DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of EducationRULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-1.09981: Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and AccountabilityNOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34, No. 11, March 14, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.
The notice of change issued in the May 2, 2008, edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly was in error. The change should be noticed as follows:
Subparagraph (1)(a)3., and paragraph (8)(b) are amended to read:
(1)(a)3. Schools designated as Performance Grade “C” or above shall be required to demonstrate that adequate progress in reading, defined as annual learning gains in paragraph (5)(b) of this rule, has been made by the lowest twenty-five (25) percent of students in the school who scored at or below FCAT Achievement Level 3, based on their previous year’s FCAT score. The minimum requirement for adequate progress is deemed to be met when at least fifty (50) percent of such students make learning gains as defined in paragraph (5)(b) of this rule. If the percent of such students making learning gains is below fifty (50) percent in the current year, adequate progress can be met if:
a. Schools demonstrate a one (1) percentage point improvement in the percent of such students making learning gains over the prior year, if the percent of such students making learning gains is at least forty (40) percent in the current year; or
b. Schools demonstrate a five (5) percentage point improvement in the percent of such students making learning gains over the prior year, if the percent of such students making learning gains is below forty (40) percent in the current year.
If the minimum requirement for adequate progress in reading among the lowest twenty-five (25) percent of students in the school is not met, the School Advisory Council shall amend its School Improvement Plan to include a component for improving learning gains of the lowest performing students. If a school otherwise designated as Performance Grade “B” or “C” does not make adequate progress, as defined above, in at least one (1) of two (2) consecutive years, the final Performance Grade designation shall be reduced by one (1) letter grade. No school shall be designated as Performance Grade “A” unless the adequate progress criterion in reading, learning gains for at least half of the lowest performing students, is met each year.
(8)(b) Math lowest twenty-five (25) percent will be added as an additional category of performance beginning in 2006-07. For this category of achievement, schools will earn one (1) point for each percent of students in the lowest twenty-five (25) percent in mathematics in the school who make learning gains as defined in paragraph (5)(b) of this rule. Improvement of the lowest twenty-five (25) percent of students in mathematics in each grade, as defined in paragraph (5)(b) of this rule, shall be aggregated for each school, unless the students so designated are performing above proficiency, defined as FCAT Achievement Levels 4 and 5.
1. Schools designated as Performance Grade “C” or above shall be required to demonstrate that adequate progress in mathematics, defined as annual learning gains in paragraph (5)(b) of this rule, has been made by the lowest twenty-five (25) percent of students in the school who scored at or below FCAT Achievement Level 3, based on their previous year’s FCAT score. The minimum requirement for adequate progress is deemed to be met when at least fifty (50) percent of such students make learning gains as defined in paragraph (5)(b) of this rule. If the percent of such students making learning gains is below fifty (50) percent in the current year, adequate progress can be met if:
a. Schools demonstrate a one (1) percentage point improvement in the percent of such students making learning gains over the prior year, if the percent of such students making learning gains is at least forty (40) percent in the current year; or
b. Schools demonstrate a five (5) percentage point improvement in the percent of such students making learning gains over the prior year, if the percent of such students making learning gains is below forty (40) percent in the current year.
If the minimum requirement for adequate progress in mathematics among the lowest twenty-five (25) percent of students in the school is not met, the School Advisory Council shall amend its School Improvement Plan to include a component for improving learning gains of the lowest performing students. If a school otherwise designated as Performance Grade “B” or “C” does not make adequate progress, as defined above, in at least one (1) of two (2) consecutive years, the final Performance Grade designation shall be reduced by one (1) letter grade. No school shall be designated as Performance Grade “A” unless the adequate progress criterion in mathematics, learning gains for at least half of the lowest performing students, is met each year.
