Missoula and Bozeman School Districts reacts to poor No Child Left Behind scores

Only one Missoula County high school met the standards this year, set in the No Child Left Behind Act.

The executive director for teaching and learning told us it’s extremely difficult to reach No Child Left Behind standards because they required up to 95% of all students meet core national standards. Mark Thane added that those standards increase to 100% of students in 2014.

If a district falls below the standard for several years, it could lose federal funds, so Thane tells NBC Montana that most states already have requested to be exempt from the No Child Left Behind Act requirements.

By Heidi Meili, Anchor, [email protected]

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Bozeman test scores strong but most schools short of No Child Left Behind goals

Though Bozeman public school students generally have strong test scores and last year’s graduation rate increased, most of Bozeman’s schools did not meet the 2013 state targets set for the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Reading and math scores for Bozeman schools slipped slightly, at the same time that thestate of Montana raised the bar for scores that schools must achieve to meet the requirements of the controversial No Child Left Behind Act.

GAIL SCHONTZLER, Chronicle Staff Writer

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