Federal Watch List for Thirteen Peninsula Schools

Thirteen schools on the North Olympic Peninsula are on a federal watch list because of test results during the 2008-09 school year.

These schools have fallen short of the target for “adequate yearly progress” mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Quilcene is the only Peninsula school district that doesn’t have any schools on this federal watch list.

I haven’t followed school/education issues for a long time, so I don’t really have an opinion on WASL or the No Child Left Behind Act.

What say you?