The Iowa Department of Education today announced that five Iowa public schools and one accredited nonpublic school have been identified by the U. S. Department of Education as 2009 No Child Left Behind- Blue Ribbon Schools.
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The Iowa Department of Education has released The State Report Card for No Child Left Behind for 2008-2009.
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Iowa students continue to perform well on the SAT , the college entrance exam administered by the College Board. With three percent of 2009 graduating seniors taking the exam, the SAT is less predominant in Iowa than the ACT test. Iowa students who take the SAT perform well, however, with the highest composite scores in the nation for reading, math and writing.
Today, the Iowa Department of Education announced Sarah Brown Wessling as the 2010 Iowa Teacher of the Year. Wessling is a high school language arts teacher at Johnston High School in Johnston.
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