Earlier this week, the State Department of Education released the Adequate Yearly Progress numbers.
AYP is how schools are graded under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Here's some background: If a school is on the needs improvement list for 2 consecutive years, parents have the option of sending their child to another, passing school. A school can get off of the needs improvement list if they make AYP for two consecutive years.
News 3 education reporter, Randi Hempel, has been following the story.
The district is making huge improvements compared to just four years ago. Back in 2005, students in the secondary schools could have transferred out of almost all of our schools.
Amongst all middle and high schools back then, only three schools made the grade.
Since then, the school board hired superintendent, Dr. Thomas Lockamy and began implementing changes.
Today, I spoke with district six board member, Lori Brady, who's the longest serving representative.
She told me the progress is an indicator of Dr. Lockamy's leadership skills and also district wide efforts to make sure students are prepared for testing.
"There's been more pre-testing if you will, trying to identify areas that the child may need to improve in for when the big test day comes. I think our staff has done an excellent job in preparing our students," explains Brady.
Twelve of the district's 47 schools are on the needs improvement list, but the list isn't final because re-test results have to be factored in. The final list comes out in the fall.
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