Article: Better test scores pay off for three area schools.

Byline: Sara Leaming

Jan. 25--Meeting the needs of all students is the common focus at Cooper Elementary School.

"We take the assessment data that we get back on our kids throughout the year to see how we intervene in a way that's meaningful and helpful," Principal Michael Cosgrove said.

That way of thinking seems to have paid off for Cooper and three other Spokane schools.

Cooper, Arlington and Whitman elementary schools and Shaw Middle School -- All Title I Distinguished Schools -- were recently awarded Academic Achievement Awards from the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for improving student learning.

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