Freshmen can slack off on state tests no more
Guilford County Schools officials are working out the remediation schedule for students who fail end-of-course tests this year. In case you didn't know, the class of 2010 is the first statewide to have to pass five EOCs and do a senior project to graduate. You can check out the background on that here.
North Carolina considered following the national trend of creating a comprehensive exam but scrapped the idea a few years ago after it proved to be too cumbersome. Check out a rough timeline and old exit exam handbook supplied by the Department of Public Instruction.
Also take a look at a study by the Center on Education Policy that tried to assess the costs to implement high school exit exams. CEP's study did not include North Carolina, but President Jack Jennings said he suspected testing costs would be lower here than in other states since we are using existing exams instead of creating a new one. That doesn't mean remediation costs won't be high.
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Morgan and Jennifer,
Can you find out the current Free and Reduced Lunch percentage at Welborn, Ferndale, and Andrews?
I think it's possible that Welborn might have become a Title I school.
Posted on October 16, 2006 9:43 AM
Numbersgame,
Welborn: 70%
Ferndale: 92%
Andrews: 64%
(This is according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction)
Posted on October 16, 2006 4:45 PM