Congratulations Glendora Unified School District!

By Matthew Bartlett

Congratulations must go out to all of the Teachers, Administrators, and most importantly the Students who have worked very hard year in and year out within the Glendora Unified School District!

The State Superintendent of Public Instruction recently released California's 2007-2008 Accountability Progress Report (APR) which provides results from the State accountability system-the Academic Performance Index (API) as well as the Federal accountability system-Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

Once again Glendora Unified posted outstanding results garnering a district wide score of 839 on the California State Academic Performance Index (API). This was an increase of eleven points over the prior year. Infact the district has improved their score each of the last four years. The district continues to outperform most other districts in the State, scoring above the statewide average of 742 for district-wide scores.

Glendora Unified also reported one of the highest API scores in then San Gabriel Valley. Individual schools also reached their API growth targets. This has put Glendora Unified in an elite group of California school districts that can proudly say that each individual school in the District exceeded 800 on the API, with two schools exceeding 900.

But that's not all, Glendora USD is one of the few districts in the County which met it's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), the Federal academic goals set by the No Child Left Behind Act. Glendora was the only local school district to meet these important goals.

Great Job!