18 Lake Washington District Schools not up to Federal "AYP" standard - Data is confusing.

According to the LWSD, the 2010 Federal Adequate Yearly Progress ("AYP") data confuses the achievement picture because the label is an all or nothing designation.

For example, the District says by most measures, Inglewood Junior High is a high-performing school. Over 83 percent of students meet or exceed the state standard in reading and over 84 percent in math at the seventh grade level.

Yet according to the federal government’s AYP benchmark, Inglewood Junior High is not a success. In fact, Lake Washington School District (LWSD), Inglewood Junior High and 18 other LWSD schools out of 50 schools total are not up to the AYP standard.  The list of schools with categories not up to AYP standard are, as follows: 

· Dickinson Elementary, Step 1, special education math
· Eastlake High School, Step 1, special education math
· Einstein Elementary, Step 2, special education reading; special education, Hispanic and low income math
· Evergreen Junior High, Step 2, Hispanic math
· Family Learning Center, Step 2, All students and white students math
· Inglewood Junior High, Step 2, special education math
· Kamiakin Junior High, Step 3, special education reading; special education, Hispanic and low income math
· Kirkland Junior High, Step 3, special education reading and math
· Lake Washington High School, special education reading; special education and low income math
- Muir Elementary, Step 1, special education reading; special education and low income math
· Redmond High School, Step 2, Hispanic, special education and low income math
· Redmond Junior High, Step 1, Hispanic, special education and low income math
· Rose Hill Junior High, Step 2, special education and low income math
· Twain Elementary, Step 2, special education reading and math

Read entire LWSD Press Release on LWSD schools "in improvement", what it means and why it's confusing.

Posted by Bob Yoder
Source:  LWSD website.