>DOE: Fewer schools hold ‘proficient’ ranking
A state Department of Education list released on Thursday shows that more than 55 percent of public schools failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress in meeting all standardized testing benchmarks in language arts and math.
The results are being blamed on more stringent scoring and a mandated increase in the percentage of students that must be proficient, school officials said. Some schools are appearing on the list for the first time. (Rothschild, Gannett)
