Middle School wins statewide award

The award comes from two groups, the Center for Educational Effectiveness and Phi Delta Kappa, Washington state chapter. Anacortes Middle School will be honored at Thursday's meeting of the School Board.

Candidate schools for this award must be performing at least at the state average performance in fourth, seventh, and tenth grade Reading and Math assessments, as measured on the Spring 2010 Measures of Student Progress (4th and 7th grade) and High School Proficiency Exam (10th grade).

Schools meeting this requirement were then evaluated on combined Reading and Math Improvement over 2005 to 2010 state assessments. The top 5% of the elementary schools, middle/junior high schools, and high schools are recognized with this award and designated as a School of Distinction.