Andrew Lewis is only Salem school not to meet federal standardsPosted Aug27, 2008 at 04:48 PM All Salem schools except one -- Andrew Lewis Middle School -- met the federal standards under the No Child Left Behind Act. The latest report is out today. Every school in Roanoke County met the standards. The standards, known as Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, measure students in reading and math. Schools last year had to show that 77 percent of students passed Standards of Learning tests in English and 75 percent passed the tests in math in order to meet the federal benchmarks. The law also requires that students of different demographic groups pass the tests at the same rate. The standards become increasingly difficult every year until 2014, when all students will be expected to pass the state tests. In 2007 and 2006, every Salem school met the standards. In 2005, only one came up short -- Andrew Lewis. You can look up details on each Salem school (or anywhere in Western Virginia, for that matter) on our Datasphere. For a news story on schools across the region, click here. For more on Roanoke County schools, click here. Got an opinion? You can click "comment" below. Our last post about Andrew Lewis Middle School was August 25. |
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