The Wichita Public Schools received 164 Standard of Excellence Awards in reading, math and/or science by the Kansas State Department of Education for 2011, up 56 awards from 2010. Forty-five schools, covering all grade levels, were awarded Standard of Excellence. The Wichita Public Schools received Standard of Excellence Awards at 45 schools by grade level and/or building-wide, based on the school’s performance on the 2011 State Assessments taken last spring.

 

“I am proud that we have a large number of schools that earned the Standard of Excellence andthat the number keeps increasing every year. This distinction is important because it represents increasing achievement across the board, and means that a school is helping to improve student learning at all levels,” said Superintendent John Allison. “This increase mirrors the significant gains we saw in schools making Adequate Yearly Progress, and our teachers, students, parents and school communities are to be commended for their extraordinary efforts to support Wichita’s children.”

 

The Standard of Excellence Awards were given to 35 elementary schools, two K-8 schools, 4 middle schools, two high schools and two special schools. Eighty-two of the awards were given in math, 75 were given in reading and 7 in science.

 

“Our schools continue to meet the challenges of increasing student achievement and our schools should take great pride in their accomplishments,” Superintendent Allison said.

 

Standard of Excellence is based on Kansas state assessment data. For a school to receive Standard of Excellence, a certain percentage of students must score exemplary on the assessments and only a small percentage of students be placed on academic warning. The percentage varies by grade level.

 

The State Department of Education also released its State Report Card with state, district and individual school assessment date.

 

The State Report Card is on the KSDE web site at http://online.ksde.org/rcard/.