AIR a Sponsor of Oregon’s 2012 “Celebrating Student Success” Awards Honoring Schools Using Data to Help Close Achievement Gaps
Washington, D.C. – The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is the title sponsor of the 2012 Celebrating Student Success Awards, which honors seven high poverty and/or minority public schools in Oregon where data was used to help students succeed in narrowing the academic achievement gap with their peers in other schools.
Oregon State Superintendent Susan Castillo announced the seven schools, which were named 2012 Celebrating Student Success Champions, during an event on April 10, 2012 in Portland, Ore. The winners represent a wide range of large, small, rural, urban and suburban schools that effectively used data in their decision making to improve student achievement.
Additionally, eight schools – which previously were recognized as Success Champions – received Continuing Success Awards for maintaining high levels of student improvement.
The winners “share a common commitment to using data to drive their decision making, engaging parents and communities as active partners, and providing strong, shared leadership and a focus on high quality instruction,” said Superintendent Castillo in a news release.
Each school was selected by a Blue Ribbon Panel of educators, education stakeholders, and community members. Champion schools receive a $3,000 grant award and each Continuing Success school receives a $1,000 grant award.
The award winners are:
2012 Celebrating Student Success Champion Schools:
- Atkinson Elementary School, Portland Public Schools
- El Puente Bilingual Elementary School, North Clackamas School District
- Franklin High School, Portland Public Schools
- Lincoln Elementary School, Corvallis School District
- Lincoln Elementary School, Grants Pass School District
- Templeton Elementary School, Tigard-Tualatin School District
- Washington Elementary School, Pendleton School District
2012 Continuing Success Schools:
- Claggett Creek Middle School, Salem-Keizer School District
- Forest Grove High School, Forest Grove School District
- Gilbert Park Elementary School, David Douglas School District
- Lot Whitcomb Elementary School, North Clackamas School District
- Menlo Park Elementary School, David Douglas School District
- Riverside Elementary School, Grants Pass School District
- Weddle Elementary School, Salem-Keizer School District
- Woodburn Academy of Art, Science, and Technology, Woodburn School District
For more information, visit http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3585.
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education, and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.
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