RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Now, it’s entire schools getting report cards demonstrating how they stack up with others.
The State Board of Education on Thursday unveils A-to-F grades for all state public schools. Eighty percent of the grades are based on how students performed on standardized tests. Twenty percent of the grades are tied to how much academic growth students showed while enrolled at the school.
All schools assigned a “D” or “F” must send a letter to parents informing them.
Elementary and middle schools are being judged on student achievement in mathematics, reading, science, and biology. High school grades are tied to student scores in math, English and biology as well as graduation rates and the percent of 11th-grade students who score well on a college entrance exam they all must take.