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Monday, September 12, 2005
A recent analysis by the District’s Office of School Accountability shows that the number of DPS schools making Adequate Yearly Progress, the yardstick used by the federal government to measure the academic performance of a school, rose substantially this past year.
In all, there were 244 DPS schools in the AYP count. Of these, 74 percent, or 181, met AYP for one or more years while 63, or 26 percent, did not. Fifty-nine schools failed to make AYP. The latter are schools that have not met AYP for at least two years in a row.
The new AYP results are an impressive gain over the 2002-03 and 2003-04 school years. Ninety-two more schools met AYP this year than in 2003-2004.
Of the 181 schools that met AYP, 69 are in what is known as the phase delay stage. In other words, they need to meet AYP for one more year to completely come off the list of schools classified as not making AYP.
An additional four schools were placed in a category known as “Phase Zero Alert.” This category is for schools that did not meet AYP for just one year.
In the 2003-04 school year 99 schools met AYP and 13 were placed on “Phase Zero Alert.” Another 133 had not met AYP for at least two consecutive years. In the 2002-03 school year, only 72 schools made AYP in both subjects. Nineteen additional schools were placed on “Phase Zero Alert.”
“This is terrific news,” said William F. Coleman III, CEO of the Detroit Public Schools. “This is unprecedented. It shows that we are turning the corner. When you take into account the steady increase in performance on the standardized examinations, there is no question we are well on our way to becoming a school district that is competitive in every way.
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