County schools get an A
School district meets state testing standards
By MEGAN THOMAS
Express Staff Writer
The Blaine County School District made progress during the 2003-2004 school year, according to the recently released Adequate Yearly Progress report. The 2003-2004 AYP report, released by Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Marilyn Howard indicates the district met 100 percent of the targets set by the state?s testing agency. All the schools within the district tested favorably.
Across the state, 47 percent of Idaho school districts and 78 percent of schools met state reading and math goals.
The Idaho Department of Education implemented the AYP testing standards to hold schools and school districts accountable for making progress each year. Federal and state law requires that every school and school district meet academic performance goals in reading and math.
The Blaine County 2003-2004 results improved upon the previous year?s test. In the 2002-2003 report, the Blaine County School District fell short of the state testing standards at Hailey Elementary and Wood River Middle School in several categories.
However, the district fulfilled those standards over the past year in Hispanic Reading Proficiency, Hispanic Math Proficiency, Students with Disabilities Reading Proficiency, Students with Disabilities Math Proficiency, Limited English Proficient Students Reading Proficiency, Limited English Proficient Students Math Proficiency, Economically Disadvantaged Reading Proficiency and Economically Disadvantaged Math Proficiency.
