Virginia’s performance on the federal No Child Left Behind benchmarks for the 2009-10 school year dropped dramatically from a year ago.

Nearly four out of 10 schools in the state failed to make adequate yearly progress in reading and mathematics compared to last year, when 29 percent of schools failed to meet those academic indicators. The state as a whole failed to make AYP after making it a year ago.

In June, the state Board of Education voted that at least 80 percent of students must graduate with a standard or advanced diploma within four years for a high school, school division or the state to make AYP.

Only nine percent of school divisions — 12 out of 132 — made AYP compared to 60 last year.

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