Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) & No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Based on their MCAS results, districts and schools in Massachusetts are placed in one of five "accountability and assistance" levels.

Level 1 schools are the highest performing schools. Level 3 and 4 schools are in the bottom 20% in school performance. These schools receive additional supports. Level 5 schools are "chronically underperforming" schools. These have been taken over by the Mass. Department of Elementary & Secondary Education because they have not improved sufficiently even after receiving extensive resources.  

• Adequate Yearly Progress and NCLB status 2008
• NCLB Accountability status changes, 2007 to 2008
• NCLB Accountability status changes, 2009 to 2010
• NCLB Accountability status changes, 2010 to 2011
• NCLB Accountability status changes, 2013 to 2014
• NCLB Accountability status changes, 2014 to 2015
• NCLB Accountability status changes, 2015 to 2016 - last updated December 28, 2016
• AYP History, 2001-2008
• AYP History, 2003-2010
• AYP History, 2003-2011