New York State Commissioner John B. King, Jr. has identified 359 Reward Schools for the 2012-13 school year and all three schools in Briarcliff Manor have achieved this distinction. Reward Schools are among the highest achieving schools in the state without significant gaps in student achievement or are among the schools that have made the most progress.
Todd Elementary School, Briarcliff Middle School and Briarcliff High School have all met the criteria for the state’s highest performing Reward Schools. This criteria includes achieving: a combined un-weighted ELA and math performance index in the top 20% of the state; a growth in student performance percentile above the state average for two consecutive years; the state’s definition of Adequate Yearly Progress for all student accountability groups for the past two years; a high school graduation rate exceeding 80% (based on the four-year cohort) along with graduation goals for at-risk students; and growth levels for bottom quartile students.
