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 | Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization established for the primary purpose of improving academic excellence for all children. |
| Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence (BRSE) utilizes the criteria from twenty years of research from the USDOE former National Blue Ribbon Schools Program and has developed a Blueprint for Excellence assessment instrument that provides schools with a road map for school improvement. |
| The Blue Ribbon Lighthouse School Award is a recognition program for schools designed by Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc. Schools are identified and selected for this award based on achievement of excellent perofrmance in all nine major categories of the Blueprint for Excellence. |
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washingtonpost.com: Brentsville High Wins Blue Ribbon Award (645 words) |
| Brentsville is the first public school in Prince William County to be awarded the designation since the Blue Ribbon School program began in 1982. |
| When the Blue Ribbon program began, schools were measured on criteria created by the federal government, said Stephen O'Brien, director of recognition programs for the Education Department. |
| Blue Ribbon schools must meet one of two criteria: have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds and show improvement on test scores, or score in the top 10 percent on state tests. |
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