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Six Schools Make The Grade: Struggling High Schools Bumped Off Warning List After Meeting No Child Left Behind Goals.

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| September 29, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Hartford Courant. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Robert A. Frahm

Sep. 29--Six public high schools in Connecticut made big enough gains in reading and mathematics test scores this year to be removed from an annual academic warning list under a federal school improvement law, state officials announced Thursday.

The six contributed to an overall increase in the number of high schools in Connecticut meeting the standards of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

"We're pleased with the results, that's for sure," said Russell Duffy, an assistant principal at H.C. Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden, where scores improved after officials revamped curriculum, provided more training for teachers and added extra labs in reading and math.

Wilcox was removed from the warning…

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