NCLB Title III Accountability:

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NCLB Title III Accountability

• Requirements and AMAO Issues

Ming Xu, Ph.D Office of State Assessment New York
State Education Department
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NCLB Title III Requirements

• Establish English language proficiency standards
• Conduct an annual, standard-based assessment of
  English Language Proficiency
• Define annual measurable achievement objectives
  (AMAOs) for increasing of ELLs progressing
  toward and attaining English proficiency and for
  meeting academic achievement standards
• Hold local educational agencies (LEAs)
  accountable for meeting the AMAOs

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Title III Annual Measurable Achievement
Objectives (AMAOs)

• AMAO 1 Annual increases in the number or
  percentage of ELLs making progress in learning
  English
• AMAO 2 Annual increases in the number or
  percentage of ELLs attaining English proficiency
• AMAO 3 Annual yearly progress (AYP) for ELL
  subgroup in meeting grade-level academic
  achievement standards in ELA and math

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Title III AMAO 1 Making Progress

• NYS Definition Advancement from one proficiency
  to the next each year until proficient based on
  overall proficiency level as measured by NYSESLAT
  scale scores
• Unit of Analysis Student level based on two
  years of matching NYSESLAT test data
• Reporting Level State and Title III district
  (number and percentage of Title III served ELLs
  making progress in learning English at the State
  and district level) aggregated from student level
  data
• AMAO 1 Target (2005-06) 60 for 2005-06 and 5
  increment each year thereafter (i.e. 65 for
  2006-07, 70 for 2007-08, etc)

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Title III AMAO 2 Attaining English Proficiency

• Definition Scoring at the proficient level
  (Level 4) on both LS and RW modality combinations
  of the NYSESLAT
• Unit of analysis Student level
• Reporting level State and Title III district
• AMAO 2 Target (2005-06) 10 for ELLs with 1 year
  of service, 14 for ELLs with 2 years of service,
  and 84 for ELLs with 3 or more years of service

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Title III AMAO 3 Making AYP

• Definition Meeting grade-level academic
  achievement standards in ELA and math based on
  district AYP data imported from Title I LEA NCLB
  AYP for ELL subgroup
• Office of Information and Reporting Services will
  provide information AYP target and method for
  determining district AYP status for ELL subgroup.

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Determining Title III District AMAO Status

• Meeting Title III AMAOs means meeting all three
  AMAO targets 1) making progress in English, 2)
  attaining ELP, and
• 3) making AYP under Title I.
• Determining AMAO 1 Number of ELLs who advance
  one proficiency level divided by total number of
  ELLs in district with 2 years of matching
  NYSESLAT test data.
• Determining AMAO 2 Number of ELLs who score at
  the proficient level on both LS and RW components
  on NYSESLAT divided by total number of ELLs in
  district.
• Determining AMAO 3 Title I AYP for ELL subgroup

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Title III State AMAO Status
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Title III District AMAO Status
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Challenges in Accurate Report on Title III AMAOs

• Identification of individual ELLs who are served
  by Title III programs by district
• Serious under reporting of Title III served ELLs
  in States individual student database
• Significant number of ELLs who were scored below
  proficiency in 2005 and should take the NYSESLAT
  in 2006 are missing 2006 NYSESLAT test data
• No true longitudinal data to calculate
  year-to-year progress until 2007.