AYP, or Adequate Yearly Progress, is one of four components in Ohio's Accountability System. This term originated from The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, under Section 111(b)(2)(C). Each state must establish a definition of adequate yearly progress. This definition is used to measure the achievement of schools and districts over time. Under No Child Left Behind, each state has developed and implemented measurements for determining whether its schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) are making adequate yearly progress (AYP). AYP is an individual state's measure of progress toward the goal of 100 percent of students achieving to state academic standards in at least reading/language arts and math. It sets the minimum level of proficiency that the state, its school districts, and schools must achieve each year on annual tests and related academic indicators. Parents whose children are attending Title I (low-income) schools that do not make AYP over a period of years are given options to transfer their child to another school or obtain free tutoring (supplemental educational services). |