Six Coweta County schools that were reported as having not met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements earlier this summer have been reported as having met AYP, in a revised report issued by Georgia Department of Education on Tuesday.

Welch Elementary, White Oak Elementary, Evans Middle, Lee Middle, Madras Middle and Smokey Road Middle Schools had their AYP status changed in the revised report, and have met AYP in all categories for the 2007-08 school year.

Welch Elementary School also came off the No Child Left Behind “Needs Improvement” list, as expected by school officials, because it made AYP for 2007-08.

The Georgia Department of Education released its initial AYP report for the 2007-08 school year in July.  The state’s revised AYP list issued Tuesday takes into account the passage rates of students who retook state CRCT Reading tests for grades 3, 5 and 8 and CRCT Math tests in grades 5 and 8.

The revised report reduces the number of Coweta County schools not making AYP to four schools – down from 10 schools in an initial report issued by the state in July – and improves the AYP performance report for the schools that remain on the list, and for the Coweta County School System as a whole.

“As we anticipated, the inclusion of retest results improved our AYP report,” said Christi Hildebrand, Coweta County School System’s Testing and School Improvement Coordinator. 

“Overall, our school system and our individual schools did well on meeting No Child Left Behind requirements, and this revised report reflects that,” said Hildebrand. “Each of the four schools not making AYP fell short in only one area and in most cases were off by only a very small number of students. In the end, Ruth Hill was one student away from making AYP this year after the retest results.”

The revised AYP report released by the state Tuesday also takes one Coweta County school off of the Needs Improvement list, and improves the status of another.

Welch Elementary school comes off of the “Needs Improvement” list, because it made AYP in the revised report.

Evans Middle School remains on the Needs Improvement list, but because it made AYP this year, it can come off the list if it makes AYP again next year.

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