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For more information on the California School Recognition Program, contact
Patricia Skelton, Administrator, Awards Unit, Policy and Evaluation Division, at
(916) 319-0630 or by e-mail at pskelton@cde.ca.gov. Additional information is also
available on the CSRP Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs.
National Blue Ribbon Schools Program
Up to 35 schools are nominated annually for the U.S. Department of Education’s No
Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program. To be eligible, schools must
demonstrate dramatic growth or high achievement. At least one-third of the schools
must have a student body composed of 40 percent or more disadvantaged students.
Recruitment priority is given to the current year’s California Distinguished Schools.
Nominees must have met current and previous years’ Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
as well as schoolwide and subgroup Academic Performance Index (API) growth targets.
Student growth in English-language arts and mathematics must place schools in one of
two categories:
• For schools with at least 40 percent disadvantaged students, the percentage
scoring at or above the proficient level ranks the school at or above the 60th
percentile when compared to other schools in the state
• For all other schools, the percentage scoring at or above the proficient level ranks
the school at or above the 90th percentile when compared to other schools in the
state
Nominated schools are required to submit an application to the U.S. Department of
Education.
Prior to being named No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools, schools must meet the
new year’s AYP and API targets. Award-winning schools are honored at a ceremony in
Washington, D.C.
For information on the NCLB-Blue Ribbon Schools Program, contact Kimberly Edwards,
Blue Ribbon Liaison, Awards Unit, Policy and Evaluation Division, at (916) 319-0866 or
by e-mail at kedwards@cde.ca.gov. Additional information is also available on the Blue
Ribbon Schools Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/br.
State Title I Academic Achievement Awards Program
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 requires all states receiving Title I funds
to establish a program recognizing Title I schools that exceed their AYP for two or more
years or that significantly close the achievement gap among numerically significant
subgroups. In addition to these federal law requirements, California’s program,
established in 1984, identifies and honors Title I schools that have also doubled their
API growth target for two consecutive years and that meet a designated median
Academic Performance Index (API) score in English-language arts and mathematics.
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