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Thursday, August 07, 2008 --- 28 days ago http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/658978?wpid=1277
 THE OUTLOOK IS GRIM FOR NEW MEXICO SCHOOLS... WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING FEDERAL STANDARDS UNDER THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT. TODAY THE STATE RELEASED A REPORT SHOWING WHICH ONES ARE MAKING THE GRADE... AND WHICH ARE FALLING BEHIND. ANTOINETTE ANTONIO HAS BEEN POURING OVER THE REPORT.. SHE'S LIVE WITH A LOOK. ANTOINETTE? MORE THAN TWO- THIRDS -- TWO- THIRDS -- OF OUR STATE'S SCHOOL'S ARE NOT MEETING THE STANDARDS. THAT'S 525 OUT OF 770 NEW MEXICO SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T UP TO PAR WHEN IT COMES TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. EVERY YEAR THE STATE'S PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT RELEASES THIS 'ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS' REPORT -- KNOWN AS A-Y-P -- WHICH IS BASED ON STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES.. AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS... THE NUMBERS JUST SEEM TO GET WORSE. IN 2005 -- ALMOST 53 PERCENT OF SCHOOLS FAILED TO REACH THE ACADEMIC TARGET. THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO 54- PERCENT IN '06 -- AND IN 2007 IT WAS SLIGHTLY UP AGAIN. THIS YEAR... THE NUMBERS JUMPED DRAMATICALLY TO 68-PERCENT OF SCHOOLS THAT FAILED TO MEET THE A-Y-P STANDARDS. BUT THE STATE'S SECRETARY OF EDUCATION SAYS THE NUMBERS ARE DECEIVING... BECAUSE THEY ONLY SHOW IF SCHOOLS PASSED OR FAILED. NOT WHETHER THEY'VE IMPROVED. 12:56 ayp is only one tool, and a very narrow and sometimes unfair measure of success and progress. i ask for people to pay attention to proficiency and gains in proficiency. that really tells us the growth that's happening in our schools. A-Y-P MAINLY LOOKS AT PERFORMANCE IN READ ... |
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