MANSFIELD, TX – The Texas Education Agency released Adequate Yearly Progress ratings today and Mansfield ISD as a district and eleven campuses did not meet the 2011 standard.

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) refers to the federally mandated accountability system required by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

“As a district, MISD missed AYP because of reading and math performance by our special education student group,” said Dr. Bob Morrison, Superintendent. “The passing standards in these categories continue to rise and our students and staff are working very diligently to meet these new requirements, but we fell short this year. Our principals will analyze their campus' data and develop plans to address any areas in which our students did not meet standards.”

Campus rated as “Meets AYP” are:

Frontier High School
Worley Middle School
Howard Middle School
Wester Middle School
Jones Middle School
Coble Middle School
Jobe Middle School
Orr Intermediate
Icenhower Intermediate
Lillard Intermediate
Low Intermediate
Ponder Elementary
Tarver-Rendon Elementary
Boren Elementary
Anderson Elementary
Morris Elementary
Brown Elementary
Gideon Elementary
Smith Elementary
Tipps Elementary
Reid Elementary
Jones Elementary
Sheppard Elementary
Brockett Elementary
Daulton Elementary
Spencer Elementary
Holt Elementary

Campuses rated as “Missed AYP” are:

Summit High School
Mansfield High School
Timberview High School
Legacy High School
Cross Timbers Intermediate
Shepard Intermediate
Harmon Elementary
Davis Elementary
Nash Elementary
Cabaniss Elementary
Perry Elementary

Earlier this year, Arne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary, urged Congress to fix the current law:

“No Child Left Behind is broken and we need to fix it now,” said Duncan during testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

“This law has created dozens of ways for schools to fail and very few ways to help them succeed. We should get out of the business of labeling schools as failures and create a new law that is fair and flexible, and focused on the schools and students most at risk,” Duncan continued. [ed.gov]

When AYP was rolled out as part of NCLB in 2003, the established criteria was that 100% of students be successful on all tests by 2014 and the intent was to have 100% of all students graduate from high school. Our school district is making gains and teachers are working hard to make certain every student in our district receives the best possible education.