The goal of Title I Federal Programs is to ensure that all children, regardless of their family’s financial status, have the opportunity to obtain a high-quality education.     All students in Title I schools are expected to become proficient in core subjects at their grade level each year.     This achievement is measured using a state assessment called the WESTEST 2.

Title I schools must show satisfactory growth in their students’ achievement from year to year.    This growth is known as Adequate Yearly Progress, or 'AYP.'    When a school does not make AYP for two consecutive years, the school is placed on School Improvement Status.   Sanctions are applied to schools on Improvement Status

Based on 2012 WESTEST 2 scores, three Title I schools in Cabell County did not make AYP.   Those schools are Guyandotte Elementary, Peyton Elementary and Spring Hill Elementary.   These schools have been placed on School Improvement Status for 2012-2013.   In addition, Central City Elementary School must remain on Improvement Status earned in 2011.  

• Guyandotte Elementary’s areas identified for improvement are Math for all students, white students and low socioeconomic students, and Reading for all students, white students and low socio-economic students.
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  Peyton Elementary’s areas identified for improvement are Math for low socioeconomic students and Reading for all students and low socioeconomic students.
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  Spring Hill Elementary’s area identified for improvement is Math for black students.
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  Central City Elementary is commended for making AYP in 2012.   However, until a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress for two years in a row, the school remains on Improvement Status. 

Because of their current level of Improvement Status, the sanction applied to these schools is School Choice.    The sanction allowed parents of children in these four schools to transfer them to a different, county-selected school not on Improvement Status where space was available.   

School Choice was offered during the first two weeks of school in August of 2012.   Cabell County Schools also were required to provide free transportation for transferring students if it is requested by parents.  Eleven students were transferred by their parents across the four schools on Improvement status.   

• Guyandotte’s  receiving schools were Altizer, Cox Landing and Highlawn
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  Peyton’s receiving schools were Altizer, Meadows and Geneva Kent
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  Spring Hill’s receiving schools were Hite Saunders, Meadows and Southside
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  Central City’s receiving schools were Hite Saunders, Meadows and Southside

For more information about Title I initiatives, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s Title I website at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html or contact Cabell County Schools’ Director of Title Programs, Allyson Schoenlein at aschoenl@access.k12.wv.us.

Reading

All Title I programs are adopted through scientifically-based research.  Title I Reading teachers in Cabell County are required to hold Reading Specialist/ Literacy Coach certification.  These teachers work collaboratively with classroom teachers to identify at-risk students, deliver intervention, and assess student progress.

Mathematics

Technology

Extended-Day Programs