Redlands' Schools Are Celebrating
September 29, 2011
At the meeting Tuesday evening of the Redlands Board of Education, Paul Cullen, the assistant superintendent of educational services, announced that 14 of the districts school now have Academic Performance Index (API) scores of 800 or greater. This may not be meaningful to those of us who do not have children in school, but to academia it has become vitally important. The overall state average is 778.
The API testing is part of the No Child Left Behind law enacted in 2001. The statute requires schools to strive to improve their test scores over time. The law imposes penalties and grants rewards. While there is much controversy over the merits of teaching to the test, there is no controversy over the need to improve the education of your children.
It is important to parents to know that schools in the Inland Area are improving and bringing our educational system back to the quality it was once known for.
At the meeting Tuesday evening of the Redlands Board of Education, Paul Cullen, the assistant superintendent of educational services, announced that 14 of the districts school now have Academic Performance Index (API) scores of 800 or greater. This may not be meaningful to those of us who do not have children in school, but to academia it has become vitally important. The overall state average is 778.
The API testing is part of the No Child Left Behind law enacted in 2001. The statute requires schools to strive to improve their test scores over time. The law imposes penalties and grants rewards. While there is much controversy over the merits of teaching to the test, there is no controversy over the need to improve the education of your children.
It is important to parents to know that schools in the Inland Area are improving and bringing our educational system back to the quality it was once known for.
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