Bay Path loses status as goals move ahead of progress being made.Byline: Debbie LaPlaca CHARLTON - For the second consecutive year, Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School did not achieve the adequate yearly progress Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically. goal mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), commonly known as NCLB (IPA: /ˈnɪkəlbiː/), is a United States federal law that was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001 of 2001. Test results from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System commonly called the MCAS (pronounced [mː kǣs], is the Commonwealth's statewide standards-based assessment program developed in response to the lack of stress in , taken by Grade 10 students in the spring, were released by the state last month. The standardized test A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] is used to determine if the school as a whole and its individual subgroups have achieved federal progress goals designed to ensure every student scores proficient or better in English and mathematics by 2014. "As the ceiling goes up, it becomes more difficult to make AYP AYP Adequate Yearly Progress (National Assessment of Educational Progress) AYP Anarchist Yellow Pages AYP American Youth Philharmonic . It's unfortunate that this type of testing gives a black eye to education," Superintendent-Director David P. Papagni said to the Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School Committee Monday. According to a state report, Bay Path's MCAS McCune-Albright syndrome (MCAS) A genetic syndrome characterized in girls by the development of ovarian cysts and puberty before the age of 8, together with abnormalities of bone structure and skin pigmentation. Mentioned in: Ovarian Cysts performance rating is high. "Our scores continue to reflect that we are doing as well, if not better, than most of the schools in the district," Mr. Papagni said. Three students failed English and 18 failed math, he said. The school made adequate yearly progress in the aggregate, but the rate of improvement fell short of the goal for the special education and low income subgroups. The state uses MCAS scores to measure student subgroups such as special education. One subgroup that does not achieve adequate yearly progress counts against the school as a whole. Remedial work, including extended day and summer tutoring, will continue. "Until the state and federal government change the formula, Bay Path and its sending schools will struggle to make AYP in some if not all areas," Mr. Papagni said. "However these reports read, I can promise you that we will always do everything we can to offer our students the best vocational and academic education possible." The Bay Path school district has 10 member towns: Auburn, Charlton, Dudley, North Brookfield, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Southbridge, Spencer and Webster. ART: PHOTO CUTLINE: The exterior of Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School. PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : T&G Staff/JIM COLLINS |
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