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Did you even read the article? It says Glastonbury and Cheshire were removed from the "in need of improvement" list. Where does it say they didn't meet federal standards???
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Linabury said state educators are encouraged that a significant number of schools and districts — 34 elementary and middle schools, two high schools and seven school districts — have been removed from "in need of improvement" status.
The districts that no longer are on that list are Ashford, Cheshire, Glastonbury, Hebron, Killingly, New Milford and Willington.
kidyankee is correct. The article says that Glastonbury and Cheshire were removed from the Needs Improvement list.
The problem with NCLB is that it sets EVERY school system up for eventual failure because it requires every school system to make improvements every year. It does not have a cap. So if a school system has high test scores but has not improved over previous years, they are listed on the Needs Improvement list. Glastonbury and Cheshire are good examples of why NCLB is so wrong. These towns have very well perfomring systems. how any one in their right mind could say these towns need improvement is not logical. Jay
Oops. Didn't realize that those towns were removed from the "needs improvement" list! All I did was look at the title and then look at the paragraph that listed the towns.
Came across this site and looked up one school each in Cheshire and Glastonbury. Out of 396 CT schools ranked on Overall Student Performance in 2010, Norton School and Nayaug Elementary School ranked 22 and 26 respectively. They had an average percentage of 89 and 88.6 students meeting state goals across all subjects
What are the chances of Any Child being Left Behind here?
Came across this site and looked up one school each in Cheshire and Glastonbury. Out of 396 CT schools ranked on Overall Student Performance in 2010, Norton School and Nayaug Elementary School ranked 22 and 26 respectively. They had an average percentage of 89 and 88.6 students meeting state goals across all subjects
What are the chances of Any Child being Left Behind here?
Exactly. Even the lowest performing school in Glastonbury scores well above the state average and exceeds goals. How is that a problem? The law just makes no sense. Jay
The fact that those systems were ever on the list alone should tell you why NCLB is a joke.
The whole AYP premises is ridiculous. It's like saying a baseball player failed because he only hit 78 home runs this season as opposed to the 80 he hit last year.
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