August 27, 2008All Roanoke County schools meet "No Child Left Behind" standards We reported on August 15 that it looked like all the schools in Roanoke County would meet the federal standards under the "No Child Left Behind" act. Today, the formal report came out, and yes, every school in Roanoke County did meet 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. You can look up information on each school in Roanoke County (or anywhere in Western Virginia, for that matter) on our Datasphere. For a news story on schools across the region, click here. Got an opinion? You can click "comment" below.
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