Clarke County Schools Deal With Inadequate Progress
When the Virginia Department of Education released its School Report Cards on August 12th detailing which schools made “Adequate Yearly Progress” (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the scores didn’t place Clarke County Public Schools in a favorable light.
Do Clarke County’s AYP scores provide reason for concern? Do the scores reflect a school division in decline?
Nineteenth-century American statesman Henry Clay said ”Statistics are no substitute for judgment.” While AYP results are one indicator of the quality of education delivered by a particular school or school division, there are other considerations that must be taken into account in order to understand the complete picture. Here’s a closer look at just what Clarke County’s AYP scores demonstrate, what the scores do not demonstrate, along with some of the other considerations not reflected by statistics…
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on Aug 31 2010. Filed under Berryville News.
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