ACADEMIC INTERVENTION SERVICES (AIS)

The South Glens Falls School District provides Academic Intervention Services (AIS) to students who are at risk of not achieving the State learning standards.

Academic Intervention Services are designed to help eligible students achieve the NYS learning standards in English language arts and mathematics. These services may include:

  • Additional instruction including whole, small group, solo or primary instruction that supplements the general curriculum (regular classroom instruction); and/or

  • Student support services needed to address barriers to improved academic performance including push-in and pull-out services.

The intensity of AIS may vary; it is designed to respond to student needs as indicated through State and/or district, formal or informal assessments.

Districts shall identify students to receive AIS through a two-step process. First, all students performing below the median scale score between a level 2/partially proficient and a Level 3/proficient on a grade 3-8 English language arts (ELA) or mathematics state assessment shall be considered for AIS. Upon identification of a student for consideration for AIS, all school districts shall then use a district-developed procedure, to be applied uniformly at each grade level, for determining which students shall receive AIS. After the district considers a student’s scores on multiple measures of student performance, the district determines whether the student is required to receive AIS.

During the 2016-17 school year, NYSED released guidance for Academic Intervention Services based on the new cut scores on the 3-8 ELA and math assessments.