Monday, August 10, 2009
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - This is shaping up to be the year when more than half of Minnesota's public schools appear on a list of poor performers.
The state Education Department publishes the annual roster of schools making and missing performance goals Monday night. The designations are based on test scores, attendance rates and graduation levels. They're dictated by the federal No Child Left Behind law.
A year ago, 936 of the state's roughly 1,950 public schools failed to make adequate progress.
Officials say test scores haven't risen enough to prevent more schools from landing on the list of underachievers.
Those schools can be forced to divert money to outside tutoring, pay to bus students who transfer schools or replace staff.
Source: AP, August 10, 2009