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2011 Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for the 2011 Academic Achievement Award, schools must meet all of the following criteria.

1. Schoolwide Program Eligibility

The school must have:

• Received Title I funds in both 2008–09 and 2009–10.
• At least 40 percent of students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged (SED) in both 2008–09 and 2009–10.

2. Adequate Yearly Progress

The school must have:

• Made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2009 and 2010
• Not been identified as Program Improvement in 2009–10
• Not been identified as Program Improvement in 2010–11
  

3. Academic Performance Index

1. The school must meet the following schoolwide Academic Performance Index (API) criteria:
   
   
   
   1. A 2010 Growth API score that was above the median score for the school's grade type:
      
      
      • Elementary school at or above 804
      • Middle school at or above 775
      • High school at or above 747
        
        
   2. Met their schoolwide API target and the API targets for all numerically significant subgroups in both 2008–09 and 2009–10, and in both years:
      
      
      • Schools with a schoolwide Growth API greater than or equal to 800, could not have their API score decline
      • Schools with a schoolwide Growth API less than 800, must have doubled their schoolwide target
        
      
      
2. In addition to the schoolwide API criteria, a school must also meet the following API criteria for their numerically significant SED subgroup in both 2008-09 and 2009–10:
   
   
   1. Schools with a SED Growth API greater than or equal to 800, could not have their SED score decline
   2. Schools with a SED Growth API less than 800, must have doubled their SED target
      
      

4. Testing Irregularities

• Schools cannot have any reported testing irregularities in 2008–09 or 2009–10
• Schools cannot have any API flags in 2008–09 or 2009–10