AnnualMeasurable

AchievementObjectives

Thompson School DistrictCore Values

• Integrity– We will consistently demonstrate respect, honesty, transparency, and

accountability.• Visionary Leadership

– We champion effective leadership and action. We value our employees and service to our community providing lasting customer satisfaction.

• Personal Learning– Every student and employee will be a successful learner. We will empower,

challenge, and inspire each other to achieve excellence in all endeavors.• Social Contribution

– Education keeps our community productive and healthy. We will strengthen the social responsibility of students and staff to make our community, nation, and world a better place to live.

• Continuous Improvement– We will innovate to make meaningful improvements and celebrate our

successes. We will monitor our performance to provide a clear basis for improving results.

Objectives

• Describe what Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) are,

• Define our targets for each objective,

• Define our target for Re-designations,

• Describe what happens if we fail to meet our objectives.

Title III AMAO

English Language Proficiency AMAO Assessments

AMAO 1: Percent Making Annual Progress in Learning English

CELA Proficiency

AMAO 2: Percent Attaining English Proficiency

CELA Proficiency

Academic Achievement AMAO

AMAO 3: Meeting AYP Requirements for the ELL Subgroup at the LEA level

CSAP

CSAPA

Lectura

Graduation Rate

New AMAO 1 Targets

School year Target Percent

Making Progress

TSD Results

2009-2010 48% 56.2%

2010-2011 50%

2011-2012 52%

2012-2013 54%

2013-2014 56%

New AMAO 2 Targets

School year Target Percent

Attaining Proficiency

TSD Results

2009-2010 5% 6.6%

2010-2011 6%

2011-2012 7%

2012-2013 8%

2013-2014 9%

New TSD Re-designation TargetsSchool year Target Percent

Re-designated

TSD Results

2008-2009 N/A 6.7%

2009-2010 12% 18%

2010-2011 13%

2011-2012 14%

2012-2013 15%

2013-2014 15%

Number of 2010 Annual CELA Pro Takers 427

Number with Required Prior Year CELA Scores

349

Number in Cohort Meeting Annual Growth Target

178

Percent Meeting AMAO 1 in Thompson SD 56.21%

2009-2010 Target 48%

Met Target for AMAO 1 Yes

AMAO 1

Percent of Students Making Annual Progress in Learning English

Number of 2009 Annual CELA Pro Takers in Cohort

427

Number in Cohort Attaining English Proficient Level on CELA Pro

18

Percent Meeting AMAO 2 in Thompson SD (upper confidence level)

6.56%

2008-2009 Target 5%

Met Target for AMAO 2 Yes

AMAO 2

Percent of Students Attaining Proficiency on CELA Pro

Reading

Met Participation Rate for English Language Learners YesMet Performance Target for English Language Learners YesMet Other Indicators for English Language Learners Yes

Mathematics

Met Participation Rate for English Language Learners YesMet Performance Target for English Language Learners No, E-MMet Other Indicators for English Language Learners Yes

Met Target for AMAO 3 No

AMAO 3

Adequate Yearly Progress for English Language Learners Subgroup at the District Level

What is considered expected progress for English learners’ English proficiency?

• An increase of One level per year

Overall CELA-pro Level

1 2 3 4 5Beginning Early

IntermediateIntermediate Proficient Advanced

What happens since we did not meet AMAOs?

• A district that fails to meet one or more of the AMAOs must inform the parents of English learners that it has not met its AMAOs. This notification should be sent by letter within 30 days of public release of AMAO Accountability Reports by CDE.

• We send out these letters from the Admin Office.• A copy of what we send is on the next slide.

Sample Parent Letter

Dear Parent or Guardian:

Thompson School District receives Title III funding from the federal government of the United States of America to support emerging bilingual students to speak, understand, read, and write in English and to achieve in reading and mathematics. Students who are identified as English learners are required to take an English language proficiency assessment, known as the CELA proficiency assessment, each year to help measure their growth in English. This test is usually given in January of each year. The results of this test are reviewed to see if they meet objectives, defined by the State of Colorado, for this group of students. These objectives are called the Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives and are usually referred to as AMAO.

AMAO 1 is to measure progress on the test in learning academic English.AMAO 2 is to measure the percentage of students who become proficient in English according to

the test.AMAO 3 is measured by the students’ scores in math and reading on the Colorado Student

Assessment Program tests known as the CSAP.The purpose of this letter is to inform you that for the 2009-2010 school year Thompson School

District met the objectives in AMAO 1 & 2 but not in AMAO 3. This does not mean that your child is not learning English. It means that the district, as a whole, did not meet the targets established by the state of Colorado for these objectives. The area that the district did not meet this objective is in mathematics at the middle school level. All other targets were met.

If you would like more information about how your individual child is performing on these targets, please contact your child’s teacher. For more information on the educational programs that we offer for students learning English and their families here in Thompson School District please contact Jorge Garcia, English Language Acquisition Administrator at 970-613-6083.

Sincerely,Jorge GarcíaELA Administrator

What happens since we did not meet

AMAOs?

• A district that fails to meet AMAOs for two consecutive years must develop an improvement plan to address the specific factors that prevented it from achieving the AMAOs, included in the district Unified Improvement Plan

• Continued failure to meet AMAOs can result in loss of funding.

Empower to learn

Challenge to achieve

Inspire to excel