Dear School Community:

RIDE developed this binder of draft guidance documents  to help you understand your responsibilities and options for responding to NCLB sanctions.  This document collection provides accountability checklists, communication and response tools, and state reporting formats that will enable you to fulfill both district and school responsibilities mandated under No Child Left Behind.

Watch Schools                                                                                                                                            (Binder Resources)

“Watch Schools” are schools that have not met adequate yearly progress (AYP) measures and have been identified as such in the most recent school classifications by the Rhode Island Department of Education.  While there are no sanctions or interventions specified under Title I for such schools, the RIDE encourages schools and school districts to become more pro-active by using the principles and practices associated with the literature on school improvement.
 

Year 1: Choice                                                                                                                                              (Binder Resources)

Title I schools that have not met AYP measures for two consecutive years are in school improvement status for the first year and must offer transfer choices to all parents of children enrolled in such schools.  The offer must be made prior to the start of the new school year.  Parents are to be provided the names of each public school and charter school to which their child(ren) may transfer, including academic achievement information,  A district must provide or provide for technical assistance to the school and the school is required to revise/revisit its school improvement plan, with a peer review of the plan occurring within timelines outlined in the NCLB. 

Year 2: Supplemental Educational Services (SES)                                                                             (Binder Resources)

Title I schools that have not met AYP measures for three consecutive years are in school improvement status for the second year and must offer supplemental educational services to enrolled students from low-income families for extra academic assistance outside of the school day. Schools must continue to offer this assistance from the State-approved provider list until the schools are no longer identified for improvement.  All requirements of Year 1 are to continue.

Year 3: Corrective Action                                                                                                                          (Binder Resources)

Title I schools that have not met AYP measures for four consecutive years are in school improvement status for the third year and must continue to implement provisions of Years 1 and 2. Corrective action (at least one of seven required by NCLB) by the district represents intentions to take greater control of the school’s management and to have a greater role in school decision-making.  The corrective action intervention by the district is designed to increase in a substantial way the likelihood that all students will reach or exceed state proficiency standards which has not occurred over the last four consecutive years.

Year 4: Restructuring                                                                                                                                 (Binder Resources)

Title I schools that have not met AYP measures for five consecutive years are in school improvement status for the fourth year (Year 4) and must continue to implement provisions of Years 1-3. School restructuring is a two-step process.  Generally speaking, the LEA has one school year to prepare a restructuring plan and to arrange to implement it. The second step of the process is the implementation of the restructuring plan which generally takes place in the ensuing year.  Restructuring requires that the school district make an extensive intervention in the functioning of such schools and major changes in the school’s operation by preparing plan to implement an alternative governance system for the school.

 Year 5 and Beyond: Restructuring                                                                                                         (Binder Resources)

Title I schools that have not met AYP measures for five consecutive years are in school improvement status for the fourth year (Year 4) and must continue to implement provisions of Years 1-3. School restructuring is a two-step process.  Generally speaking, the LEA has one school year to prepare a restructuring plan and to arrange to implement it. The second step of the process is the implementation of the restructuring plan which generally takes place in the ensuing year.  Restructuring requires that the school district make an extensive intervention in the functioning of such schools and major changes in the school’s operation by preparing plan to implement an alternative governance