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Six Coweta County schools that were
reported as having not met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
requirements earlier this summer have been reported as having
met AYP, in a revised report issued by Georgia Department of
Education on Tuesday.
Welch Elementary, White Oak Elementary, Evans Middle, Lee
Middle, Madras Middle and Smokey Road Middle Schools had their
AYP status changed in the revised report, and have met AYP in
all categories for the 2007-08 school year.
Welch Elementary School also came off the No Child Left Behind
“Needs Improvement” list, as expected by school officials,
because it made AYP for 2007-08.
The Georgia Department of Education released its initial AYP
report for the 2007-08 school year in July. The state’s revised
AYP list issued Tuesday takes into account the passage rates of
students who retook state CRCT Reading tests for grades 3, 5 and
8 and CRCT Math tests in grades 5 and 8.
The revised report reduces the number of Coweta County schools
not making AYP to four schools – down from 10 schools in an
initial report issued by the state in July – and improves the
AYP performance report for the schools that remain on the list,
and for the Coweta County School System as a whole.
“As we anticipated, the inclusion of retest results improved our
AYP report,” said Christi Hildebrand, Coweta County School
System’s Testing and School Improvement Coordinator.
“Overall, our school system and our individual schools did well
on meeting No Child Left Behind requirements, and this revised
report reflects that,” said Hildebrand. “Each of the four
schools not making AYP fell short in only one area and in most
cases were off by only a very small number of students. In the
end, Ruth Hill was one student away from making AYP this year
after the retest results.”
The revised AYP report released by the state Tuesday also takes
one Coweta County school off of the Needs Improvement list, and
improves the status of another.
Welch Elementary school comes off of the “Needs Improvement”
list, because it made AYP in the revised report.
Evans Middle School remains on the Needs Improvement list, but
because it made AYP this year. That allows the school to come
off the list if it makes AYP again next year. |
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