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Centre Daily Times (State College, PA)

| September 01, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Centre Daily Times. 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: Dena Pauling

Sep. 1--For the second consecutive year, all school districts in Centre County were determined to have made sufficient progress during the 2005-06 school year, according to Adequate Yearly Progress results released by the state Thursday. "We are very pleased with the results, and we are looking forward to doing better next year," said Dan Fisher, superintendent of Bald Eagle Area School District. "I think it really shows the results of the hard work of students, staff and supportive parents." Developed under the president's No Child Left Behind Act, AYP is a series of tests the federal government uses to determine if schools are moving…

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