A team effort has enabled students in the Northern Lehigh School District to make progress in the classroom.

That was reaffirmed on Tuesday when the school board heard a more detailed report on the results of the School Performance Profiles.Assistant Superintendent Karen Nicholas said each of the four buildings in the district were in good academic standing."All of our schools are in the green range, which means they are doing well," Nicholas said. "We have no schools going through school improvement."Nicholas added the district has "worked very hard at curriculum and professional development."She then stated the scores at each building were as follows: 77.8 percent at the high school, 72.3 percent at the middle school, 75.6 percent at Slatington Elementary, and 80.7 percent at Peters Elementary.The board then heard reports from each of the building principals: Robert Vlasaty, high school; Jill Chamberlain, middle school; Scott Pyne, Slatington Elementary; and Paul Leonzi, Peters Elementary.Afterward, Director Mathias Green asked the principals if there was anything else the board could provide them with that would aid in their success.Superintendent Michael Michaels then shared his thoughts."I think the test scores are great," Michaels said. "The test scores are going up because of the people in this room, and our teachers, who make it their goal to make our young people successful."Nicholas said she could not think of an instance where something was asked for and denied."It is very much appreciated," she said. "I think that is why we are making the progress we are."Board President Edward Hartman said, "we're appreciative of all you guys."School Performance Profiles is the measure of how well students are learning, and has replaced Adequate Yearly Progress, which was part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.The purpose of the School Performance Profile is to provide the public with comprehensive information about the academic performance of public schools; to satisfy requirements of Pennsylvania's approved federal No Child Left Behind waiver; and to be used as a required component of Pennsylvania's new educator evaluation system, which was signed into law in 2012.It also tracks how much a student grows academically from one school year to the next, as shown by the PVAAS; graduation, attendance and promotion rates; and how a school focuses on increasing the achievement of all students.The scores can be accessed on the Pennsylvania Department of Education website,

http://www.pde.state.pa.us.