Dear Parent or Guardian:

        As required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, I am pleased to provide a “report card” for the district and each individual school for the 2006-2007 school year.  The report card contains important information about teacher qualifications, student achievement on Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, and the progress we are making toward helping all students become proficient in English language arts and mathematics. The information in the report card is divided into three parts:

Part I:      Teacher Qualifications
Part II:    Student Achievement
Part III:  School Accountability

        Part I provides information about the qualifications of the teachers in each school and the district. Part II summarizes how our school’s students scored in English language arts and mathematics in the last two years of MCAS examinations. Part III indicates whether or not our schools are on target to meet the goal of all students reaching proficiency in English language arts and mathematics by 2014, a fundamental goal of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In accordance with NCLB, schools that do not make sufficient progress toward this goal are identified for ‘improvement’, ‘corrective action’, or ‘restructuring’.

        The district’s 2006-2007 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report shows that all the West Bridgewater Public Schools have made AYP.   Each school’s 2006-2007 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report is listed individually on the district’s website.   

        The District and each school’s report card is available on the district website (www.wbridgewaterschools.com), or hard copies are available at the Superintendent’s Office and at each school. 

        We are happy to help you if you have further questions about what these report cards mean. Please feel free to call any of the Principals or me directly if you need additional information. 

Sincerely yours,

Patricia W. Oakley, Ed. D.
Superintendent of Schools