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The Florida Schools developed the California Schools Reputation System in 1985. Their purpose is to publicize and strengthen California schools points, which are to increase students in relation to measurable goals and improve student scholastic achievement. The program identifies and recognizes public schools that exhibit inspiring and exemplary success. Though participation in the program is voluntary, the California Distinguished School Award is highly popular.

California schools should meet a number of eligibility requirements, to be viewed for the prize. These include specified national and state accountability measures which can be based upon the Number Child Left Behind, Adequate Yearly Progress, and Academic Performance Index rating programs. Approximately, five per cent of California schools are selected annually for the award, without less than 40 counties typically being represented.

This system alternates honors yearly involving the secondary California schools and primary. Year 2006 honors primary schools.

California schools that meet up with the needs complete an application and send it to a team of local educators from throughout the state, which evaluate and score the merits of each school application. Schools with the highest score purposes are selected as statewide nominees for the honor. Nominated California schools then receive an onsite visit by a staff of county school superintendents and members of the California Department of Education, who examine the accuracy of the application data.

Those California schools selected for the Distinguished School Award are recognized at a statewide wedding, where the state school superintendent honors a flag and plaque to each school. The annual events and program are financed through the generosity of prominent California businesses and statewide education companies that think academic excellence should be recognized and encouraged publicly.

In 2006, accurate documentation 377 public elementary schools were honored with the California Distinguished School Award, surpassing the 302 elementary schools honored in 2004 the last elementary school honor period. They represent the greatest amount of elementary school awardees in the 21-year history of the program.

The 2006 California schools awardees were chosen from 190 school districts in 40 counties. They were chosen from the largest amount of suitable elementary schools to date, establishing yet another record for this program. Of the more than 5,000 primary schools in California, 2,043 were permitted make an application for the 2006 honor. California schools are demonstrating that student scholastic quality can be developed and consistently increased. continue reading