The State Board of Education today raised proficiency standards for elementary and middle school students when it approved achievement levels for the state’s new end-of-grade mathematics assessments.
In addition, in raising standards, the State Board of Education also decided to re-set North Carolina’s targets for federal AYP to reflect the 2005-06 benchmarks.
It is important to note that today’s action affects the performance composite reported under the state’s ABCs accountability model, but not educators’ incentive awards, which are based on growth calculations.
Full ABCs results for K-8 schools will be presented to the State Board of Education on Nov. 1.
To read more about today’s action, please go to www.ncpublicschools.org and look under News.