OUTLOOK 03-12-06 MD RE B5 BLACK

The Washington Post OUTLOOK R Sunday, March 12, 2006 B5

Laurel H Schools in the Washington area have been hit hard by the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act — harder in some areas than others. Here’s a look 1 at those that have landed on the most recent “watch lists” for , Virginia Where The Dwight D. Eisenhower M and the District, based on information obtained from the state and city education departments and their Web sites. James H. Harrison E Schools Are H John F. Kennedy

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D. E R Improvement List Schools Highland E M Colonel E. Brooke Lee ILL SV LE E CO Elementary School Parkland M H High Point M Middle/Junior High School 355 270 H High School/Senior High School G E O

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A V E 29 . C Charter Schools Montgomery Blair 97 H 185 295 M Buck Lodge M Eastern 495 PRINCE GEORGE’S E Cool Spring Greenbelt M M Silver Spring CO. MONTGOMERY International 193 CO. Duval H

E Carole Highland Magnolia E 355 E Piney Branch Gaywood E Rock Creek Lewisdale E H Northwestern

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6 Coolidge 410 Charles Carroll M 1 Barbara Jordan H C William Wirt M C Ideal Academy Nicholas Orem M 190 C Paul Brightwood E Mamie D. Lee Riverdale E M Thomas Johnson Truesdell School E S M 295 E V Backus W. Wilson D.C. A H . H MASS. AVE. Roosevelt . N 50 CONN. AVE. WIS. AVE. H Sharpe Health E M MacFarland Bladensburg . E C JOZ- ARZ Academy H Y Powell W K E P N Bladensburg O Lincoln M T Bancroft G E E Raymond HIN AS - W E. Whitlow Stokes C Tubman E Gladys N. E Judge Sylvania W. Woods R E . Dodge Park E Slowe E 1 O Y H E Spellman W E Bruce-Monroe IM H Bell T Kenmoor L N E A O Cardozo . B S VE N Meyer I. A A Kenmoor M Booker T. Washington C H E R. H E H.D. Cooke JOHN E Reed LC E C New School for Matthew Henson M E Gage-Eckington 50 C Enterprise & Meridian Garnet- C C Hyde Leadership Patterson Shaw Development M E Emery Robert R. Gray Maya Angelou See Forever Shaw E J. F. Cook Webb Kenilworth Ronald H. E Dunbar H E Browne Browne Brown H Fairmount Heights Francis M H M.M. Washington Cesar E E John Carroll Ernest Everett Just Center M M M Sasha Friendship- Chavez E Houston Cora Rice SAIL C Walker Jones E R. H. Terrell Bruce/ Edison E M M E C Options Miner C E Merritt Seat Pleasant M G. James Gholson Ludlow-Taylor E H Spingarn Thomas E Marriott Hospitality C E E Friendship- E Aiton Stuart-Hobson M S C C H H.D. Woodson Gibbs Edison Benning Kettering M Prospect M Moore VIRGINIA Eliot E. CAPITOL ST. E E Eastern H Academy H 214 H Largo 395 E Phyllis E. Plummer E Shadd Hine M E Williams Kimball Fletcher-Johnson H Central E M Sousa Tyler E Education Center 66 Jefferson M E Amidon E Van Barrett ARLINGTON Bowen E Ness PENN. AVE. E Kramer Bradbury Heights P M E CO. o H John Eager t Howard E 50 o Howard Road Anacostia Concord Barcroft m C E Savoy 4 Academy E E Thomas Carlin E E Hoffman- E a C Stanton Claggett Boston c Thurgood Springs Marshall E E E R E E Moten E Winston Education Center District i Academy 1 v Wilkinson E Moten Center Heights E Arrowhead Randolph S M e UI Drew Freeman 395 TL H r 295 A Johnson M ND Suitland PKW FAIRFAX Overlook E Y. M. C. Terrell Samuel P. Massie E E Longfields CO. Abingdon E Green 5 E M E Andrew Jackson Forestville 0 2 E Ballou H McGogney Bolling M H MILES Hart M G. Gardner Shugart John Air Force E Base Ferebee-Hope E Adams M Benjamin Stoddert Morningside E P. R. Harris Benjamin D. Foulouis E H Education Center H Potomac PE NN. ALEXANDRIA AVE. 495 Patrick E 95 Henry E E Glassmanor 4 Maury Forest E Heights DUKE Andrews ST. E Jefferson- E J. Frank Dent Air Force Houston Base 95 495 Thurgood Marshall M

H Oxon Hill Crossland H Other Area Schools on the List MARYLAND M Maryland Prince George’s E Oxon Hill Anne Arundel County County Bowie High By the Numbers Annapolis Middle M Croom Vocational High A quick look at the figures for District and close- Annapolis Senior High 210 Brooklyn Park Middle Frederick Douglass High in suburban schools in need of improvement Glen Burnie Evening St. Mary’s County as a percentage of the total: Lindale Middle 301 Marley Middle Carver Elem. Clinton Grove District Prince George’s Montgomery M Oxon Hill E H Meade Middle Spring Ridge Middle Surrattsville Meade Senior High Virginia Friendly North Country High 46% 38% 7% Old Mill Senior Fairfax County H Waugh Chapel Elem. Dogwood Elem. McNair Elem. Frederick County Brunswick Elem. Prince William County Hillcrest Elem. Marumsco Hills Elem. PRINCE GEORGE’S Virginia’s Schools in Improvement list applies North Frederick Elem. Spotsylvania County only to Title I schools, which receive federal South Frederick Elem. Berkeley Elem. CO. anti-poverty funds. Walkersville Middle Stafford County Alexandria Arlington Fairfax Montgomery County Rocky Run Elem. 4 of 9 6 of 14 2 of 35

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BY MARY KATE CANNISTRA — THE WASHINGTON POST

SCHOOL, From B4 my kids are mentally retarded, autistic, emo- Every year the bar gets higher. In 2003, ev- No Child Left Behind is not a bad law. Spe- tionally impaired. I have a blind child and some ery school was supposed to hit 46 percent pro- cial ed is a long way from the days when we have a very large special education population. hearing-impaired children. If the kids are really ficiency in reading; last year, it was 58 percent taught these kids to make cane chairs and That’s been a real challenge. For the last two not learning, we need to look at another place- and this year it’s supposed to make 62 percent. brooms because we thought they couldn’t years we have not been able to make the ment for them. But most of our children are In the 2004 test, only 6.1 percent of my spe- learn. The law has lofty goals. It’s a noble ef- growth that’s expected according to the law. fine if we can modify the general education pro- cial ed kids were proficient. Last year, 20.5 per- fort, but it does need to be modified. Two years ago, we didn’t meet it in one area of gram to where they are instructionally. It’s cent were. So we’re teaching our kids, but not I get my satisfaction from the fact that we special ed — math. And we didn’t meet it in meeting them on grade level that’s the prob- enough to meet the state rate. You either hit are growing and my teachers are working hard. reading among our African American students. lem. They get accommodations: We may read the mark or you miss it. The same thing hap- There’s frustration, but there’s also improve- Last year we missed in four areas: both reading for them, or they may dictate to us. But they’re pened in math; we went from 3.0 percent profi- ment on the part of our kids. The states say and math in special ed, African American read- still dealing with material that is much, much cient to 6.9 percent in the special ed category. that if you don’t meet the standards, we can ing and reading among our free and reduced harder than what they’re ready for. You look at They’re moving and we’re proud of it. And the come in and take you over. But you just can’t meals kids. modifying the curriculum, but it’s hard. You state is seeing that special ed is where many, take over that many schools. We’re doing the Our special ed program has about 150 stu- want to teach them but you don’t want to frus- many schools are having difficulty, so it is go- best we can, but if someone can do it better, let dents [of a total student body of 408]. Some of trate them. ing to modify the test for next year. them show us how. Because we’re all ears.