The 'failure' label.The March 2004 issue carries a useful article on how to manage a thorny problem involving 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. . That problem is that too many news reporters are dubbing schools that have not made AYP AYP Adequate Yearly Progress (National Assessment of Educational Progress) AYP Anarchist Yellow Pages AYP American Youth Philharmonic as "failing"--or worse. The article by Adam Kernan-Schloss ("Fighting NCLB's 'Failure' Label") is a wise collection of advice about leading your school district to the right message. We are reckoning with this issue as well As publishers of annual school accountability report cards, we wrestle with the riddles posed by conflicting state and federal measures of progress. Plain speaking, candor and clarity help us nip in the bud the many misunderstandings that await district leaders. STEVE REES Editor and Publisher, School Wise Press, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. Adam Kernan-Schloss has very good advice for superintendents and principals who must deal with the demands of the 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 every day. But the wisdom in the article should not be lost on those of us who deal with the broader policy community and the press. Bravo! M.J. GASTON Executive Director, Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif.
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