Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives

Thompson School District Core 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 AMAOAssessments 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 yearTarget Percent Making Progress TSD Results %56.2% % % % %

New AMAO 2 Targets School yearTarget Percent Attaining Proficiency TSD Results %6.6% % % % %

New TSD Re-designation Targets School yearTarget Percent Re-designated TSD Results N/A6.7% %18% % % % %

Number of 2010 Annual CELA Pro Takers427 Number with Required Prior Year CELA Scores 349 Number in Cohort Meeting Annual Growth Target 178 Percent Meeting AMAO 1 in Thompson SD56.21% Target48% Met Target for AMAO 1Yes 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% 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 Yes Met Performance Target for English Language Learners Yes Met Other Indicators for English Language Learners Yes Mathematics Met Participation Rate for English Language Learners Yes Met Performance Target for English Language Learners No, E-M Met 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 BeginningEarly Intermediate IntermediateProficientAdvanced

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 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 Sincerely, Jorge García ELA 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.

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