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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

(Updated 6:13 pm)

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GREENSBORO — Nearly 60 percent of Guilford County's public schools made their Adequate Yearly Progress goals, according to a preliminary report that came out today.

Some 59.5 percent of the 116 schools in Guilford County Schools hit their AYP target. AYP is the federal accountability standard under the No Child Left Behind Act. Standardized test scores are used to determine whether a school makes its goal.

That's down from the last year's 69.8 percent result, the highest number for the local school system since the AYP measure was established in 2003.

See the Guilford County results here.

See Rockingham County results here.

See the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County results here.

See results for other N.C. school districts here.

In Guilford County:

* 71.6 percent of elementary schools made AYP

* 38.1 percent of middle schools made AYP

* 45.8 percent of high schools made AYP

Ten of the district’s schools met AYP for the eighth year in a row. Those schools are: Brooks Global Studies, Claxton, Millis Road, Morehead, Nathanael Greene, Oak Ridge, Sedalia, Southern and Summerfield elementary schools and The Early College at Guilford.

Five others schools have made AYP every year since the schools opened. They are: Brown Summit Middle, The Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro, The Academy at Smith and Pearce and Reedy Fork elementary schools.

North Carolina uses results from state reading and math tests in grades 3-8 as well as scores in Algebra I, English I and the 10th grade writing test.

To meet AYP, schools must reach target goals for all subgroups that include 40 or more students in a school. These subgroups include students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, students with disabilities, students with limited English proficiency and students of specific races or ethnicities.

AYP is an all-or-nothing model. If a school misses one target, it does not make AYP.

Accompanying Photos

Margaret Baxter (News & Record)

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fisher

July 21, 2010 - 1:28 pm EDT

This story certainly has a positive spin to it considering the 10% drop in the AYP success rate.

whyus

July 21, 2010 - 1:41 pm EDT

Unless Schools have changed their grading scale, below 60% is a BIG FAT "F".

Kid A

July 21, 2010 - 2:05 pm EDT

Bush's idiot legacy persists.

johnodrake

July 21, 2010 - 3:13 pm EDT

Wow another "it's Bush's fault" Who'da thunk it.... :rolleyes:

VintageGibson

July 22, 2010 - 12:04 am EDT

And how is it "Bush's fault" that the children in our schools can't demonstrate that they have learned according to the national standard? How are our schools doing compared to other school systems in other parts of the country? Would you prefer no standards, no testing, and no yearly evaluation? Or was your comment purely a political anti-republican rant? And why after 18 months of a new administration hasn't there been improvement under the new direction our nation has been given?

stafford5465

July 21, 2010 - 2:28 pm EDT

We pay among the highest salaries in NC. Our Supt. and Principals are among the highest paid in the US. Are we getting what we paid for?

ComeOnPeople

July 21, 2010 - 3:14 pm EDT

I think they just want to give you something to talk about at the next board meeting. By the way, I took a pole, and no one really cares what you are talking about at the board meetings. You are a waste of 3 valuable minutes. I watch every meeting and have to hit the mute button when you stand up. One of the last things you talked about, and unfortunately didn't read my comments about, was the buiding of the walkway to the new atrium at Ragsdale. You said that the elements won't hurt the kids and blah blah blah. The reason for the atrium is for special needs children and the purpose of the walkway is to protect them. You want special needs children subjected to the elements? I wish you would start a blog so you can vent there and only people that want to listen to you will have to. Even the school board chairmen commented at the last meeting that it's the first time you stayed under your 3 minutes. Start a blog, Joe, and vent there. And if you are going to comment at every meeting then you should not leave after making your comments. Stay and tough it out like the rest of us.

brian444

July 22, 2010 - 2:28 am EDT

You took a poll.

ComeOnPeople

July 22, 2010 - 10:56 am EDT

Right, a poll. You know I even spell checked the darn thing and since pole and poll are both words. All because I knew if it wasn't right some smart a(s)(s) would make a comment about it. Oh well.

johnodrake

July 21, 2010 - 3:14 pm EDT

Perhaps better said: Over 40% of the schools FAILED to meet the annual progress goals. Are we getting what we pay for - I think not.

balance

July 21, 2010 - 5:19 pm EDT

Those tests are worthless! You can't judge a year's worth of learning in one day.

VintageGibson

July 21, 2010 - 11:57 pm EDT

I also wonder why the story wasn't written to draw attention to the miserable failing performance of the public school system. The commentator who blamed the "idiot Bush legacy" objects to NC schools being held accountable for the quality of education? Perhaps if our schools were on a pay for performance mandate AND the teachers were given adequate measures of discipline to use in the classrooms AND if principles, vice principles and guidance counselors were held accountable for their schools over-all performance, an improvement could be made. I wonder if there are any demographics as to how well or poorly various races did? Did Asian students generally fare better than white students? How did black and Hispanic students do on the tests? Is there racial bias written into the tests or are the standards of the test racially neutral? I don't know the answer to these questions, does anyone?

VintageGibson

July 22, 2010 - 12:10 am EDT

61.9% of the middle schools failed to pass the AYP How well prepared are the children to succeed in high school?
54.2% of the high schools failed to pass the AYP. How well prepared are the youth to succeed in college or in work skills?
Thank God that only 28.4% of the elementary schools failed to pass the AYP They get a C grade, barely.