Ten percent of schools fail to meet standards
Portland Press Herald, September 19, 2006

Fifty-five public elementary and middle schools in Maine failed to meet federal accountability standards last year, the state Department of Education announced on Monday.
Although the number of schools on the list dropped from 92 the previous year, education officials said the introduction of a new standardized test makes it pointless to compare the year-to-year results.
The schools on this year's list, which the state is required to compile under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, represent about 10 percent of the Maine schools where fourth- and eighth-graders were tested in mathematics and reading. Twenty-five of the 55 schools were put on notice for failing to make what is called "adequate yearly progress" for the second, third or fourth consecutive year.
Districts with schools that make the list for three straight years must give students the choice of attending another school in the district. In past years, few if any Maine students have been known to change schools as a result of the law.

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