ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS:

Here is the definition of Adequate Yearly Progress from the TEA web site:

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

Under the accountability provisions in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all public school campuses, school districts, and the state are evaluated for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Districts, campuses, and the state are required to meet AYP criteria on three measures: Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics, and either Graduation Rate (for high schools and districts) or Attendance Rate (for elementary and middle/junior high schools).

If a campus, district, or state that is receiving Title I, Part A funds fails to meet AYP for two consecutive years, that campus, district, or state is subject to certain requirements such as offering supplemental education services, offering school choice, and/or taking corrective actions.

Katy ISD like many other school districts in Harris County failed to meet AYP in 2012.

As I have stated elsewhere, it is perhaps better if one's school didn't meet AYP.  All "meeting AYP"  means is that the students at the particular school have been sufficiently dumbed down, socialized, and transmuted enough to meet the requirements of the Federal Laws known as School to Work and No Child Left Behind.  But you can bet the push will be on to "shape up" your child the minute school starts.  Looks bad for the superintendent and the principal if they don't have compliant campuses. Here are the listings for all the Katy schools:

When half of the Texas schools failed the AYP, it just disappeared.  I suppose the Feds didn't want to embarrass school superintendents any more than they have to. There is no explanation on the TEA website about why AYP is not still a part of the evaluation of public schools.  I include the table of schools here, because probably nothing much has changed in two years.

DISTRICT/CAMPUS NAME    NUMBER   AYP STATUS     COMMENTS                                                                          REQUIREMENTS

 

KATY ISD                                101914    MISSED AYP    READING (PERFORMANCE) AND MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)     NONE

KATY H S                                    001      MISSED AYP      MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)

TAYLOR H S                                002     MEETS AYP

OPPORTUNITY AWARENESS CENTER      003      NOT EVALUATED OTHER

MAYDE CREEK H S                    005    MISSED AYP      READING (PERFORMANCE) AND MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)

CINCO RANCH H S                    007     MISSED AYP MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)

MORTON RANCH H S               009      MISSED AYP    READING (PERFORMANCE)

SEVEN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL   010     MEETS AYP

RAINES H S                                011      MEETS AYP     RESULTS OF SMALL NUMBER ANALYSIS

HARRIS CO SCH FOR ACCELERATED LR    033    NOT EVALUATED OTHER

FORT BEND CO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL   034      NOT EVALUATED OTHER

KATY J H                                    041      MISSED AYP    MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)    NONE

WEST MEMORIAL J H               042     MEETS AYP     NONE

MAYDE CREEK J H                   043    MISSED AYP      MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)    NONE

MEMORIAL PARKWAY J H        044    MISSED AYP     READING (PERFORMANCE) AND MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)

T H MCDONALD J H                  045     MEETS AYP    NONE

RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H   046     MEETS AYP

GARLAND MCMEANS JR HIGH  047     MEETS AYP

CINCO RANCH J H                     048     MEETS AYP

MORTON RANCH J H               049     MISSED AYP     MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)    NONE

BECKENDORFF JUNIOR HIGH 050      MEETS AYP

CARDIFF J H                              051     MEETS AYP    NONE

WOODCREEK J H                     052     MEETS AYP

MAURICE L WOLFE EL             101     MEETS AYP    NONE

KATY EL                                    102     MEETS AYP

WEST MEMORIAL EL               103     MEETS AYP     NONE

MEMORIAL PARKWAY EL        104    MEETS AYP    NONE

ZELMA HUTSELL EL                105      MEETS AYP     NONE

BEAR CREEK EL                      106    MEETS AYP    NONE

CIMARRON EL                          107     MEETS AYP

DIANE WINBORN EL                 108     MEETS AYP

NOTTINGHAM COUNTRY EL   109    MEETS AYP

SUNDOWN EL                           110     MEETS AYP     NONE

MAYDE CREEK EL                    111    MEETS AYP    NONE

HAZEL S PATTISON EL            112     MEETS AYP

LORAINE T GOLBOW EL          113     MEETS AYP    NONE

EDNA MAE FIELDER EL           114 MEETS     AYP

JEANETTE HAYES EL              115    MEETS    AYP

MCROBERTS EL                      116    MEETS AYP    NONE

ROOSEVELT ALEXANDER EL 117   MEETS AYP

JAMES E WILLIAMS EL            118     MEETS AYP

SUE CREECH EL                     119     MEETS AYP

ROBERT KING ELEMENTARY 120    MISSED AYP     READING (PERFORMANCE)    NONE

SCHMALZ ELEMENTARY         121    MISSED AYP     MATHEMATICS (PERFORMANCE)    NONE

ODESSA KILPATRICK EL         122     MEETS AYP

RYLANDER EL                          123    MEETS AYP

JOELLA EXLEY EL                   124     MEETS AYP

JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL 125     MEETS AYP     NONE

FRANZ EL                                  126     MEETS AYP     NONE

GRIFFIN EL                                127     MEETS AYP

URSULA STEPHENS EL           128     MEETS AYP    NONE

WOODCREEK EL                      129     MEETS     AYP

MORTON RANCH EL                130    MEETS     AYP NONE

BONNIE HOLLAND EL              131     MEETS AYP

STANLEY C STANLEY EL        132      MEETS AYP

 

The Harris County school districts that met the minimum requirements of the No Child Left Behind standards

are Friendswood ISD, Sheldon ISD, Tomball ISD, Waller ISD and Lamar Consolidated ISD. The Chronicle

tried to pass them off at "mostly smaller systems"-which I suppose they are, but Lamar Consolidated has

over 25,000 students and, like Katy ISD,  is a "minority district" with 29% white students.

1. Instant News Katy Article on AYP