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Is your child’s school helping all children make progress?
On October 23, the Massachusetts Department of Education posted final AYP (Adequate Year Progress) reports for public school and districts. By looking at it, you can tell if your child’s school has met state proficiency goals in English language arts and mathematics. If the school has not made enough progress, your child might be eligible to receive free tutoring, called Supplemental Education Services (SES).
Massachusetts PIRC has prepared an online version of this data that is more easily accessible to families. To find your child’s school click here. Schools are organized by district.
Once you find your child’s school, the first column will let you know if your school has an “2007 ELA Status.” Having a “status” means that your child’s school has not met its annual goals for two or more years in a row. A similar column to the right will give the same information regarding the “2007 Math Status.”
Both ELA and Math have two other columns which show whether or not the AYP goals were met in the ‘Aggregate” (which means the average of all students in the school) or by the “Subgroups” (subgroups include students with disabilities, English Language Learners, low-income students).
The third column in from the right will indicated if the school is a Title I school, and the last two columns will indicate if the school must provide school choice and/or Supplemental Educational Services.
To access the Massachusetts Department of Education website version of these data, Click here. The far right column will indicate if your child’s school must provide free tutoring (called Supplemental Educational Services – SES) or school choice.
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