According to edweek.org, North Carolina schools are not doing very well in a myriad of areas. From a variety of student achievement measurements such as math proficiency, to standards and accountability, to school climate and resource equity, North Carolina schools break at about average, and in some cases even lower. One of the greatest improvements comes in the area of efforts to enhance teacher quality. The state is one of 16 to require basic-skills and subject-specific-pedagogy tests as well as subject-knowledge tests for both middle and high school teachers.
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