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 Edgefield County School District Adequate Yearly Progress Reported web posted January 25, 2010 COUNTY – The Edgefield County School District has received 2009 data on Adequate Yearly Progress in compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Two schools, Douglas Elementary and W. E. Parker Elementary met all of their objectives, which gave them the status of having met Adequate Yearly Progress. All elementary schools and middle schools in the district showed significant progress, and fell just short by missing 1-4 objectives. Elementary schools not meeting AYP will be updating their instructional strategies to improve their programs and the district will revisit their instructional strategies to meet the needs of all children. Merriwether Elementary and Johnston Elementary will offer parents school of choice options. In order to meet AYP this year, and as test score targets became dramatically harder to achieve, South Carolina elementary and middle schools must have had at least 58.8 percent of their students proficient in English Language Arts. In math, at least 57.8 percent had to be proficient. In comparison to the 2008 data, the Edgefield County School District as a whole clearly made a progressive report in meeting objectives. The district as a whole reached six additional objectives showing outstanding progress towards the Adequate Yearly Progress goal. In 2008 the district posted 19 out of 25 objectives reached. For the 2009 data reporting, 23 out of 25 objectives were met which shows progress. “We have thoroughly analyzed the 2009 data and feel that a pattern of progress has developed in our schools,” said Dr. Mary R. Crenshaw, Superintendent. She continued by noting that the areas falling short of meeting an objective will be top priority as the districts develops assistance. Also, an in-depth look at local data reporting to the state to make sure information is accurate will be analyzed. High school state goals jumped upward in 2009 from 52.3 percent to 71.3 percent proficient in English Language Arts and from 50 to 70 percent proficient in math. NCLB requires schools and districts to break out their performance data into a number of student “subcategories” that include ethnicity, special education, poverty and limited ability with English. The more demographic categories a school has, the more goals it must meet. If even one subcategory of students does not meet its goal for that year, or if more than five percent of those students were not tested, the school does not meet AYP for that year. Elementary and middle schools can also miss AYP if their overall attendance rate is lower than 94 percent. High schools miss AYP if graduation rates decline from the previous year. Below is a chart comparing the 2008 data with the 2009 data for Edgefield County.
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