ST. JOSEPH-MONROEVILLE TO CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT
St. Joseph School held a “Celebration of Achievement” on Friday, May 16, at 1:00 p.m. in the school at 209 Mulberry Street, Monroeville, for its high ranking of Public Law 221 recognition.
According to Principal Carolyn Kirkendall, Public Law 221 (P.L. 221) is Indiana’s comprehensive accountability system for K-12 education. Passed by the legislature in 1999, the law aims to establish major educational reform and accountability statewide.
To measure progress, P.L. 221 places Indiana school corporations and schools into one of five categories based upon “improvement” and “performance” data from the Indiana Statewide Testing for Education Progress-Plus (ISTEP+): exemplary progress, commendable progress, academic progress, academic watch or academic probation.
Kirkendall said St. Joseph School earned the highest performance ranking of “exemplary progress” for the past two years. The score of 97.2 was the highest of any of the diocesan Catholic schools in the Fort Wayne area of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. In addition, said Kirkendall, the score was the highest of any public, private or parochial school in Allen County.
The majority of the 46 students in grades K-8 wore T-shirts they designed for the occasion, which include the initials “SJS” and either “#1” or “exemplary.”
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