November 8, 2013
FRIDAY FORWARDS
Connecting and Collaborating with the Community
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Guilford County Schools

State Releases 2012-13 EOG, EOC Results

 

New tests, more challenging lessons and higher expectations for students led to a significant - and expected - drop in Guilford County Schools' 2012-13 End-of-Grade (EOG) and End-of-Course (EOC) scores. That's what happened in school districts across North Carolina, which are now setting new benchmarks in the wake of the new data released today by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. 

 

Students in third through eighth grades take End-Of-Grade tests in reading and math; fifth- and eighth-grade students also take EOGs in science. Students who take Algebra I (now called Math I), English II and Biology take End-Of-Course tests. Overall, more than 56,500 GCS students took more than 95,500 required EOGs and EOCs at the end of the 2012-13 school year.

 

The district's overall performance composite on the new tests was 43.2, which means students showed proficiency on 43.2 percent of all tests taken. A closer look at the data shows 41.1 percent proficiency in EOG reading, 41.6 percent proficiency in EOG math and 45.1 percent proficiency in EOG science. End-of-Course scores showed students were 48.4 percent proficient.

 

The state results are similar, with an overall performance composite of 44.7.

 

Since this is the first year under the new, more difficult state standards, curriculum and tests, the data cannot be compared to previous years' scores.

 

North Carolina has experienced decreases in proficiency levels when new standards have been set. In 2006, math scores dropped 24.2 percent with the new standards and in 2008, reading dropped 30.4 percent in the first year of the new reading standards.  


Families will receive their individual student reports later this month. These most recent scores will not affect students' current placement or grades. Click here to access the state data . GCS data is available at www.gcsnc.com/2013data.

 

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Guilford Parent Academy
North Carolina PTA
NC Department of Public Instruction released the NC READY Accountability Report 

 

NCPTA wants our leaders to be aware of this report and be part of the school and community conversations.

 

PTA leaders can be the link of information between the report, the school, and parents.

 

Schools across the country and here in North Carolina expected the scores to drop as the rigor of learning for our students increased with the new standards for college and career readiness.

Resources
NC Department of Public Instruction
 
www.ncpublicschools.org

 

National PTA Toolkit

 

The Hunt Institute
 
http://www.hunt-institute.org/education-initiatives/shaping-rigorous-world-class-education-standards/
 
Kids Voting

GCS Students Honored for Art in Kids Voting Contest

 

Students across GCS submitted their best artwork in this year's contest, which had a theme of "Make Your Mark." The grand prize winner was ninth-grader Virginia Billings of Page High. First-place winners included Parkview Elementary second-grader Alecia Ray, Northwood Elementary fifth-grader Erick Martinez, Mendenhall Middle eighth-grader Tyler Goodman and Page High 11th-grader Ra H. 

 

Click here to see the students' winning artwork.
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