Archive of Designations
Information About the Designations
2009-2010
A total of 489 elementary, middle and high schools and 35 districts statewide
have been identified for improvement under the federal No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) Act. Of these, 54 schools and three districts were newly identified
this year. Of the identified schools, 427 will receive Title I funds
in 2009-10 and are required to offer extra help to eligible students; 333
of these Title I schools must also offer public school choice (as appropriate)
to all enrolled students.
In addition, 203 schools and 27 districts have been removed from
the improvement list because they made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for
two consecutive years in all areas for which they were identified. AYP
is the minimum level of performance schools and districts must achieve each
year and is based on student participation and performance on state assessments.
New files (updated on March 2010):
- Districts that are identified as being in improvement status PDF
(26KB) - Districts newly identified as being in improvement status PDF (20KB)
- Districts that were removed from improvement status PDF (22KB)
- All Districts and status PDF (79KB)
- Schools that are identified as being in improvement status PDF (113KB)
- Schools newly identified as being in improvement status PDF (32KB)
- Schools that were removed from improvement status PDF (49KB)
- All Schools and status PDF (684KB)
- Schools closed for 2009-10 PDF (25KB)
- Districts and School Accountability Excel
spreadsheet
(1.8MB)
2008-2009
Districts/Schools Accountability Status
A total of 543 elementary, middle and high schools and 53 districts
have been identified by the State Education Department as "in Need
of Improvement" under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Of
these, 62 schools and four districts were newly identified this school
year. All Schools in Need of Improvement (SINI) and Districts in Need
of Improvement (DINI) receive federal Title I funds and must take a variety
of actions under federal law.
- Districts that are identified as being in improvement status (30KB)
- Districts newly identified as being in improvement status (20KB)
- Districts that were removed from improvement status this year (22KB)
- Districts and status (153KB)
- School that are identified as being in improvement status this year (109KB)
- Schools newly identified as being in improvement status (37KB)
- Schools that were removed from improvement status this year (38KB)
- Schools and status (569KB)
- Schools closed for 2008-09 (24KB)
- Districts and Schools Accountability database (809KB)
2007-2008
Elementary and Middle Schools Accountability Status
444 Title I Elementary and Middle Schools Statewide are “In Need of Improvement” Under NCLB; 53 Schools also Identified Under Separate State Rules - A total of 444 elementary and middle schools have been identified by the State Education Department as “Schools In Need of Improvement” (SINI) under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Of these, 106 schools were newly identified this school year. All SINI schools receive federal Title I funds and must take a variety of actions under federal law.
- Status of Elementary & Middle Schools - New York City (
142KB)
- Status
of Elementary & Middle Schools - rest of State (337KB)
- Newly
Identified Elementary & Middle Schools as being in Improvement
Status (52KB)
- Elementary & Middle
Schools that were removed from Improvement Status (35KB)
Secondary Level Accountability Status
- Districts
that are identified as being in improvement status (27KB)
- Districts newly identified
as being in improvement status (20KB)
- Districts
that were removed from improvement status this year (20KB)
- Districts and status (28KB)
- Schools that
are indentified as being in improvement status (42KB)
- Schools newly identified
as being in improvement status (26KB)
- Schools that were removed
from improvement status this year (30KB)
- Schools and status (180KB)
- District and School Accountability
database (148KB)
High School Accountability - New York City
- NYC
Districts that are identified as being in improvement status (27KB)
- NYC Districts
newly identified as being in improvement status (20KB)
- NYS Districts
that were removed from improvement status this year (20KB)
- NYC Districts and status (28KB)
- NYC Schools that are identified
as being improvement (42KB)
- NYC Schools newly
identified as being in improvement status (27KB)
- NYC
schools that were removed from improvement status this year (26KB)
- NYC Schools and status (74KB)
- NYC District and School
Accountability database (122KB)