The United States Congress has long recognized that higher poverty schools face unique challenges in educating students.
The United States Congress has long recognized that higher poverty schools face unique challenges in educating students and provides supplementary assistance to those schools in the form of Title I funds. Schools that meet high levels of achievement and close the learning gap despite these challenges are to be commended.
The Utah State Title I Committee of Practitioners has established award criteria to recognize these high performing Title I schools.
Utah High Performing Title I Schools Recognition
- Achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in both Language Arts and Mathematics for the previous two years;
- Achieve at or above the Utah state average in Language Arts and Mathematics on the most recent CRTs; and
- Be nominated by their superintendent or charter school leader for state recognition as a high performing school.
Utah Closing the Achievement Gap Title I School Recognition
- Achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in both Language Arts and Mathematics for the previous two years;
- Reduce by at least 50 percent the achievement gap between certain disaggregated student groups and the whole school in Language Arts and Mathematics; and
- Be nominated by their superintendent or charter school leader for state recognition in closing the achievement gap.
The Utah State Office of Education appreciates the dedicated service of teachers and administrators who work hard with parents and students to achieve high levels of student performance and is pleased to recognize the following Title I schools who received the 2011-12 awards for qualifying as a Utah Title I High Performing School or for making significant strides toward closing the achievement gap:
Utah Title I High Performing School Award 2011-12
Duchesne County School District
Garfield County School District
- Cedar East Elementary
- Enoch Elementary
- Escalante Valley Elementary
- Parowan Elementary
- Three Peaks Elementary
Salt Lake City School District
Wasatch County School District
- Academy for Math, Engineering and Science (AMES)
- City Academy
- Hawthorn Academy
- Intech Collegiate High School
- Legacy Preparatory Academy
- Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science (NUAMES)
- Providence Hall
- Reagan Academy
- Salt Lake Arts Academy
- Soldier Hollow Charter School
- Syracuse Arts
- Wasatch Peak Academy
- Salt Lake Center for Science Education
Utah Title I Closing the Achievement Gap Award 2010-11
Washington County School District
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