Stellar schools? not so fast.From Florida to California, schools have been given state awards for excellence and even praised by President Bush over the past few years. But many administrators are still frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . Ironically, many of those otherwise stellar schools do not meet federal guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for showing adequate yearly progress Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically. in state accountability tests according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. No Child Left Behind. And some are even getting "F" grades on their school report cards. The U.S. Department of Education claims this discrepancy is due to the fact that many schools base their scores on averages, instead of disaggregating data. "On average, the school is doing well but not all kids are learning what they should be learning," says Jo Ann Webb, a spokeswoman for the education department. And while these schools are doing a good job in educating most students, they still have weak spots that need to be corrected, she adds. "I don't think a school that ... did not make AYP AYP Adequate Yearly Progress (National Assessment of Educational Progress) AYP Anarchist Yellow Pages AYP American Youth Philharmonic should beat itself up. It simply means there are areas for improvement and growth." |
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