T.C. Williams Fails to Make Coveted 'Yearly-Progress' Rating, but Shows Strong Improvement in Some Areas
Ratings for AYP are based on achievement of students on tests taken during previous academic year.
T.C. Williams High School did not achieve the Adequate Yearly Progress rating from the Virginia Department of Education for the 2011-2012 school year. However, students overall showed continued improvements in test scores over previous years. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires states to set annual benchmarks for achievement in reading and mathematics to 100 percent proficiency by 2014. Schools, school divisions and states that meet or surpass those benchmarks are labeled as having made AYP. "We are not at all satisfied with this year's NCLB AYP results, event as we reject the present system and eagerly await for Congress to approve long-needed changes toward a growth model," said School Superintendent Morton Sherman. The state's…
