UPDATED Schedule for Accountability Verification—Revised
January 4, 2007

(Revised dates are bold & italicized in blue below)

Accountability Status Reports for Verification are available.
November 14 Accountability Status Reports for Verification and Accountability Verification Reports available on nySTART (include data sent to Level 2 Repository by November 1 at midnight)
November 20 Accountability Verification Reports on nySTART incorporate data sent to Level 2 Repository by Friday November 17 at midnight
November 21 Regents science results incorporated into the Accountability Verification Reports
November 22 Accountability Verification Reports incorporate data sent to Level 2 Repository by Monday November 20 at midnight; last day for districts to send corrected data to Level 1 Repositories
November 29 Revised Accountability Verification Reports available on nySTART (include data sent to Level 2 Repository by Monday November 27 at midnight)
December 1 Revised Accountability Status Reports for Verification available on nySTART in afternoon (include data sent to Level 2 Repository by Monday November 27 at midnight)
December 21 Revised Accountability Status Reports for Verification available at nySTART at noon (include data sent to Level 2 by December 18 at midnight)
December 28 Last day for Level 1 Repositories to send corrected enrollment grade level data to Level 2 Repository (must be submitted by 5:00 p.m.)
January 4 Final Accountability Status Reports available on nySTART

The Accountability Status Reports for Verification include revised 2005-06 safe harbor targets. The 2005-06 safe harbor targets in the reports distributed on November 14 were calculated incorrectly and, in the majority of cases, were too low. As a result the adequate yearly progress (AYP) status of some districts and schools that made AYP using the incorrect safe harbor targets has changed. A list of other changes to these reports will be posted to this Web site. Review reports carefully for changes.

An accountability group is said to have used safe harbor if its performance index is below its Effective Annual Measurable Objective and it made AYP by equaling or exceeding its safe harbor target and qualifying for safe harbor by making AYP in science. The document Frequently Asked Questions about the Accountability Verification Process provides information about the safe harbor targets. The document may be found at the following URL: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/nystart/2006/documentation/R7/home.shtml.