Opinion

Lindalyn’s Journal

Traditional North Carolina public schools will open their doors next week under mounting pressure to perform. Last Friday, the Department of Public Instruction released Preliminary 2007 Results of Average Yearly Progress (AYP) for each school in the state, and the news wasn’t good: this past year, more and more schools failed to measure up to federal requirements.

Lindalyn Kakadelis
Opinion

Lindalyn’s Journal

In last week’s journal, I promised a full accounting of recently-released test scores. So without further delay, here’s an in-depth analysis of federal accountability measures and how North Carolina schools stack up. Keep in mind, last week’s release dealt only with federal standards – North Carolina’s full ABCs report addressing state accountability measures won’t be released until October; so lucky for us, there’s more to come.

Lindalyn Kakadelis

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