Poor Marks For Indiana Schools

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette -

4 of 9 schools fail to meet Indiana academic achievement requirements
Nearly half the schools in northeast Indiana failed to meet the academic achievement required under the state’s accountability law according to information released today by the state Department of Education.

Forty-four percent of schools in northeast Indiana were placed in the state’s two lowest categories – Watch and Probation – in the ranking system, which is being used for the first time this year. The system is part of the state’s accountability law, known as PL 221, which was adopted in 1999.
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