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From OSPI: A total of 413 schools are 2013 Washington Achievement Award winners. Winners were notified Monday via email from State Superintendent Randy Dorn and State Board of Education Chair Dr. Kristina Mayer.  The Washington Achievement Award is sponsored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. Award winners are selected using the state’s Accountability Index and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver.  “It is important that we use the revised Achievement Index to not only provide feedback to schools and districts on their progress, but also to identify schools with exemplary student performance,” said Mayer. “These awards shine the light on what is working well in schools across Washington.” Schools are recognized as top performers in one of six categories: Overall Excellence High Progress Reading Growth Math Growth Extended Graduation Rate (awarded to high and comprehen...

From OPSI : A total of 381 schools are receiving Washington Achievement Awards for 2012. Award-winning schools were notified today via email by State Superintendent Randy Dorn and State Board of Education Chair Jeff Vincent. The Washington Achievement Awards , now in their fourth year, are sponsored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. Award winners are selected using the state’s Achievement Index and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver . Washington’s School Achievement Index rates all schools according to specific outcomes and indicators from 2010 to 2012. The five outcomes are student performance in statewide assessments in reading, writing, math and science tests, as well as the school’s extended graduation rate, which includes those students who took longer than four years to graduate. Those outcomes are each measured using four indicators: achievement of students who are not...

Twenty-one Seattle Schools were honored with 2011 Washington Achievement Awards.  The Seattle schools received recognition for their upward trends in performance.   From SPS: The Washington Achievement Award is given to elementary, middle, high, and comprehensive schools in eight different categories: overall excellence, overall excellence for gifted programs, and special recognition for outstanding achievement in the following subcategories: language arts, math, science, extended graduation rate (high and comprehensive schools only), improvement, and closing the achievement gap. Some schools are honored in more than one of these categories. Overall Excellence – Elementary . Eight schools were recognized for overall excellence at the elementary level: Frantz Coe, John Hay, John Stanford International School, Loyal Heights, Maple, McGilvra, Montlake, and West Woodland. Overall Excellence – Multilevel, Middle, and High Schools . Five schools were recogni...