Parent Notification Letter Concerning NCLB Report Card

March 1, 2011

Dear Parent:

Bolin Elementary is sharing this information about the district and your child’s campus with you as part of Allen ISD’s  obligations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).

NCLB Report Cards for the state as a whole, the district, and each of the district’s campuses are now available on the district’s web site at this link: http://www.allenisd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=66

Information on these report cards includes:

Assessment results for the LEA and campuses in the aggregate and disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and economically disadvantaged showing two-year (2008-2009 and 2009-2010) trend data for each subject and grade tested:

•          by performance level,

•          with a comparison between annual objectives and actual performance for each student group, and

•          the percentage of each group of students not tested.

Graduation rates for secondary school students.

Performance of school district and campuses on adequate yearly progress (AYP) measures.

Number and names of Title I schools identified as in need of improvement, including the stage of

improvement and AYP indicator missed by any schools identified for improvement.

Professional qualifications of teachers in the LEA and campuses, including the percentage of teachers

teaching with emergency or provisional credentials and the percentage of classes in the LEA and campuses that are not taught by highly qualified teachers, including a comparison between high-and low-poverty campuses within the LEA.

Sincerely,

Beverly Joyce

Principal

Bolin Elementary

Parents may view this report card by clicking NCLB Report Card on Bolin Elementary’s website. Hard copies of the reports are available at the district central office or through the campus principal’s office. Please contact a campus administrator if you have questions about the NCLB Report Card..

NCLB Report Cards for the state as a whole, all school districts and charter schools, and all campuses are also available on the Texas Education Agency’s NCLB web site at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=4638&menu_id=798.