Students Enrolled in Their First Full Academic Year in a U.S. School

Maryland State Board of Education - Proposed Revisions to NCLB Consolidated Plan March 30, 2004

1. LEP Students

Rev. March 26, 2004

Students enrolled in their first full academic year in a U.S. school

Rev. March 26, 2004

CURRENT

/

PROPOSED

Test

/

AYP

/

Test

/

AYP

Reading

/ Yes
(MSA) / Yes / No / No

Math

/ Yes
(MSA) / Yes / Yes
(MSA) / No

English Lang. Fluency

/ Yes
(IPT) / No / Yes
(IPT, counts as Reading participation) / No

Rev. March 26, 2004

IPT = IDEA Proficiency Test

Exited LEP Students

CURRENT

/

PROPOSED

Test

/

in LEP group for AYP?

/

Test

/

in LEP group for AYP?

Reading / Yes
(MSA) / No / Yes
(MSA) / Yes*
Math / Yes
(MSA) / No / Yes
(MSA) / Yes*

*included in LEP subgroup calculation for two years after exiting LEP program.

Rev. March 26, 2004

Rev. March 26, 2004

2. Geometry Policy – High School MSA

CURRENT

/

PROPOSED

AYP determined using cohort groups: begin with 12th grade and include a grade each year until middle school grades are included. / AYP based on performance of all students who took the Geometry end-of-course assessment in one school year.
High schools are accountable for members of cohort group who took the assessment in middle school. / Middle school students’ geometry assessment scores count at the system and state levels. They will not be attributed to a high school.

3. Graduation Rate

CURRENT

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PROPOSED

The Graduation Rate must meet intermediate and final AMOs / The Graduation Rate must either meet AMOs OR improve from the previous year

4. Alt-MSA – The 1% Limitation for Students w/ Severe Disabilities

CURRENT

/

PROPOSED

The number of students taking Alt-MSA and scoring Basic, Proficient, and Advanced can not exceed 1% of all test takers / The number of students taking Alt-MSA and scoring Proficient and Advanced can not exceed 1% of all test takers

5. Minimum Subgroup Sizes

CURRENT

/

PROPOSED

Set at 5 (w/ confidence intervals) for all racial/ethnic subgroups at the school, LEA, and State levels / Considering different minimum subgroup sizes for the LEP and Special Education subgroups. Also, considering different subgroup sizes for school, LEA, and State levels.

Rev. March 26, 2004