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When it comes to meeting Adequate Yearly Progress targets, San Diego Unified is America’s Best large urban school district. Revised AYP test results released February 20 showed San Diego Unified School District has met Adequate Yearly Progress targets for the 2006-07 school year, according to the state Department of Education.
San Diego Unified is the only district among the top 10 largest urban school districts in the U.S. to meet the standard, one of the measures under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Since the AYP results were first released last fall, two additional district-operated schools, Pershing Middle and Lindbergh-Schweitzer Elementary, and two additional district charter schools, Explorer Elementary and King/Chavez Preparatory Academy, made AYP for 2007. Overall, 71 percent of district schools made AYP in 2007 (99 elementary, 6 middle, 20 high, and 27 charter schools).
"This is great, great news for us," said Board President Katherine Nakamura. "We got an A-plus on our report card. We're really happy. It reflects very well on our teachers, our kids who come to school every day ready to learn, on everyone."
Detailed results are available on the state Department of Education’s web site at www.cde.ca.gov/apr.