PWCS
was
notified
by
the
Virginia
Department
of
Education
(VDOE)
that
Fred
M.
Lynn
Middle
School
met
the
criteria
to
receive
the
2020
Board
of
Education's
Continuous
Improvement
Exemplar
Award
for
improvement
in
student
group
performance.
Fred
Lynn
Middle
was
regrettably
not
included
in
the
initial
announcement
released
by
state
officials
in
late
June.
To
earn
the
Board
of
Education's
Continuous
Improvement
Award,
the
school
must
earn
a
state
accreditation
rating
of
Accredited
or
Accredited
with
Conditions
and
meet
at
least
one
of
the
following
benchmarks
for
improved
performance
on
accreditation-related
indicators:
- A cumulative 10-point increase over three years in the combined rates for reading and mathematics and in the pass rate for science, with improvement each year on each indicator;
- A cumulative 10-point increase over three years in the combined rates for reading and mathematics for two or more student groups, with improvement each year for each group on both indicators;
- A cumulative 15 percent decrease in the chronic absenteeism rate over three years, with a decrease each year; or
- For schools with a graduating class, a cumulative four-point increase in the Graduation and Completion Index over three years, with an increase each year, and a cumulative 15-percent decrease in the dropout rate, with a decrease each year.
For a list of all the PWCS schools that received 2020 Exemplar Awards, please view the original story.