“We’re from the government and we’re here to help!”
The Adequate Yearly Progress provisions of “No Child Left Behind” have made some folks unhappy:
Many schools in Maine came up short in one of those ways, a fact that has caused some superintendents to question the federal education requirements. Mountain Valley High School has been on the Continuous Improvement Priority School list for several years, a fact that frustrates SAD 43 Superintendent Jim Hodgkin.
“I place zero credibility in this. Our students continue to perform better and better every year. It all depends on the subgroups,” he said. “It’s hard to hold our district accountable for a student we’ve had for only three months.”
But sometimes there’s a silver lining!
The DOE team visit to SAD 44 may offer another benefit to the district.
“We may get some funding and more resources,” Murphy said, adding that when Telstar Middle School did not make adequate yearly progress in reading several years ago, the district received several thousand dollars.
Read the whole thing at Gov. teams to advise schools on test scores
In case you missed the earlier report, here’s the list of schools that’ve been naughty and nice!