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SAN DIEGO – Revised test results released today show San Diego Unified School District has met Adequate Yearly Progress targets for the 2006-07 school year, according to the state Department of Education.
San Diego Unified is the only district among the top 10 largest urban school districts in the U.S. to meet the standard, one of the measures under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Since the original fall results, two additional District-operated schools, Pershing Middle and Lindbergh-Schweitzer elementary, and two additional District charter schools, Explorer Elementary and King/Chavez Preparatory Academy, made AYP for 2007. Overall, 71 percent of district schools made AYP in 2007 (99 elementary, 6 middle, 20 high, and 27 charter schools).
The changes are the result of a review of the data submitted to the state Department of Education. Revised rules this year allow Special Education students’ results to be counted in that AYP measure for two years after the student exits the program. In previous years, they had not been counted in this category.
The results in San Diego were announced at a news conference at Pershing Middle School on Feb. 20. Detailed results are available on the state Department of Education’s web site at www.cde.ca.gov/apr.
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