(TOPEKA, KAN.) — Slightly more Kansas schools are meeting the performance targets of the federal No Child Left Behind education law even as those standards get progressively tougher.
The Kansas State Department of Education released the latest report Tuesday showing how schools are faring as they seek to have 100 percent of students do well on state tests by 2014.
The state says 84 percent of its 1,367 public schools met the standards in the 2010-11 school year, compared to 81 percent in the previous year.
When schools fall short, those that receive federal Title I funding for serving children from= economically disadvantaged families are required to take corrective steps.
