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Article: Eight school districts urged to improve academic qualifications.
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- March 10, 2005
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Byline: Karen Maeshiro
Mar. 10--LANCASTER -- Eight of Antelope Valley's 12 school districts have been designated as failing for two consecutive years to meet academic requirements outlined in President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.
The eight districts are now labeled "program improvement" districts that are subject to federal requirements and possible sanctions.
The 2001 federal school accountability law requires all districts and schools to demonstrate "adequate yearly progress," with an eventual goal that all students are proficient in English and math by 2014.
The eight districts are Acton-Agua Dulce Unified, Antelope ...