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Understanding School Labels and AYP in Tucson Unified School District

This informative guide explains school labels under the No Child Left Behind Act, detailing performance categories like Excelling and Underperforming. Learn about the meaning of Arizona Learns and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), a measure of schools’ academic standards performance. The document outlines options for parents if their child’s school fails to meet AYP, including school transfers and tutoring services. Find contact information for family support within the Tucson Unified School District for further questions.

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Understanding School Labels and AYP in Tucson Unified School District

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  1. School Labels • TUSD-Title 1 Family Support

  2. Topics • What are school labels • What is AZ Learns • What is AYP

  3. What is a school label? • Under No Child Left Behind, it is a measure of how well a school is doing.

  4. School Labels • Excelling- No Title 1 Schools • Highly Performing • Tully 3

  5. School Labels (cont.)Performing Plus • Cavett • Hollinger • Lawrence

  6. Ft. Lowell Lynn Urquides Maldonado Ochoa Robison Wright Dietz Maxwell Safford Elementary/ Middle Valencia Wakefield Corbett Drachman Grijalva Menlo Park Miller Roskruge Elementary/ Middle Warren School Labels (cont.)Underperforming

  7. School Labels (cont.)Underperforming/Failing • Naylor • Hohokam

  8. What Schools Are Available for Transfer? • If your child attends a school that received a falling label, your child has the option of transfering to: • Vail Middle School • Gridley Middle School • Townsend Middle School

  9. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) = an individual state’s measure of progress toward the 100% of students achieving the academic standards set by the state in at least reading/language arts and math.

  10. What Does Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Do? • Sets a minimum level of proficiency that the state, its school districts, and schools must achieve each year on annual tests and related academic indicators. 5

  11. What if my Child’s School Did Not Make AYP? • If your child attends a Title 1 school that does not make AYP over a period of years, you will have the options of: • transferring your child to another school • or free tutoring (supplemental educational services) 6

  12. Consequences of Not Making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • Title 1 Schools who have not made AYP for two school years in a row, will be identified as needing school improvement before the beginning of the next school year. • Immediately after a school is found to not be making AYP, school officials must develop a two year plan to turnaround the school • Students must also be offered the option of transferring to another school in the district. 8

  13. Questions? Please Contact Priscilla McCraney TUSD Title 1 Family Support 520-225-3290

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