(ROCHESTER, NY)  Twenty-one Rochester City School District elementary schools were named Rapidly Improving Schools or High Performing/Gap Closing Schools today by the New York State Education Department based on the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.   

“We are very proud of the gains these schools have made and the cultures they have developed that make these gains possible,” said Superintendent of Schools Jean-Claude Brizard. “We know the elements that make up our ‘high performing’ schools. Our work is to learn from these schools and their successful practices to help all of our schools improve student achievement.”

The following were named High Performing/Gap Closing Schools for 2006-2007:



Virgil I. Grissom School No. 7

Francis Parker School No. 23

World of Inquiry School No. 58

         

         Both School No. 23 and School No. 58 were named High Performing/Gap Closing Schools last year as well.

The following 18 schools were named Rapidly Improving Schools for 2006-2007:

Martin B. Anderson School No. 1

Clara Barton School No. 2

Nathaniel Rochester Community School No. 3

George Mather Forbes School No. 4

John Williams School No. 5

Roberto Clemente School No. 8

James P.B. Duffy School No. 12

Enrico Fermi School No. 17

Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School No. 19

Nathaniel Hawthorne School No. 25

Adlai E. Stevenson School No. 29

General Elwell S. Otis School No. 30

Dr. Louis A. Cerulli School No. 34

Theodore Roosevelt School No. 43

Lincoln Park School No. 44

Helen Barrett Montgomery School No. 50

Frank Fowler Dow School No. 52

Franklin Montessori School



         Schools that were also among the 10 Rapidly Improving Schools named last year are Schools No. 12, 17, 19, 43, 44, and 52.  

“High Performing/Gap Closing” schools are those that met all State standards for English and math in 2006-2007 and also made adequate yearly progress in those subjects for two consecutive years.

         “Rapidly Improving” schools are those that were performing below State standards in one or more subjects but showed improvement and made adequate yearly progress in 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-07.