Octorara Students Meet Standards (Updated)

As Octorara School District administrators and school board members struggle with the district’s finances, students in the district's four schools continue to demonstrate continued improvement to their academic balance sheets. 

According to the district's home page, all four of district schools met state and federal academic standards for achieving "Adequate Yearly Progress" (AYP), according to the 2010 AYP Report used by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002.  It measures how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized tests.

In Pennsylvania AYP calculations are made through a math and reading assessment given to all students.

While this is the fourth straight year Octorara's student body has achieved AYP designation, because AYP standards shifts incrementally higher every year, this year's performance is their highest achievement yet. 

For 2009-2010 school year 72% of district students must be proficient in English while 67% must be proficient in Math.

The benchmarks continue to go up for the next 3 years until 2014 when expected proficiencies are 100% for both math and reading.