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Isle educators defend improved test scores


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By Loren Moreno
Advertiser Staff Writer


OUT OF SANCTIONS

Here is a list of the 11 schools that exited federal No Child Left Behind sanctions after achieving their "adequate yearly progress" two years in a row.


Kalihi Elementary

Kalihi-Uka Elementary

Palolo Elementary

Lanakila Elementary

'Aiea Elementary

Hale Kula Elementary

Pu'ohala Elementary

Pa'ia Elementary

Kilohana Elementary

Kanu o ka 'Aina Public Charter School

Kula Aupuni Ni'ihau Public Charter School
Source: state Department of Education

ENTERED SANCTIONS

Two new schools entered sanctions following recent testing. A total of 48 schools are now in restructuring, the worst of the federal sanctions. Eighty-five schools need to meet their AYP goals another year to be out of sanctioning. The schools that entered sanctioning are:


August Ahrens Elementary

Pahoa Elementary
Source: state Department of Education

TEST RESULTS

School-by-school test scores may be viewed on the state DOE Web site at: http://doe.k12.hi.us/








Nearly a month after it was announced that 60 percent of Hawai'i's public schools had achieved "adequate yearly progress" under No Child Left Behind, additional data released this week show how individual schools performed on a revised test that some say erodes confidence in the results