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MADERA
- Lincoln Elementary of the Madera Unified School
District has been named a Title I Academic
Achievement Award winner by State Superintendent
for Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell.
Lincoln was
one of only 200 schools in the state to receive a
Title I Achieving Award. It is the fourth year in
a row Lincoln has been so honored.
Lincoln and the other Title I Achievement Award
winners will all be recognized at a special
ceremony held in conjunction with the California
Title I Conference on April 27-28 in Anaheim.
The Title I Academic Achievement Award is given
only to schools receiving federal Title I funds as
authorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001. To be eligible for the Title I Schoolwide
Program, a school must enroll 40 percent or more
of socio-economically disadvantaged students.
To meet the criteria for this distinction, the
school must demonstrate that all students are
making significant progress toward proficiency on
California’s academic content standards.
Additionally, the school’s socioeconomically
disadvantaged students must have doubled the
achievement targets set for them for two
consecutive years. Schools must also have met
their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals for two
years in a row.
Title I is a part of the federal No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 and is the single largest
federal educational program for K-12 public
education. Of the more than 9,000 schools in
California, more than 6,000 of them participate in
the Title I program.
“The staff and administration at Lincoln
Elementary have so much to be proud of,” said
Madera Unified Superintendent John Stafford. “To
earn this award four straight years is quite an
achievement, and it’s a testament to the hard work
and dedication of the entire Lincoln staff. As a
superintendent, I offer them my highest
congratulations.”
Lincoln Elementary posted the second-best score on
the Academic Performance Index (API) of all MUSD
schools. It has recorded an API of over 800 for
two years in a row. A score of 800 is considered
the goal by all schools in the state.
MUSD's Title I Academic Achievement Award
Winners
Year Schools
2005 Lincoln
2006 Lincoln, Howard, Adams
2007 Lincoln, Dixieland
2008 Lincoln
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