No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and New York State Accountability
Districts, public schools, and charter schools are held accountable for the performance of their students according to federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and state regulations. Districts and school are assigned a "status" based on their performance and are subject to certain consequences if their performance is not satisfactory. Districts and schools that are high performing or making significant improvements in their performance are also identified and rewarded.
August 2011 Memo from Assistant Commissioner Ira Schwartz regarding 2011-2012 School Year Accountability Requirements
September 2010 Memo from Assistant Commissioner Ira Schwartz regarding
School
and District Updates 
(106KB)
June 2010 Memo from Assistant Commissioner Ira Schwartz regarding 2010-11
Prospective Accountability of Schools (49KB)
District/School Accountability Statuses
2009-10 District
Performance Indices for Determining District Gains 
(544KB)
School Safety and Accountability (VADIR)
Schools Under Registration Review (SURR)
High Performing, Gap Closing, and Rapidly Improving Districts and Schools
Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools
Understanding Accountability in New York State
- Determining
AYP in 2011-12
(500KB) - Accountability Rules for 2010-11 Reporting and 2011-12 Status - January
17, 2012 slide
presentation (782KB)
- Accountability Rules for 2009-10 Reporting and 2010-11 Status - October
15, 2010 slide presentation (485KB)
- Flexibility in Determining AYP for Students with Disabilities
for 2008-09 School Year slide
presentation (50KB)
- Flexibility in Determining AYP for Students with Disabilities for 2009-10 School Year
- Revised
2009-10 and 2010-11 Graduation Rate Standard and Progress
Targets Memo (65KB)
Annual Measurable Objectives
- Effective Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs)
- State Benchmarks and Annual Measurable Objectives for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 School Years
- State
Benchmarks and Annual Measurable Objectives for 2008-09 and
2009-10 (15KB)
Alternative Accountability System for High Schools and Special Schools
Need/Resource Capacity Categories & District
List (275KB)
(Revised 5/9/2012)
Accountability Appeal Application for AYP Determinations Using 2011-12 Data 
(73KB)