- Letter from the Commissioner
- Executive Summary
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Demographic Context
- Chapter 2: Characteristics of Schools
- Chapter 3: Student Behaviors and Afterschool Activities
- Chapter 4: Academic Preparation and Achievement
- Chapter 5: College Knowledge
- Chapter 6: Postsecondary Education
- Chapter 7: Postsecondary Outcomes and Employment
- Chapter 8: Multivariate Analyses of Immediate Postsecondary Enrollment and Degree Attainment
- References
- Appendix A: Technical Appendix: Logistic Regression Analysis and Imputation Procedures
- Appendix B: Guide to Sources
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Chapter 2: Characteristics of Schools
Indicator 7: Adequate Yearly Progress
In school year 2008–09, higher percentages of Hispanic (48 percent), Black (46 percent), American Indian/Alaska Native (43 percent), and Asian/Pacific Islander (40 percent) students attended schools that did not meet adequate yearly progress (AYP) than did their White peers (33 percent).
Adequate yearly progress (AYP) is an individual state's measure of yearly progress
toward achieving state academic standards based on criteria contained in the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) statute that involve meeting predetermined annual
objectives in various subject areas. AYP represents the minimum level of improvement
that public schools must attain each year. In school year 2008–09, some 60 percent
of the 48 million students in public elementary and secondary schools that reported
data attended a school that met AYP. Thirty-nine percent attended schools that did
not meet AYP, and 1 percent attended schools that were not required to meet AYP.
The percentage of students attending schools that did not meet AYP was similar for
males and females (both overall and within each racial/ethnic group), although it
did vary by race/ethnicity. Higher percentages of Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific
Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students than White students attended
schools that did not meet AYP. The percentages were: Hispanics (48 percent), Blacks
(46 percent), American Indians/ Alaska Natives (43 percent), Asians/Pacific Islanders
(40 percent), and Whites (33 percent).
Technical Notes
Data are derived from the 96 percent of public schools that reported on adequate yearly progress. This indicator presents information on Asians and Pacific Islanders as a combined category because the data were collected in a manner that does not permit separate reporting. Since 96 percent of all Asian/Pacific Islander 5- to 24-year-olds are Asian, this combined category substantially reflects the situation for Asians, rather than Pacific Islanders. For more information, please see the introduction to this report.
Figure 7-1 Percentage of students attending
public elementary and secondary schools, by status of adequate yearly progress (AYP),
race/ethnicity, and sex: School year 2008–09
Table E-7-1 Number and percentage of students attending
public elementary and secondary schools, by status of adequate yearly progress (AYP),
sex, and race/ethnicity: School year 2008–09
