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Superintendent Linda McCulloch Recognizes Montana Schools for High Student Achievement

Today, Superintendent Linda McCulloch recognized Title I schools who
serve low income children that have demonstrated high student achievement.

"Today I am proud to recognize these schools that have shown that all
Montana students can achieve high marks," said Superintendent Linda
McCulloch. "Success like this comes only when school boards, teachers,
administrators, parents, and the entire community come together to improve
student learning."

Box Elder Elementary School and Harlem High School were two of the 64
schools across the country to be named a National Title I Distinguished
School. Winning schools demonstrated significant sustained academic
improvement in spite of having a 35 percent or higher poverty rate. These
two schools also received a Title I State Academic Achievement Award of
$15,000.

Fourteen schools received a Title I State Academic Achievement Award of
$2,000. These schools have exited improvement status by making Adequate
Yearly Progress for two consecutive years.
Arlee 7-8 School, Billings Senior High School, Barbara Gilligan Elementary
School (Brockton), Pine Butte Elementary School (Colstrip), Columbia Falls
Grade 6 School, Columbia Falls 7-8 School, Dodson 7-8 School, Central
Elementary School (Helena), Lavina Elementary School, Garfield Elementary
School (Lewistown), Polson 7-8 School, Polson 5-6 School, Porter Middle
School (Missoula), and Ronan Middle School

One of these schools, Barbara Gilligan Elementary in Brockton, exited
Restructuring Year 2 and received particular recognition on that basis.
This school collected a Title I State Academic Achievement Award of
$4,750.

Sunday, February 25, Superintendent McCulloch hosted a Call to Greatness
II Summit where she recognized additional schools with high American
Indian student populations for improving student achievement. This summit
brought together leaders from the 33 schools identified for restructuring
under the federal No Child Left Behind law. This is the second in a
series of summits the Office of Public Instruction is sponsoring which
focus specifically on improving academic achievement for American Indian
students in Montana schools.

Schools recognized were:

Harlem High School, Box Elder Elementary, and Brockton Elementary for
making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for two years in a row and being
removed from the Restructuring list.

Box Elder High School, Heart Butte Elementary, Poplar Elementary, Wyola
7-8 School, Brockton Junior High, Ashland Elementary, Hardin Primary, and
Hardin Intermediate for making AYP for the first time in the 2005-2006
school year. If they make AYP again this year, they will be removed from
the Improvement list.

Poplar, Wolf Point, Hays Lodge Pole, Rocky Boy, Browning, Heart Butte, and
Hardin schools were recognized for dramatic increases in test scores of
10% or more in reading or math in 4th, 8th or 10th grades.

Overall in 2006 our American Indian students in Montana made impressive
gains on the Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT) in both reading and math.
American Indian students made their largest improvements with 15% more 8th
grade students and 13% more 10th grade students attaining reading
proficiency. Nine percent more 4th grade students were able to attain
math proficiency.

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