Session 14: Planting Seeds for Success: One Blue Ribbon School's Response to Improving Achievement and Closing the Achievement Gap
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Merle Stables, Principal, Lancaster Primary School, Lancaster, VA
Alice Blackstone, Reading Specialist, Lancaster Primary School, Lancaster, VA
Pat Blagmon, 3rd Grade Teacher, Lancaster Primary School, Lancaster, VA
Lancaster Primary School, a 2003 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School, has increased student achievement of black and economically disadvantage students. This small rural school in Virginia has 60% of the student population participating in the federal lunch program and 54% of the population is black. Third graders at Lancaster Primary School have far exceeded the state pass rates in math and English for these subgroups. Practices implemented to attain these gains include curriculum alignment, effective instructional strategies, data analysis, use of technology, enrichment opportunities, family literacy activities, student recognition, and character education.
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