Number of low performing North Carolina schools is on the rise, state data shows
3Parents are concerned as the number of low-performing schools has risen this year, according to a state report released Thursday. State education officials have called this a gut punch, but not an unexpected one.
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Nearly 400 more North Carolina schools will land on the “low-performing” schools list this fall, according to data released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on Thursday.
About one in three schools will now be on that list, with 864 total designated under new test scores, up from 488 during the 2018-19 school year. That’s the last school year in which schools were added or removed from the list.
Placement on the list means those schools will need to draft plans to improve their test results.
School performance grades are calculated like this:
The state combines all of a school’s test scores for 80% of the grade. The state also uses a complex algorithm to determine whether the school demonstrated growth and assigns that growth score 20% of the grade.
The calculation is set by the state General Assembly. Many other states use different formulas.
Education officials in North Carolina, as well as others, have suggested the state should consider more factors in forming the grades.
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