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November 19, 2009

Area schools share in Keystone Awards for academic achievement

Touted by the state as “showing sustained academic achievement,” 35 local schools in 12 districts received Keystone Achievement Awards on Thursday.

More impressively, 18 of those schools – slightly more than half – have won the award every year since they started handing it out in 2003.

The Keystones are given to schools that meet “Adequate Yearly Progress” two years in a row, which means meeting minimum goals in state math and reading tests, test participation rates, attendance rates for elementary schools and graduation rates for high schools.

For the complete story, see Friday's Times Leader.

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