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PRESS RELEASE September 5, 2003 EFF releases names of On-Alert schools OLYMPIA—A list of the 389 public schools in Washington state that received "On-Alert" status in accordance with federal regulations in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is now available on the Evergreen Freedom Foundation's website: Schools on Alert Status 2003-04 Foundation staff compiled the list after Public School Superintendent Terry Bergeson refused to make it available to the public. Its accuracy has been double-checked with her office. On August 28, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) released a report announcing the academic progress of students in our 1,956 public schools.* Using evaluation standards established by their office, OSPI staff determined that 1,170 schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP), while 439 failed to achieve the standards. Fifty of the 439 schools have been on the "failure" list for two years or more operating under various levels of remedies or sanctions. Missing in OSPI's report were the names of the 389 schools that received "On-Alert" status, meaning this was the first year they failed to make adequate yearly progress in moving students up the academic ladder, but are not yet facing sanctions. EFF felt parents would want to know if their child's school is on the list. A school that receives On-Alert status faces sanctions if it slips into the same category for a second year in a row. A description of those sanctions is available in a new report EFF is publishing today, titled: "No Child Left Behind in Washington?" Thirteen of the fifty schools listed as "failing" last year moved off the list this year. EFF is contacting those schools to determine what successful remedies they used. A map showing the location of each of the fifty "failing" schools on the list this year is included in EFF's new report, which will be released this evening. * The numbers provided in this release differ slightly from the original report released by OSPI. EFF has confirmed with OSPI that the initial numbers were not accurate and that the numbers in this report are accurate. Statistical breakdown Other resources: Contact: Lynn Harsh | Senior Education Analyst | 360.956.3482
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1 Part Honesty; 2 Parts Arrogance At a March 23, 2005, House Appropriations hearing on a bill to gut the voter-approved I-601 spending limit, Rep. Jim McIntire (D) asked a supporter of I-601’s two-third supermajority requirement for the legislature to raise taxes the following question: "Can you name a time when we [legislators] have actually not just set it [supermajority requirement] aside by majority vote? I mean, this is in many respects a procedural motion that has no bearing. It’s a statutory constraint that cannot constrain any legislature that chooses as a majority to set it aside . . . have we ever used a supermajority [to raise taxes]?" - Rep. Jim McIntire (D - 46) Despite the arrogance of some state officials, Washington's constitution is clear: "All political power is inherent in the people..." |
