Blue Ribbon School
Turpin is one of only 320 schools nationwide to be designated as a No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon School for 2008. This award distinguishes and honors schools for helping students achieve at very high levels and for making significant progress in closing the achievement gap
”Receiving the 2008 NCLB Blue Ribbon is a testament to the high standards of learning held by the staff, students and parent community of Turpin High School over many, many years,” said Turpin High School Principal Peggy Johnson. “Turpin High School has a great tradition of hiring and retaining excellent teachers who are passionate about their content but more importantly have a desire to share their love of learning with young people.”
For the past 36 years, this prestigious program has honored more than 5, 800 of America’s most successful schools.
“These Blue Ribbon Schools are an example of what teachers and students can achieve,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. “Now our challenge is to help other schools follow their lead by continuing to measure progress through No Child Left Behind, and by using the knowledge we’ve gained to replicate effective strategies and help every student improve.”
The No Child Left Behind—Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to high levels. The schools are selected based on one of two criteria: 1) Schools with at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that dramatically improve student performance to high levels on state tests; and 2) Schools whose students, regardless of background, achieve in the top 10 percent of their state on state tests or in the case of private schools in the top 10 percent of the nation on nationally-normed tests.
Under No Child Left Behind, schools must make Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, in reading (language arts) and mathematics. Each state—not the federal government—sets its own academic standards and benchmark goals.
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