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All student groups achieve gains in reading and math,
results not enough for district to meet all state AYP targets

8/5/2008 9:49:22 PM
Saint Paul, Minn – All Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) student groups made gains in this year’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), a state measurement of performance in academics – reading and math – and other indicators such as test participation rates, attendance rates and graduation rates.

“Although the gains are encouraging in many respects, it’s not enough,” said Superintendent Meria Carstarphen, “We will redouble our efforts to achieve the targets. We are committed to this work until every student meets or exceeds the standards.”


More than 300 Four Seasons A+ Elementary students ponder a world without arts in original musical production
8/5/2008 9:46:55 PM
Q and the Quest for Music allows students to shine while showing what they have learned in the A+ arts model used at Four Seasons. The model helps students learn in all subjects by integrating daily arts instruction in music, dance, drama and visual arts.

African-American mens’ group focuses on African-American young men for mentoring and support
6/26/2008 4:33:40 PM
Monitors Club donates time and money to SPPS mentoring program.

Saint Paul Public Schools 2008-09 budget approved
6/23/2008 12:08:37 PM
SPPS Board of Education approved at its regular meeting June 17 the school district's budget for the 2008-09 school year. It includes $476 million of expenses for the General Fund, the largest part of the budget that includes the K-12 education program for student achievement.

Students in poverty falling behind
8/6/2008 9:44:40 AM
Mike Longaecker, Red Wing Republican Eagle
Red Wing school officials will take aim at bolstering achievement among economically disadvantaged students in light of state report card results. For the second-straight year, students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches failed to meet state benchmarks in both math and reading.

Districts face sanctions for not hitting the mark in math and reading
8/6/2008 9:56:52 AM
Linda Vanderwerf, West Central Tribune
Rising standards on state standardized tests are taking a toll on west central Minnesota school districts. More school districts and school sites are facing sanctions for not making adequate yearly progress on state goals on standardized reading and math tests.

Adequate yearly progress: Results vary across area
8/6/2008 9:27:43 AM
Michelle Bedard, Bemidji Pioneer
The Bemidji School District received a “needs improvement” status from the Minnesota Department of Education.

State test scores up, but not enough
8/6/2008 9:06:15 AM
Megan Boldt and MaryJo Webster, Pioneer Press
933 of 1,947 Minnesota schools put on list as not making 'adequate progress'

Districts’ gains not enough
8/6/2008 9:33:33 AM
Mila Koumpilova, Fargo Forum
Earlier this summer, area school districts from Moorhead to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton to Hawley got word that their math and reading state assessment scores, already comfortably above state averages, rose slightly this year.

Some area schools fail to meet federal standards; others show improvement
8/6/2008 10:00:25 AM
Nolan Rosenkrans, Winona Daily News
A third of Winona’s public schools failed to meet federal performance requirements this year, a percentage on par with other districts in the region but better than the state as a whole, according to results publicly released Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Education

Fewer Minnesota students hit yearly progress goals
8/6/2008 9:20:56 AM
Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota is falling farther behind a key national education goal. Rankings just released by the state's Department of Education show the number of schools making annual yearly progress fell nearly 10 percent last year. And for the first time, most of the decline was in the suburbs.

More Minnesota schools fall short of No Child Left Behind standards
8/6/2008 9:38:15 AM
Lisa Gibson, Grand Forks Herald
Of 507 public school districts in Minnesota, 296, including many in the area, did not meet No Child Left Behind-mandated adequate yearly progress standards for the 2007-08 school year, compared with 233 of 503 districts the year before.

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