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Adequate Yearly Progress: Where District schools stand
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Theme articles
- Education law is tougher on diverse schools by Paul Socolar
- State creates new ways to meet AYP targets by Eva Travers
- 'No Child Left Behind' and AYP in Pennsylvania
- Adequate Yearly Progress: Where charter schools stand
- Adequate Yearly Progress: Where District schools stand
- Making AYP: The game
- Achieving 'proficiency': the devil is in the details of state plans by Eva Travers
- With AYP, 'No Child Left Behind' takes aim at 'achievement gap' by Sheila Simmons
- Parent rights promised by NCLB often not exercised by Keith Weissglass
- No Child Left Behind: local parent resources
- Struggling to make AYP: students' views from two schools by Ron Whitehorne
- Kaplan test prep program up for reconsideration by Sheila Simmons
- Book by Dr. Seuss takes up high-stakes testing by Keith Weissglass
- As pressure grows to raise scores, how do districts spot cheating? by Benjamin Herold
- Sniffing out test irregularities in Chicago by Benjamin Herold
- Questions parents can ask about AYP and school performance by Baruch Kintisch
- Reading a No Child Left Behind 'school report card' by Benjamin Herold and Paul Socolar
- Report cards are sent home to parents and are also available on the School District's website.
Other news & features
- Teacher equity struggle takes new direction by Sheila Simmons
- Key provisions of PFT contract: more site selection, 25 'Incentive Schools'
Cartoon
- Winter 2004-2005 cartoon
In our opinion
- Making AYP: cause to celebrate?
From our readers
- Charter schools welcome challenge
- 'Declaration of Education': all surface, no substance
Eye on special education
- What does 'AYP' mean for students with disabilities? by Len Rieser
Activism around the city
- Antiviolence efforts taken to school, Council
- Enrollment guaranteed to immigrant, foster youth
- Students take part in high-turnout election
News in brief
- District prepares to take "Corrective Action"
- More new buildings on the way, Vallas says
- District website posts detailed school data
Guest opinions
- Some gaps get more attention than others by Stan Karp
School snapshot
- Simon Gratz High School
En español
- 'Que Ningún Niño se Quede Atrás' en Pensilvania
- Derechos prometidos por la NCLB a menudo no se cumplen por Keith Weissglass
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