MILWAUKEE - The Monroe Alternative Charter Middle School again is on a list of Wisconsin schools failing to meet national No Child Left Behind Act standards for 2008-09.
In all, 79 schools and the Milwaukee and Beloit districts failed to make progress in problem areas under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, putting many of the schools on a path of ever-increasing sanctions that ultimately could lead to restructuring.
The individual schools and the Milwaukee and Beloit districts made the list under the more serious ranking of "schools identified for improvement" - for failing to make adequate progress in the same category for two consecutive years.
The Monroe Alternative Charter Middle School also missed the mark in its Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) review in 2007-08, for not meeting the AYP requirement set in mathematics.
Schools must pass all four sections of a review: Test participation, reading, mathematics and other academic indicators - normally graduation and attendance - to receive a passing grade.
Schools that miss the AYP two years in a row are identified for improvement. All other Monroe and area schools had satisfactory marks for 2008-09.
The Monroe Alternative High School received two unsatisfactory marks in math and reading in 2006-07, but was at passing level during the past academic year.
Fifty-eight of the schools on the list in 2008-09 receive federal Title I funding and are subject to sanctions under NCLB. Schools that receive that money must make yearly progress toward the government's goal or face punishments that include letting parents transfer their children to better-performing schools in the same district, offering tutoring for students from low-income families and restructuring the way the schools operate.
Overall, 148 Wisconsin schools didn't meet standards set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act for this year, according to the list released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. There are 2,269 public schools in Wisconsin.
In all, 79 schools and the Milwaukee and Beloit districts failed to make progress in problem areas under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, putting many of the schools on a path of ever-increasing sanctions that ultimately could lead to restructuring.
The individual schools and the Milwaukee and Beloit districts made the list under the more serious ranking of "schools identified for improvement" - for failing to make adequate progress in the same category for two consecutive years.
The Monroe Alternative Charter Middle School also missed the mark in its Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) review in 2007-08, for not meeting the AYP requirement set in mathematics.
Schools must pass all four sections of a review: Test participation, reading, mathematics and other academic indicators - normally graduation and attendance - to receive a passing grade.
Schools that miss the AYP two years in a row are identified for improvement. All other Monroe and area schools had satisfactory marks for 2008-09.
The Monroe Alternative High School received two unsatisfactory marks in math and reading in 2006-07, but was at passing level during the past academic year.
Fifty-eight of the schools on the list in 2008-09 receive federal Title I funding and are subject to sanctions under NCLB. Schools that receive that money must make yearly progress toward the government's goal or face punishments that include letting parents transfer their children to better-performing schools in the same district, offering tutoring for students from low-income families and restructuring the way the schools operate.
Overall, 148 Wisconsin schools didn't meet standards set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act for this year, according to the list released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. There are 2,269 public schools in Wisconsin.