More schools around the state made adequate yearly progress as required by No Child Left Behind.
Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 4:43 p.m.
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MARQUETTE -- There is good news for education in Michigan Thursday. More schools around the state made adequate yearly progress as required by No Child Left Behind, but several U.P. schools are not listed as ones that have achieved AYP status.
AYP measures a school district's ability to teach basics like math and language arts.
Only one U.P. district did not meet the AYP requirements, and that's Ironwood schools. Individual schools listed as not meeting the AYP are Gwinn Middle School with two B grades. And identified for improvement are Iron Mountain/Kingsford Community Education, Burt Township School, Menominee ISD, Pickford Consolidated Community School, West Iron County High School, Marquette Alternative Education, and Marquette Senior High School.
To make the grade, the district and school must have 95 percent of the students enrolled at the school with valid scores on a state exam. Also, any subgroup consisting of 30 or more students within the school must also meet the same standards.
Subgroups are determined by ethnicity, students with disabilities, or students who are economically disadvantaged.
"So for the last two years, we have had some subgroups in the school building that have fallen below those required standards of proficiency or the number of students that are tested, and when that happens, you'll get a 'n' or 'no' and you did not meet adequate yearly progress," said John Hartwig, Marquette Superintendent.
Hartwig says the AYP status is not a reflection on the district or school's performance.
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