PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona’s schools chief is congratulating dozens of schools that have improved in core subjects this year.

On Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Education released a list of 108 schools across Arizona that are no longer in “ school improvement ” status. The status is deemed when a school needs to raise its academic performance based on federal standards. States are required to help the lowest-performing 5% of Title I schools.

Schools followed an improvement plan focusing on core subjects, like reading and math, according to Superintendent Tom Horne. He also credited Project Momentum for school growth and improvement.

“The schools we are honoring today have proven that when students are challenged academically and class time is devoted to teaching core subject

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