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September 21, 2006
A majority of R.I. schools are "high performing"
Sixty-two percent of Rhode Island’s elementary and middle schools are considered high performing in the latest round of school-performance classifications, and 71 percent of the state’s schools met all targets in the federal education law No Child Left Behind.
The "high-performing" schools. The school that have made insufficient progress.
A total of 66 schools also have been classified as Regents’ Commended Schools, a higher number than ever before, said James A. DiPrete, chairman of the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education.
The classifications, released by Governor Carcieri and the state Department of Education this morning, are based on the results of the state tests in math, reading and writing administered last October. About 72,000 students in grades 3 through 8 took the math and reading tests; 5th and 8th graders took the writing test. Statewide, about 50 percent of students tested proficient in math and about 60 percent in reading. Fifty-one percent were proficient in writing.
Thirty-eight schools, 24 of them in Providence and all of them in urban settings, were listed as not making adequate yearly progress. Last month, the education department announced that 23 elementary and middle schools had missed targets for multiple years and will face some form of sanction. Yesterday, the department reported that 54 schools missed at least one target for the first time; they are in danger of sanctions under NCLB if they miss targets again next year.
The classifications are the first based on the new state assessments developed in partnership with New Hampshire and Vermont through the New England Common Assessment Program.
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