Millburn Schools Meet No Child Left Behind Standards

There were no early warnings for Millburn-Short Hills schools this year. School officials said this week all schools have met the standards required under No Child Left Behind.

Christine Burton, assistant schools superintendent for curriculum and instruction, said during Monday's Board of Education meeting all schools made adequate yearly progress as required under the federal law.

Under the federal law, standardized test scores are expected to improve, or show "adequate yearly progress," in the number of students who achieve proficiency each year. The expectation is for 100 percent of students to be proficient by 2014 under the law.

Last school year Millburn Middle School was listed as an "early warning" school because it did not meet adequate yearly progress. Students in the special education program did not meet the standards in math, according to state documentation released last school year. School officials put measures in place to address the needs of the students, including more math help and examining the math curriculum.