How Feasible is Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)? Simulations of School AYP "Uniform Averaging" and "Safe Harbor" under the No Child Left Behind Act

Creator

Jaekyung Lee

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

April 2004

Abstract

... Through simulation analyses of Maine and Kentucky school performance data collected during the 1990s, this study investigates how feasible schools would have met the AYP targets if the mandate had been applied in the past with “uniform averaging (rolling averages)” and “safe harbor” options that have potential to help reduce the number of schools needing improvement or corrective action. ...

Keywords

United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Academic achievement

Extent

19

Geographic Location

Maine; Kentucky

Volume

12

Issue

13

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Lee, J., (2004, April 7). How Feasible is Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)? Simulations of School AYP “Uniform Averaging” and “Safe Harbor” under the No Child Left Behind Act. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(14). Retrieved [Date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n14.

Identifier

E11-00363

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Recommended Citation

Lee, Jaekyung, "How Feasible is Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)? Simulations of School AYP "Uniform Averaging" and "Safe Harbor" under the No Child Left Behind Act" (2004). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 470.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/470