28A.657.020 - Persistently lowest achieving schools -- Identification -- Criteria. - Washington Statutes

Persistently lowest achieving schools — Identification — Criteria.

(1) Beginning in 2010, and each year thereafter, by December 1st, the superintendent of public instruction shall annually identify schools as one of the state's persistently lowest-achieving schools if the school is a Title I school, or a school that is eligible for but does not receive Title I funds, that is among the lowest-achieving five percent of Title I or Title I eligible schools in the state.

     (2) The criteria for determining whether a school is among the persistently lowest-achieving five percent of Title I schools, or Title I eligible schools, under subsection (1) of this section shall be established by the superintendent of public instruction. The criteria must meet all applicable requirements for the receipt of a federal school improvement grant under the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 and Title I of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965, and take into account both:

     (a) The academic achievement of the "all students" group in a school in terms of proficiency on the state's assessment, and any alternative assessments, in reading and mathematics combined; and

     (b) The school's lack of progress on the mathematics and reading assessments over a number of years in the "all students" group.

[2010 c 235 § 102.]

Notes: Finding -- 2010 c 235: See note following RCW 28A.405.245.