2010-2011 District Annual Report Released

The Annual Education Report (AER) provides key information on the 2010-2011 educational progress of the Kalamazoo Public Schools district (KPS) as required by federal (No Child Left Behind Act) and state (P.A. 25) laws. The AER is attached as a pdf for you to review here, and paper copies are available in the main office of each school.

The State of Michigan provides a guide to reading and understanding district and school report cards here. District staff are also available to help you understand the information contained in this report. Please contact WitzakB [at] kalamazoo [dot] k12 [dot] mi [dot] us (subject: 2010-2011%20Annual%20Report%20Question) (Barbara Witzak) in the Teaching and Learning Services department if you need assistance. 

The report contains the following information:

Student Assessment Data − Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP), Michigan Merit Exam (MME) and Michigan’s Alternative Assessment Program (MI-Access)

• Presents achievement data for English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 to 8 (MEAP) and for grade 11 (MME), and science for grades 5 and 8 compared to targets for all students as well as subgroups of students
• Provides achievement data for English language arts, mathematics and science for students with significant disabilities (MI-Access) compared to targets for all students with disabilities as well as subgroups of students
• Helps readers understand achievement progress within schools and compare these to district and state achievement

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) – Detail Data and Status

Provides information from assessments, graduation and attendance rates and AYP status in relation to four criteria:

• The district must test 95% of students in total and in each required subgroup
• The district must attain achievement goals in English language arts and mathematics or reduce the percentage of students in the non-proficient category of achievement significantly ("safe harbor") annually
• The district must attain achievement goals for each subgroup that has at least 30 students in the group
• The district must meet or exceed the other academic indicators set by the state: graduation rate for high schools and attendance rate for elementary and middle schools

Teacher Quality Data

• Identifies teacher qualifications at district and school levels
• Reports percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers not considered highly qualified to teach such classes

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Data

• Provides state results of the national assessment in mathematics and reading every other year in grades 4 and 8
• Cannot be compared with MEAP results for grades 4 and 8, because there are no national standards

The district AER for the 2010-2011 school year is attached below.