Annual Measurable
Achievement Objectives
(AMAO) for NCLB Title III
Division of Assessment Implementation
Office of Assessment and Accountability
Kentucky Department of Education
Framework for Setting Kentucky’s English
Language Proficiency AMAO for:
The annual percentage of LEP students
making progress as demonstrated by
movement from one proficiency level to
the next .
The annual percentage of LEP students
attaining English language proficiency
as demonstrated by Attained level .
Rationale for Developing Annual Measurable
Achievement Objectives (AMAO) for Progress
Generally, the lower the student’s entry level, the more
proficiency levels he/she has to progress through, and
the longer (more years of instruction) it takes to attain
English language proficiency (Attained).
Formal Schooling versus Limited or No Formal
Schooling. LEP students who have had limited or no
formal schooling require more time to demonstrate
progress and attainment of English language proficiency
than LEP students who have had prior formal schooling
experiences.
K–12 Formal–Baseline Data
Actual Cohorts
% Start 1 2 3 4 5
10 Ad Ad Ad/At At
24 UI UI/Ad Ad Ad/At At
26 LI LI/UI UI Ad Ad/At At
40 B B/LI LI UI Ad At
% Progress 45% 50% 83% 65% 53%
% Attainment 0% 5% 17% 25% 53%
Formal Schooling - Progress
Goals for 2005-2006 & Beyond
The Progress Goal for every Cohort is 59%.
This was computed by taking all of the
individual Cohort goals (45+50+83+65+53)
added together and divided by the 5 Cohorts.
Thus accounting for all of the gains the
students can make as they progress.
Attainment Goals were not changed.
Limited or No Formal Schooling goals were
not changed.
KY Performance Levels Matched
up with ACCESS PLs
Beginner(B) = ENTERING
Lower Intermediate(LI) = BEGINNING
Upper Intermediate(UI) = DEVELOPING
Advanced(Ad) = EXPANDING
Attained(At) = BRIDGING
Formal Schooling Cohorts
Cohort # Years in US Schools
1 Less than 2
2 2 to Less than 3
3 3 to Less than 4
4 4 to Less than 5
5 5 or More
Limited / No Formal / Schooling
Cohorts
Cohort # Years in US Schools
1 Less than 2
2 2 to Less than 3
3 3 to Less than 4
4 4 to Less than 5
5 5 to Less than 6
6 6 to Less than 7
7 7 or More
Progress Calculation
The Progress achieved by the students
will be credited for all proficiency levels
gained from the past year’s level to this
year’s level. This can cause a
percentage of progress more than
100%, so the limit has been set to
100%. For a value of 100%, the
confidence interval will be shown as **.
Confidence Intervals
Because NCLB requires a state’s evaluation of AYP to be statistically
sound, the United States Department of Education (USDOE) allows
construction of a confidence interval (CI) or error band around
percentages of students.
Confidence intervals for student cohorts of sufficient size (10 or more
students in the cohort) will be constructed using a single sample t-
test. The confidence interval or CI provides a test for whether or not
the observed percent increase or percent proficient is statistically,
significantly different from the AMAO at the 99% confidence level.
Note that the t-test is a two-tailed t-test – alpha (error) level set at
.01 – which creates a statistical test at the 99% confidence interval.
Only the positive (upper) range of the confidence interval is used for
AYP determination.
Now to the AMAO REPORT
Three styles
State
District
Consortium
Basic layout is the same for all three.
Report Title
Title III English Language Proficiency
Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)
2007-2008
State Report
2007-2008
District Report- nnn-Some District Name
2007-2008
Consortium Report– CL_Some Consortium Name
Table Header
K-12 LEP Students with Formal
Schooling
K(1)-12 LEP Students with Limited or
No Formal Schooling
AMAO REPORT Content - PROGRESS
AMAO Cohort 1
State Progress Goal 59%
Cohort N 3224
%Progress 100%(**,**)
(low CL, high CL)
Met Progress AMAO Y
AMAO REPORT Content - PROGRESS
AMAO Cohort 3
State Progress Goal 59%
Cohort N 1017
%Progress 63%(59,67)
(low CL, high CL)
Met Progress AMAO Y
AMAO REPORT Content - ATTAINMENT
AMAO Cohort 1
State Attainment 0%
Goal
Cohort N 6753
%Attainment 6%(5 ,7 )
(low CL, high CL)
Met Attainment Y
AMAO
AMAO REPORT Content - Footnotes
Not meeting AMAOs for one or more cohorts for progress or
attainment is considered not having met AMAOs for the
[State] [District] [Consortium].
** Confidence Level is not computed when Progress Percent is
100. Progress levels achieved may be a higher count than
the number of students participating; Progress Percent is
limited to 100.
AMAO REPORT Content - Notification
[S][D][C] MET 2007-2008 LEP AYP N/A
[S][D][C] MET 2007-2008 Title III Yes
AMAO for Progress
[S][D][C] MET 2007-2008 Title III Yes
AMAO for Attainment
[S][D][C] MET 2007-2008 OVERALL Yes
Title III AMAO
[D][C] Parent Notification Required No
Questions?
Contact : Edgar Adams
Office of Assessment and Accountability
(502) 564 - 9853