CAM Junior/Senior High School in Battle Ground received five achievement awards from state officials, a number matched only by one other school in the state — Bellevue High School.
The achievement awards are given to schools by the State Board of Education and the state superintendent, and are based on the schools’ performance in the annually compiled achievement index.
The index takes into account how students fared on tests in reading, writing, math and science. For high schools, it also considers the extended graduation rate.
CAM is a “school of choice” that students must apply to for admittance.
To factor in students’ backgrounds, the index considers how a school performed in comparison to schools with similar rates of poverty, special-needs students and racial make-up. Points are also given for improvement over the previous year’s results and for closing the achievement gap between white and minority students.
