More than 90 Milwaukee Public schools miss federal academic goals

Karen Herzog:

A preliminary list of public schools that missed federally mandated academic goals for the 2010-'11 school year includes more than 90 schools in Milwaukee, a spike from last year as proficiency standards have risen.

Milwaukee Public Schools had 94 of the 228 schools in Wisconsin that missed the so-called adequate yearly progress, or AYP, requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act, according to information released Tuesday by the state Department of Public Instruction.

Last year, 78 schools in MPS missed the academic goals.

The federal standards for reading rose from 74% of students scoring proficient or above last year, to 80.5% proficiency required this year; the mathematics proficiency target rose from 58% to 68.5%.

Three charter schools authorized by the City of Milwaukee and two charter schools under contract with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee also were on the list for missed goals, along with a handful of suburban schools.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 9, 2011 1:39 AM
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