Adequate yearly progress in small rural schools and rural low-income schools

Author(s)

T.W. Farmer
M-C Leung
Jonathan Banks, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
V. Schaefer
B. Andrews
R.A. Murray

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Publication Title

The Rural Educator

First Page

1

Last Page

7

Abstract/Excerpt

Adequate yearly progress (AYP) on No Child Left Behind criteria was examined for a randomly selected sample of districts that qualify for the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP). The sample involved 10% of districts that were eligible for the Small Rural Schools Achievement (SRSA) program and 10% that were eligible for the Rural and Low-income Schools (RLIS) program. Based on district reports, nearly 80% of SRSA schools made AYP, 11% failed, and 11% did not have adequate data. For schools in the RLIS program, districts reported that 65% made AYP, 29% failed, and 6% did not report adequate data. The SRSA and RLIS samples had different patterns for the categories of students that did not make AYP. Also, SRSA and RLIS districts were differentially distributed across the United States. Implications for interventions are discussed

NSUWorks Citation

Farmer, T., Leung, M., Banks, J., Schaefer, V., Andrews, B., Murray, R. (2006). Adequate yearly progress in small rural schools and rural low-income schools. The Rural Educator, 1-7.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1013