What do the latest school reports mean for your child?
By Molly BlancettEUGENE, Ore. -- Only 61 percent of Oregon's schools are meeting federal academic goals, down 14 percent from last year, according to state reports released last week. The worst off? High schools. Only 36 percent passed the test compared to 70 percent of elementary and middle schools. When you look at the state's reports, in green you see schools that met the Adequate Yearly Progress standards, or AYP. In red are the schools that didn't meet them, including Kelly, Kennedy and Monroe middle schools and every high school in Eugene, Springfield and Bethel except South Eugene High School. So what exactly does this mean for students? That depends on who you are. Let's take a look at Churchill High School. The report shows Churchill didn't meet the standards for students with disabilities or who are economically disadvantaged, but it passed when it came to all students combined. Churchill Principal Dennis Biggerstaff said the AYP Standard doesn't tell the whole story. He said it's a fairly complicated equation and doesn't really tell you about the full quality of the schools and all the various programs. Oregon is one of 23 states that decided to gradually implement the No Child Left Behind standards. So the bar will rise through 2014. And if schools don't meet the standards they'll lose federal funding. What do you think? Let us know. |
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