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| Baldwin-Whitehall
District Report Card 2004-2005 |
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The mission
of …
Baldwin Whitehall School District is to provide an optimum
learning environment in a flexible, comprehensive curriculum
that meets the needs of all youth, providing them with
the
skills to become self-sufficient, caring, aspiring,
and contributing citizens in the changing technological
world. |
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Tables
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No Child Left Behind
and AYP
The No Child Left Behind Act charges America’s schools
to describe their success in terms of student accomplishment.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has outlined standards for
what every child should know and learn for all grades. Each
District
is expected to make “adequate yearly progress” (AYP)
toward meeting state standards. |
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| Each year, students
in grades 3, 5, 8 and 11 take the Pennsylvania System of School
Assessment (PSSA) exam to determine performance in reading
and math. Students are rated by scores of Advanced, Proficient,
Basic and Below Basic. In 2004-2005,
for a District to make adequate yearly progress, at least 54%
of the students must have scored at the proficient or advanced
level in reading, and at least 45% of the students must have
scored at the proficient or advanced level in math. In addition,
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least 95% of the students in each group must have taken the
test. |
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| In Baldwin-Whitehall,
all grades exceeded the levels set forth by the state and no
schools in the District have been identified for school improvement.
In addition, all schools in our district exceeded the required
adequate yearly progress. |
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Attendance and Graduation
Rates
Under the No Child Left Behind Legislation, the state has set
forth the goal of a 90% attendance rate by 2014 in grades K-8.
In 2004-2005, Baldwin-Whitehall’s attendance rate for
those grades was 95.6%. Whitehall Elementary School’s
attendance rate was 95.68%, Paynter Elementary School’s
attendance rate was 95.83%, and Harrison Middle School’s
attendance rate was 95.29%. |
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| The Act also looks
closely at the graduation rate, which is defined by the number
of students who entered 9th grade and graduated with a regular
diploma. The state’s goal is
80% by 2014, and in 2004 Baldwin-Whitehall’s graduation
rate was 95.28%. |
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Highly Qualified Teachers
According to the U. S. Department of Education, a highly qualified
teacher, is fully certified, has a bachelor’s degree
and has completed a content area major OR has passed a content
area test in the subject he/she is assigned to teach. In Pennsylvania,
a fully certified teacher must have a bachelor’s degree,
a content area major AND have passed a content area test. In
addition,
fully certified teachers in Pennsylvania have completed pedagogical
course work in education, including student teaching. Every
teacher
in Baldwin-Whitehall meets the No Child Left Behind standards
for Highly Qualified Teachers. |
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click to review the tables and charts to gather detailed
information. (pdf) |
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