9/18/06: List of 75 School Districts Designated by VESID as "Needs Assistance" or "Needs Intervention"
                         
The criteria to be on this list are: 
                         
Large District Criteria:
2001 total cohort of at least 30 students with disabilities and a graduation rate after 4 years, as of June 2005, below 35% and/or drop out rate of 20% or higher. School districts designated as "needs intervention" have graduation rates of 18.5% or lower and/or drop out rate of 33% or higher.
And/Or
School districts with at least 30 continuously enrolled students with disabilities in 2004-05, the performance index (PI) for students with disabilities on two State assessments is below the students with disabilities State PI in 2004-05 and the school districts did not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) in those areas. School districts with graduation rates above 52 percent for students with disabilities are not identified, regardless of their performance on State assessments. The students with disabilities State PIs in 2004-05 were as follows: Grade 4 ELA- 102; Grade 4 Math- 141; Grade 8 ELA- 85; and Grade 8 Math- 82. School districts designated as "needs intervention" had PIs below the State PI in all four areas and did not make AYP in any area.
                         
Small District Criteria
School districts with less than 30 continuously enrolled students in 2004-05 but that have at least 30 students enrolled for Grades 4 and 8 ELA combined in 2004-05 and their combined performance rate over three years at level 2 and above on at least two State assessments is significantly below the State average performance in 2004-05 are identified. "Significantly below the State average performance" is as follows: Grade 4 ELA- 53.7% at level 2 or above; Grade 4 Math-  63.3% at level 2 or above; Grade 8 ELA- 53.1% at level 2 or above; and Grade 8 Math-43.3% at level 2 or above. These percentages represent performance which is 25% below the Statewide average performance in 2004-05 of students with disabilities on each subject. 
                         
Explanation of Shading 
The school district names that are shaded in red are school districts identified for "needs intervention". The school district names that are not shaded in red are school districts identified for "needs assistance".  The data that are shaded in red or yellow are the data that resulted in the school district's designation. (Graduation rate and drop-out rate data are not shown for districts with a Total Cohort of less than 30 students.)
                         
Summary Data
There are 58 school districts designated as "needs assistance" 
There are 17 school districts designated as "needs intervention", including NYC.
In NYC, there are 33 districts: 10 districts were identified as "needs assistance" and 23 as "needs intervention"
                           
COUNTY SED NAME Large District Criteria Small District Criteria
2001
Total
Cohort 		 Drop Out
Rate
as of
June 2005		 Grad Rate
as of
June 2005		 Grade 4
ELA PI
and
No AYP		 Grade 4
Math PI
and
No AYP		 Grade 8
ELA PI
and
No AYP		 Grade 8
Math PI
and
No AYP		 Grade 4
ELA Percent
of SWD
at Level 2
or Above		 Grade 4
Math
Percent
of SWD
at
Level 2
or Above		 Grade 8
ELA
Percent
of SWD
at
Level 2
or Above		 Grade 8
Math Percent
of SWD at
Level 2 or Above
Albany 010100010000 Albany CSD 124 18.5% 17.7%     70 69        
Broome 030200010000 Binghamton City S D 84 27.4% 25.0%                
Cayuga 050100010000 Auburn City S D 59 35.6% 22.0% 81   60 52        
Chautauqua 060800010000 Dunkirk City S D 24                 48.4% 33.2%
Chautauqua 061700010000 Jamestown City S D 26     83   61 63        
Chemung 070600010000 Elmira City S D 44 31.8% 20.5%     53 49        
Chanango 081200050000 Norwich City S D 19         53 67        
Clinton 091200010000 Plattsburgh City S D 32 21.9% 37.5%     81 60        
Columbia 100501040000 Taconic Hills Central School District 21             35.7%   50.1% 43.3%
Columbia 101300010000 Hudson City S D 27         58 25        
Cortland 110200010000 Cortland City S D 32 43.8% 18.8%                
Dutchess 130502020000 Dover U F S D 22             46.2%     30.8%
Dutchess 130801060000 Hyde Park C S D 52 19.2% 44.2% 78   76 72        
Dutchess 131500010000 Poughkeepsie City S D 50 26.0% 4.0% 95   73 51        
Dutchess 132101060000 Wappingers C S D 62 22.6% 8.1%                
Erie 140600010000 Buffalo City S D 660 33.6% 19.8% 75   59 50        
Erie 140701060000 Cheektowaga C S D 7         70 54        
Erie 141401060000 Evans-Brant C S D (Lake Shore) 35 11.4% 25.7%     76 75        
Erie 141800010000 Lackawanna City S D 33 0.0% 18.2%                
Fulton 170500010000 Gloversville City S D 18     68 98            
Greene 190401060000 Catskill C S D 20                 43.3% 42.0%
Jefferson 220301060000 Indian River C S D 34 29.4% 32.4%                
Jefferson 222000010000 Watertown City S D 88 29.5% 23.9% 65   75 65        
Jefferson 222201060000 Carthage C S D 37 24.3% 18.9% 89   67          
Madison 251400010000 Oneida City S D 10         66 63        
Monroe 261600010000 Rochester City S D 425 26.8% 13.2%     62 47        
Monroe 261801060000 Brockport C S D 37 10.8% 18.9% 87     73        
Montgomery 270100010000 Amsterdam City S D 61 31.1% 21.3% 74   64 48        
Nassau 280201030000 Hempstead U F S D 46 23.9% 17.4%                
Nassau 280202030000 Uniondale UFSD 34 8.8% 29.4%                
Nassau 280208030000 Roosevelt U F S D 25                 34.8% 26.2%
Nassau 280209030000 Freeport U F S D 66 6.1% 33.3% 89   62          
NYC 300000010000 N Y C Public Schools 6642 29.10% 18.20% see NYC Districts Data        
NYC 307900010000 N Y C Alternative Hs District 499 34.5% 5.0%                
NYC 310100010000 New York City Geographic District # 1 41 14.6% 26.8%                
NYC 310200010000 New York City Geographic District # 2 825 31.5% 16.8%                
NYC 310300010000 New York City Geographic District # 3 118 42.4% 19.5%     82 74        
NYC 310400010000 New York City Geographic District # 4 88 20.5% 18.2% 77   72 59        
NYC 310500010000 New York City Geographic District # 5 43 14.0% 18.6% 79   67 58        
NYC 310600010000 New York City Geographic District # 6 90 15.6% 14.4% 70 107 61 54        
NYC 320700010000 New York City Geographic District # 7 180 33.3% 11.7% 65 95 48 39        
NYC 320800010000 New York City Geographic District # 8 203 31.0% 9.4% 78   54 42        
NYC 320900010000 New York City Geographic District # 9 123 35.8% 5.7% 73 106 65 43        
NYC 321000010000 New York City Geographic District #10 491 29.1% 16.7% 83   74 61        
NYC 321100010000 New York City Geographic District #11 367 31.9% 23.4% 73   71 62        
NYC 321200010000 New York City Geographic District #12 107 19.6% 15.0% 69 106 52 50        
NYC 331300010000 New York City Geographic District #13 65 13.8% 16.9%     68 59        
NYC 331400010000 New York City Geographic District #14 129 34.9% 27.1% 92   62 54        
NYC 331500010000 New York City Geographic District  #15 99 21.2% 15.2% 94   71 61        
NYC 331600010000 New York City Geographic District #16 50 44.0% 4.0% 66   60 54        
NYC 331700010000 New York City Geographic District #17 238 31.1% 11.3% 76 104 66 57        
NYC 331800010000 New York City Geographic District #18 167 25.7% 6.6% 91   76 66        
NYC 331900010000 New York City Geographic District #19 197 29.9% 12.2% 70   75 57        
NYC 332000010000 New York City Geographic District #20 239 31.4% 21.8% 100     78        
NYC 332100010000 New York City Geographic District #21 282 26.6% 20.9% 94   75 64        
NYC 332200010000 New York City Geographic District #22 186 20.4% 39.8% 96   78 71        
NYC 332300010000 New York City Geographic District #23 10     67 101 78 58        
NYC 342400010000 New York City Geographic District #24 233 28.3% 15.9% 91   72 67        
NYC 342500010000 New York City Geographic District #25 119 39.5% 16.0%                
NYC 342600010000 New York City Geographic District #26 229 21.8% 32.8%                
NYC 342700010000 New York City Geographic District #27 310 32.9% 13.9% 88   72 62        
NYC 342800010000 New York City Geographic District #28 186 30.1% 39.2%     81 74        
NYC 342900010000 New York City Geographic District #29 56 35.7% 5.4%     76 66        
NYC 343000010000 New York City Geographic District #30 211 22.7% 19.4% 101   79 68        
NYC 353100010000 New York City Geographic District #31 386 18.7% 35.0%     83 58        
NYC 333200010000 New York City Geographic District #32 75 46.7% 9.3% 67 97 55 45        
Niagara 400701060000 Niagara-Wheatfield C S D 40 20.0% 32.5%                
Oneida 410601040000 Camden C S D 20         70 66        
Oneida 411800010000 Rome City S D 81 21.0% 24.7% 80   70 75        
Oneida 412300010000 Utica City Schools 130 23.8% 31.5%                
Onondaga 420303060000 North Syracuse C S D 88 21.6% 25.0%                
Onondaga 421800010000 Syracuse City S D 299 27.4% 36.8% 88   70 62        
Ontario 430700010000 Geneva City S D 59 16.9% 39.0%     74 69        
Orange 440102060000 Washingtonville C S D 28     71     73        
Orange 441000010000 Middletown City S D 45 24.4% 0.0% 66 103   56        
Orange 441301060000 Valley C.S.D.Montgomery 49 24.5% 20.4%                
Orange 441600010000 Newburgh City S D 135 15.6% 41.5%     57 48        
Orange 441800050000 Port Jervis City S D 46 30.4% 15.2% 86   70 54        
Oswego 460500010000 Fulton City S D 42 19.0% 16.7% 93   78 56        
Oswego 460801060000 Central Square C S D 47 25.5% 21.3% 83   77          
Oswego 460901060000 Mexico C S D 37 24.3% 21.6%                
Oswego 461300010000 Oswego City S D 29         69 80        
Rensselaer 491700010000 Troy City S D 85 3.5% 27.1%     66 63