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It wasn't a secret that things needed to change at Walter Zimmerman Elementary School. Based on yearly standardized test scores that are tabulated for various student groups and formulated to determine schools' Academic Performance Index and Adequate Yearly Progress, the elementary school in Bloomington is one of 244 San Bernardino County schools designated as Program Improvement.
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Every school in the Derry Area, Ligonier Valley and Greater Latrobe school districts met state standards as part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test results released last week by the state education department. All 14 area schools met adequate yearly progress standards, which measure attendance/graduation rates, academic performance and test participation. In order to achieve AYP, schools and/or districts had to have 67 percent of those taking the mathematics test and 72 percent of those taking the reading test achieving proficient or advanced levels in those disciplines.
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Connecticut's school system is in a state of crisis. Districts are forced to cut programs aimed at helping their neediest students. Teachers struggle to educate our children as they watch colleagues lose their jobs. Class sizes grow, and students go without the programs, equipment and supplies they need to obtain a 21st-century education -- all due to inadequate resources. Most distressing is the fact that so many students enter our schools unprepared and simply cannot succeed without additional support that we are increasingly unable to provide. As a result, almost 47 percent of Connecticut schools and 30 percent of school districts failed to make adequate yearly progress in academic achievement last year as measured by standardized tests.
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The numbers keep getting worse for the nation's education system. In the 2010-11 academic year, 48 percent of public schools - a record high - failed to meet the "adequate yearly progress" benchmarks established by the No Child Left Behind act, according to a new study by the Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan think tank.
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BLOOMINGTON - For the first time in three years, Pepper Ridge Elementary School in Bloomington made adequate yearly progress as defined by state test scores. Pepper Ridge's academic and disciplinary improvements from last year to this year are "probably one of the all-time landmarks," Unit 5 school Superintendent Gary Niehaus said at Wednesday night's school board meeting.
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Results from the Academic Performance Index/Adequate Yearly Progress tests have been issued. RELATED LINKS:
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Despite solid gains in academic achievement - according to the state accountability report - some educators continue to feel there is a disconnect between state and federal standards. The annual Accountability Progress Report released by the California Department of Education provides results from the Academic Performance Index, or API, as well as the federal accountability system, Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, and Program Improvement.
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Schools are in the practice of responding to parents' concerns and meeting students' academic needs. Altruistic reasons aside, yearly progress on state tests and the ongoing need for local taxpayer support demand that schools look out for children's best interests. Last week's Supreme Court decision regarding special education won't change that.
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Since 2004, the Department of Education has partnered with the Pennsylvania Association of Federal Program Coordinators in presenting the Keystone Achievement Awards to qualifying schools across the state. The awards are presented annually to public schools that have produced two consecutive years of academic achievement by performing adequate yearly progress.
