By letting students withhold low test scores (students don’t withhold high scores), UNC is essentially ignoring a sign of poor performance.
A member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says racial preferences in university admissions hurt the people they're designed to help.
As North Carolina students leave high school for college or the workplace, what matters most is how well they retain and apply what they’ve learned, not how students feel about themselves.
Call it high-grade high school. When it comes to letter-grade earning power, high-schoolers are rich indeed. Grade inflation is real and it’s inequitable, padding the GPAs of wealthier students faster than others. Such are the findings of a Fordham Institute study that tracked grades in North Carolina public schools for over a decade. Increasingly, A...
North Carolinians may initially be surprised and troubled when they get more-accurate information about student performance, but they’ll appreciate the truth in the long run.
Of the 19 highest-ranking school districts in a new report, 11 had more than half of their students eligible for free or reduced lunch.
It’s that time of year again. This month marked the end of another academic year for students attending traditional public schools in North Carolina and the end of high school for seniors across the state. But in North Carolina, three out of every 10 ninth graders who begin high school never arrive at the graduation stage.
It’s that time of year again. This week marked the end of another academic year for students attending traditional public schools in North Carolina. For high school seniors in the midst of graduation ceremonies, this time also represents a proud and much-anticipated rite of passage from the K-12 years to the world of higher education or work.
School’s out across the state, ushering in widespread euphoria and visions of summer leisure. But the end of school also means student evaluations of the year’s academic progress are forthcoming. When it comes to interpreting test results, what’s a parent to do? Here’s a rundown of what you need to know.
WASHINGTON, DC — This is a sage analysis of important but neglected elements of standards-based reform, organized under six headings. "Alignment," the challenge of setting passing-scores ("cut-scores"), accountability issues, "teaching and the test," how to use assessment to inform instruction as well as to report on performance.
As Mike Easley and Patrick Ballantine prepare to debate education issues, new disclosures reveal why past debates on North Carolina schools have been based on invalid data.
