Last Updated on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 10:01 PM
News Release 07-085 - October 8, 2007
(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Five Kentucky public schools have been named 2007 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) - Blue Ribbon Schools, the U.S. Department of Education has announced.
The five are:
- Farmington Elementary, Graves County
- Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary, Jefferson County
- Highlands High, Ft. Thomas Independent
- Sorgho Elementary, Daviess County
- Whitesville Elementary, Daviess County
Nationwide, nearly 300 schools will be honored with NCLB - Blue Ribbon Schools awards, which recognize public and private P-12 schools that help students achieve at very high levels and for making significant progress in closing achievement gaps.
The program requires schools to meet either of two assessment criteria. It recognizes schools that have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that dramatically improve student performance in reading and mathematics over the last three years in accordance with state assessment systems; and it rewards schools that score in the top 10 percent statewide in reading and mathematics on state assessments. Schools also must make adequate yearly progress under the requirements of the federal NCLB Act.
Representatives from each school will attend a recognition ceremony later this year in Washington, D.C.
More information on the NCLB - Blue Ribbon Schools Program is available here.
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