / Met
862 / Mount Airy City Schools / 78 / 96 / 81.3 / Met
640 / Nash-Rocky Mount Schools / 452 / 547 / 82.6 / Met
650 / New Hanover County Schools / 700 / 795 / 88.1 / Met
182 / Newton Conover City Schools / 288 / 358 / 80.4 / Met
670 / Onslow County Schools / 187 / 226 / 82.7 / Met
680 / Orange County Schools / 187 / 237 / 78.9 / Met
710 / Pender County Schools / 307 / 367 / 83.7 / Met
730 / Person County Schools / 69 / 86 / 80.2 / Met
740 / Pitt County Schools / 517 / 586 / 88.2 / Met
750 / Polk County Schools / 82 / 90 / 91.1 / Met
760 / Randolph County Schools / 774 / 907 / 85.3 / Met
770 / Richmond County Schools / 189 / 243 / 77.8 / Met
780 / Robeson County Schools / 710 / 830 / 85.5 / Met
790 / Rockingham County Schools / 376 / 465 / 80.9 / Met
800 / Rowan-Salisbury Schools / 813 / 979 / 83.0 / Met
810 / Rutherford County Schools / 209 / 247 / 84.6 / Met
98A / Sallie B Howard School / 138 / 153 / 90.2 / Met
820 / Sampson County Schools / 885 / 1068 / 82.9 / Met
840 / Stanly County Schools / 368 / 454 / 81.1 / Met
850 / Stokes County Schools / 65 / 77 / 84.4 / Met
860 / Surry County Schools / 498 / 577 / 86.3 / Met
292 / Thomasville City Schools / 307 / 338 / 90.8 / Met
900 / Union County Public Schools / 1085 / 1178 / 92.1 / Met
910 / Vance County Schools / 350 / 424 / 82.5 / Met
920 / Wake County Schools / 8380 / 9736 / 86.1 / Met
950 / Watauga County Schools / 81 / 92 / 88.0 / Met
960 / Wayne County Public Schools / 1045 / 1236 / 84.5 / Met
241 / Whiteville City Schools / 73 / 85 / 85.9 / Met
970 / Wilkes County Schools / 413 / 531 / 77.8 / Met
980 / Wilson County Schools / 366 / 420 / 87.1 / Met
990 / Yadkin County Schools / 384 / 454 / 84.6 / Met
995 / Yancey County Schools / 127 / 147 / 86.4 / Met
1 LEP students used in AMAO 1 determinations include those with annual ELP assessments from the 2007-08 academic year (IPT proficiency levels) and from 2008-09 academic year (ACCESS for ELLs proficiency levels). Linkages between IDEA IPT and ACCESS for ELLs proficiency levels were determined with a bridge study conducted at the Center for Applied Linguistics (Summer, 2009).

AMAO2 (Proficiency), 2008-09

AMAO2 results, based on the percent of LEP students attaining English language proficiency (ELP), are shown below. The criterion for attaining ELP was defined as obtaining, on the ACCESS for ELLs, a composite proficiency level of 4.8, with proficiency levels of at least 4.0 on both the Reading and Writing domains. This criterion and a target percentage (14.7%) were established with the assistance from external consultants. Targets for several academic years are shown in Table 3. The AMAO 2 numerator, denominator, the AMAO 2 ratio expressed as a percentage, and status on this AMAO are shown in Table 4. This table shows that the NE consortium did not meet the AMAO 2 target, and that approximately 28% of the Title III entities (25/88) met the AMAO 2 target of 14.7%.

Table 3. Target Percentages for the Proficiency AMAO for Several Academic Years
Academic Years / Percent of All LEP Students
Attaining English Language Proficiency
2006-2007 / 35
2007-2008 / 17
2008-2009 / 14.7
2009-2010 / TBD*
*Target to be determined at a later date
Table 4. 2008-2009 Title III Subgrantee Performance on AMAO 2
Sub-
grantee / Title III Subgrantee Name/
Consortium Fiscal Agent / Numerator / Denominator / AMAO 2 Percent / AMAO 2 Status
NE / Tyrrell County Schools / 58 / 493 / 11.8 / Not Met
010 / Alamance-Burlington Schools / 302 / 2860 / 10.6 / Not Met
020 / Alexander County Schools / 45 / 297 / 15.2 / Met
030 / Alleghany County Schools / 23 / 138 / 16.7 / Met
050 / Ashe County Schools / 18 / 140 / 12.9 / Not Met
060 / Avery County Schools / 20 / 128 / 15.6 / Met
070 / Beaufort County Schools / 36 / 417 / 8.6 / Not Met
090 / Bladen County Schools / 39 / 298 / 13.1 / Not Met
100 / Brunswick County Schools / 59 / 534 / 11.0 / Not Met
110 / Buncombe County Schools / 276 / 1961 / 14.1 / Not Met
111 / Asheville City Schools / 20 / 126 / 15.9 / Met
120 / Burke County Schools / 218 / 1198 / 18.2 / Met
130 / Cabarrus County Schools / 320 / 2091 / 15.3 / Met
132 / Kannapolis City Schools / 110 / 837 / 13.1 / Not Met
140 / Caldwell County Schools / 79 / 502 / 15.7 / Met
160 / Carteret County Public Schools / 22 / 189 / 11.6 / Not Met
180 / Catawba County Schools / 344 / 1789 / 19.2 / Met
181 / Hickory City Schools / 103 / 728 / 14.1 / Not Met
182 / Newton Conover City Schools / 58 / 425 / 13.6 / Not Met
190 / Chatham County Schools / 158 / 1322 / 12.0 / Not Met
230 / Cleveland County Schools / 55 / 312 / 17.6 / Met
240 / Columbus County Schools / 15 / 244 / 6.1 / Not Met
Sub-
grantee / Title III Subgrantee Name/
Consortium Fiscal Agent / Numerator / Denominator / AMAO 2 Percent / AMAO 2 Status
241 / Whiteville City Schools / 18 / 106 / 17.0 / Met
250 / Craven County Schools / 53 / 607 / 8.7 / Not Met
260 / Cumberland County Schools / 189 / 1339 / 14.1 / Not Met
280 / Dare County Schools / 31 / 239 / 13.0 / Not Met
290 / Davidson County Schools / 40 / 400 / 10.0 / Not Met
291 / Lexington City Schools / 62 / 649 / 9.6 / Not Met
292 / Thomasville City Schools / 58 / 440 / 13.2 / Not Met
300 / Davie County Schools / 27 / 300 / 9.0 / Not Met
310 / Duplin County Schools / 159 / 1805 / 8.8 / Not Met
320 / Durham Public Schools / 434 / 4552 / 9.5 / Not Met
330 / Edgecombe County Public School / 31 / 328 / 9.5 / Not Met