Thursday, April 2, 1998 | 10:01 a.m.
CARSON CITY -- The Advanced Technology Academy in Las Vegas has been cited as one of two schools in Nevada that posted superior scores in national testing.
The state Department of Education said the academy and the Roy Gomm Elementary School in Reno have been designated as "high achievement" schools, based on student test scores. Each had 50 percent or more of its students score in the top 25 percent nationally in reading, math, language arts and science.
Mary Peterson, state superintendent of public instruction, said the schools met the rigorous standards under Nevada's school reform act.
The department also released the names of 23 schools that were designated for "inadequate achievement." The Clark County School District had already identified 13 where student performance was below par.
The department has $3 million available to help the schools with poor test scores beef up their instruction. The Legislative Committee on Education earlier this week selected 21 programs that can be used by schools to increase their performance and local districts are now eligible to apply to the state department for money.
"We are going to take an in-depth look at all the factors that exist at schools, whether they score high or inadequate," Gov. Bob Miller said. "By taking a diagnostic approach and providing remediation strategies, I believe every Nevada school can meet higher standards, and each student can reach his or her full potential."
He said the new law is "providing the direction we need to improve achievement in all schools."
The department also released the names of schools which did outstanding but didn't make the high achievement list. These were schools where 50 percent of the students scored in the top in one of the four required subjects.
The Clark County schools were Bartlett, Richard Bryan, Hoggard and McDoniel elementary schools and the Las Vegas Academy.
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