Coalition of Concerned Citizens for

African American Children

David HoldzkomAssistant Superintendent - Evaluation & Research

Ken BranchSenior Director – Secondary Programs

Christy Falba Senior Director – Elementary Programs

May 24, 2008

Achievement Gaps In WCPSS Achievement Gaps In WCPSS Status ReportStatus Report

David Holdzkom

Assistant Superintendent

Evaluation & Research

May 24, 2008

Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children

Student Population by EthnicityStudent Population by EthnicityGrades K-5Grades K-5

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100%

2001 (49,264) 4.1% 26.8% 6.1% 2.5% 60.1%

2002 (50,156) 4.3% 26.4% 7.4% 3.0% 58.6%

2003 (51,175) 4.5% 26.4% 8.6% 3.3% 56.9%

2004 (53,007) 4.5% 26.3% 9.6% 3.8% 55.5%

2005 (55,825) 4.7% 25.9% 10.7% 4.1% 54.3%

2006 (59,753) 5.1% 25.7% 11.7% 4.4% 52.9%

Asian Black Hispanic/Latino Multiracial White

EOG Reading Proficiency by EthnicityEOG Reading Proficiency by EthnicityGrades 3-8Grades 3-8

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American Indian 2007 n = 156

82.0% 87.7% 84.3% 92.9% 89.3% 93.1% 90.3% 91.7%

Asian 2007 n = 2,957

91.9% 94.2% 96.1% 96.4% 96.5% 96.4% 96.4% 96.6%

Black 20067 n = 15,292

66.8% 71.7% 73.9% 78.3% 76.1% 77.8% 78.4% 78.3%

Hispanic/Latino 2007 n = 5,681

84.4% 88.6% 89.6% 92.7% 91.8% 91.6% 92.8% 92.3%

Multiracial 2007 n = 2,375

92.6% 94.4% 95.3% 96.6% 96.6% 96.7% 97.1% 96.9%

White 2007 n = 30,947

92.6% 94.4% 95.3% 96.6% 96.6% 96.7% 97.1% 96.9%

All Students 2007 n = 57,408

83.9% 86.3% 88.0% 90.4% 90.0% 90.4% 91.0% 91.0%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

EOG Reading Proficiency by Lunch Status EOG Reading Proficiency by Lunch Status Grades 3-8Grades 3-8

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Not FRL 89.0% 90.0% 90.6% 91.2% 92.9% 95.5% 95.4% 95.7% 96.1% 96.0%

FRL 53.8% 56.2% 57.7% 62.7% 69.0% 74.9% 75.2% 77.1% 79.1% 79.6%

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

EOG Math Proficiency by Lunch Status EOG Math Proficiency by Lunch Status

Grades 3-8Grades 3-8

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Not FRL 89.5% 91.2% 92.0% 92.4% 94.7% 96.3% 96.2% 96.1% 85.2% 86.4%

FRL 54.6% 59.5% 62.7% 69.9% 75.6% 79.9% 81.1% 80.4% 49.5% 52.2%

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

EOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity EOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity Grades 3-5Grades 3-5

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American Indian2007 n = 79

91.7% 89.3% 93.5% 93.5% 93.5%

Asian2007 n = 1,603

96.8% 96.8% 98.5% 96.5% 96.5%

Black2007 n = 7,385

79.3% 80.0% 83.9% 82.6% 82.6%

Hispanic2007 n = 3,155

78.1% 77.4% 84.8% 79.1% 79.1%

Multiracial2007 n = 1,307

92.4% 92.4% 93.9% 92.0% 92.0%

White2007 n = 15,646

96.9% 96.5% 98.0% 96.9% 96.9%

All Students2007 n = 29,165

90.8% 90.4% 92.8% 91.2% 91.2%

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

EOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity & Gender EOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity & Gender Spring 2007, Grades 3-5Spring 2007, Grades 3-5

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Male 84.7 96.5 79.8 76.9 89.3 96.5 89.9

Female 90.5 97.4 86.6 81.9 93.6 97.3 92.7

American Indian

AsianBlack/ African

AmericanHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White All Students

EOG Reading Proficiency by Risk Factors EOG Reading Proficiency by Risk Factors Grades 3-5Grades 3-5

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2005-06 52.3% 62.1% 65.3% 80.0% 82.6% 87.1% 88.3% 97.9% 91.2%

2006-07 47.0% 62.3% 69.6% 59.5% 88.6% 85.7% 87.5% 97.7% 91.3%

FRL&SWD &LEP (2007

n=198)

FRL & SWD (2007 n=1334)

FRL & LEP (2007 n=1370)

SWD & LEP (2007 n=42)

LEP ONLY (2007 n=428)

SWD ONLY (2007 n=2089)

FRL ONLY (2007 n=6293)

NOT FRL/ SWD/LEP

(2007n=17429)

ALL STUDENTS

(2007 N=29183)

EOG Math Proficiency by EthnicityEOG Math Proficiency by EthnicityGrades 3-5Grades 3-5

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2005-06 86.2 93 52.1 59.9 74.5 88.8 75.8

2006-07 75 93.6 56.1 63.1 77.6 90.4 78.4

American Indian

AsianBlack/ African

AmericanHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White All Students

EOG Math Proficiency by Ethnicity & Gender EOG Math Proficiency by Ethnicity & Gender Spring 2007, Grades 3-5Spring 2007, Grades 3-5

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Male 72.5 92.8 55.2 63.4 78.0 90.9 78.6

Female 73.8 94.2 56.9 62.6 77.0 89.9 78.1

American Indian

AsianBlack/ African

AmericanHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White All Students

EOG Math Proficiency by Risk Factors EOG Math Proficiency by Risk Factors Grades 3-5Grades 3-5

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2005-06 31.4% 32.4% 45.3% 50.0% 66.9% 67.4% 65.6% 89.3% 75.8%

2006-07 31.0% 36.1% 49.4% 40.5% 71.0% 68.6% 63.7% 91.2% 78.4%

FRL&SWD &LEP (2007

n=200)

FRL & SWD (2007 n=1339)

FRL & LEP (2007 n=1380)

SWD & LEP (2007 n=42)

LEP ONLY (2007 n=428)

SWD ONLY (2007 n=2102)

FRL ONLY (2007 n=6295)

NOT FRL/ SWD/LEP

(2007n=17429)

ALL STUDENTS

(2007 N=29215)

Promotion / Retention by NCLB GroupPromotion / Retention by NCLB Group2005-06, Grades K-122005-06, Grades K-12

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Promoted 94.6% 98.4% 92.5% 92.4% 96.6% 98.0% 92.1% 91.7% 90.7% 96.0%

Retained 5.4% 1.6% 7.5% 7.6% 3.4% 2.0% 7.9% 8.3% 9.3% 4.0%

AmericanIndiann=317

Asiann=5,772

Blackn=32,175

Hispanic/Latino

n=11,262

Multiracialn=4,275

Whiten=66,213

FRLn=34,645

SWDn=16,859

LEPn=7,858

AllStudents

n=120,014

Student Population by EthnicityStudent Population by EthnicityGrades 6-8Grades 6-8

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90.0%

100.0%

2001 (23,265) 0.3% 3.7% 27.0% 4.6% 1.2% 63.2%

2002 (24,412) 0.3% 3.7% 27.7% 5.0% 1.7% 61.7%

2003 (25,444) 0.3% 3.9% 28.4% 5.6% 2.1% 59.7%

2004 (26,217) 0.3% 4.0% 29.2% 6.4% 2.4% 57.8%

2005 (26,925) 0.3% 4.3% 29.1% 7.3% 2.8% 56.3%

2006 (28,155) 0.2% 4.6% 29.2% 8.5% 3.2% 54.3%

American Indian

Asian BlackHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White

EOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity EOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity Grades 6-8Grades 6-8

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American Indian(2007 n=73)

94.2% 89.2% 91.0% 86.6% 93.1%

Asian(2007 n=1,359)

96.2% 96.2% 96.7% 96.3% 96.1%

Black(2007 n=7,859)

77.3% 77.3% 77.7% 80.9% 81.8%

Hispanic(2007 n=2,516)

78.4% 74.4% 78.6% 77.4% 76.4%

Multiracial(2007 n=1,052)

93.1% 91.0% 90.3% 93.8% 93.1%

White(2007 n=14,969)

96.4% 96.8% 97.0% 97.4% 96.9%

All Students(2007 n=27,828)

90.0% 89.6% 89.8% 90.9% 90.7%

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

EOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity & GenderEOG Reading Proficiency by Ethnicity & GenderSpring 2007, Grades 6-8Spring 2007, Grades 6-8

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Male 92.3 95.4 77.8 74.5 91.0 95.9 88.8

Female 94.1 97.0 85.8 78.5 95.3 98.0 92.6

American Indian

AsianBlack/ African

AmericanHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White All Students

EOG Reading Proficiency by Risk Factors EOG Reading Proficiency by Risk Factors Grades 6-8Grades 6-8

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2005-06 53.0% 55.8% 57.1% 53.3% 67.8% 85.4% 87.8% 98.1% 90.9%

2006-07 43.8% 57.3% 61.1% 63.0% 75.2% 84.3% 88.3% 97.9% 90.7%

FRL&SWD &LEP (2007

n=144)

FRL & SWD (2007 n=1587)

FRL & LEP (2007 n=989)

SWD & LEP (2007 n=46)

LEP ONLY (2007 n=327)

SWD ONLY (2007 n=2231)

FRL ONLY (2007 n=5537)

NOT FRL/ SWD/LEP

(2007n=17365)

ALL STUDENTS

(2007 N=28226)

EOG Math Proficiency by Ethnicity EOG Math Proficiency by Ethnicity Grades 6-8Grades 6-8

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2005-06 73.1 92.2 46.4 54.4 73.8 88.0 73.0

2006-07 74.7 93.4 48.0 54.8 74.2 88.4 73.6

American Indian

AsianBlack/ African

AmericanHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White All Students

EOG Math Proficiency by Ethnicity & GenderEOG Math Proficiency by Ethnicity & GenderSpring 2007, Grades 6-8Spring 2007, Grades 6-8

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Male 77.5 93.2 45.5 54.9 74.4 87.8 72.8

Female 71.4 93.6 50.4 54.6 74.0 89.0 74.5

American Indian

AsianBlack/ African

AmericanHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White All Students

EOG Math Proficiency by Risk Factors EOG Math Proficiency by Risk Factors Grades 6-8Grades 6-8

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2005-06 25.0% 20.8% 34.4% 56.4% 68.8% 59.7% 54.0% 88.7% 73.0%

2006-07 23.1% 21.7% 37.2% 30.4% 64.5% 61.1% 57.0% 88.4% 73.8%

FRL&SWD &LEP (2007

n=147)

FRL & SWD (2007 n=1591)

FRL & LEP (2007 n=997)

SWD & LEP (2007 n=46)

LEP ONLY (2007 n=327)

SWD ONLY (2007 n=2228)

FRL ONLY (2007 n=5541)

NOT FRL/ SWD/LEP

(2007n=17365)

ALL STUDENTS

(2007 N=28242)

Algebra EOC Proficiency by Level & Ethnicity Algebra EOC Proficiency by Level & Ethnicity 2006-072006-07

66.3%

98.2%

83.4%

99.2%

66.4%

95.8%

56.2%

97.6%

44.0%

90.3%

80.3%

99.1%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

High School

Middle SchoolAsian

Black/ AfricanAmerican

Hispanic/ Latino

Multiracial

White

All students

Student Population by EthnicityStudent Population by EthnicityGrades 9-12Grades 9-12

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100%

2001 (24993) 0.20% 4.17% 24.01% 3.06% 0.84% 67.72%

2002 (26344) 0.20% 4.21% 24.46% 3.63% 1.00% 66.50%

2003 (27845) 0.21% 4.30% 25.19% 4.16% 1.28% 64.87%

2004 (29488) 0.25% 4.17% 26.12% 4.88% 1.78% 62.79%

2005 (31184) 0.29% 4.29% 26.86% 5.50% 2.05% 61.00%

2006 (33206) 0.28% 4.49% 27.31% 6.29% 2.27% 59.37%

AmericanIndian

Asian BlackHispanic/

LatinoMultiracial White

SAT Performance by EthnicitySAT Performance by Ethnicity

800

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1150

WCPSS White 1072 1078 1084 1093 1093 1090 1099 1101 1096 1112 1101 1097

NC White 1018 1023 1026 1031 1035 1041 1046 1050 1047 1061 1058 1055

USA White 1049 1052 1054 1055 1058 1060 1060 1063 1060 1068 1063 1061

WCPSS Hispanic 981 1011 1019 999

NC Hispanic 964 960 967 968

USA Hispanic 916 923 919 921

WCPSS Black 904 886 879 897 886 881 905 886 886 901 912 886

NC Black 840 834 839 837 835 835 839 839 847 851 857 851

USA Black 856 857 860 856 860 859 857 857 857 864 863 862

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

AP Exam Performance by EthnicityAP Exam Performance by Ethnicity

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Asian 81.8% 78.3% 79.7% 79.6% 81.8% 75.7% 76.6% 78.2% 78.9%

Black 59.5% 56.3% 60.8% 54.5% 60.5% 61.3% 56.4% 56.1% 53.4%

Hispanic/Latino 88.5% 87.3% 75.0% 79.4% 82.2% 81.1% 75.7% 73.9% 75.4%

White 80.2% 77.8% 78.5% 77.6% 81.2% 81.0% 80.1% 79.1% 75.4%

WCPSS 79.9% 77.8% 78.1% 77.2% 80.5% 79.4% 78.6% 77.8% 74.7%

NC 59.9% 56.6% 57.6% 56.4% 59.2% 58.0% 56.9% 55.7% 54.8%

US 64.1% 63.5% 63.7% 61.3% 63.4% 61.5% 61.4% 59.4%

1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Algebra I Proficiency by EthnicityAlgebra I Proficiency by Ethnicity

0%

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Asian Black Hispanic/Latino Multi-racial White All Students

Asian 96.8% 95.2% 96.0% 93.9% 95.7% 98.0% 91.6%

Black 71.1% 72.6% 74.6% 75.6% 76.3% 78.3% 48.8%

Hispanic/Latino 81.5% 80.4% 80.7% 81.3% 80.9% 83.4% 61.3%

Multi-racial 88.2% 85.9% 90.0% 91.2% 89.2% 92.9% 75.6%

White 93.4% 94.3% 93.7% 95.6% 94.9% 96.4% 89.4%

All Students 88.3% 88.3% 88.3% 89.4% 89.0% 90.4% 75.6%

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Biology Proficiency by EthnicityBiology Proficiency by Ethnicity

0%

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80%

90%

100%

Asian Black Hispanic/Latino Multi-racial White All Students

Asian 81.5% 89.4% 86.9% 84.3% 87.0% 88.6% 87.8%

Black 39.5% 53.1% 42.4% 45.1% 46.7% 45.5% 46.4%

Hispanic/Latino 48.5% 62.0% 54.2% 56.6% 54.6% 54.8% 55.2%

Multi-racial 70.2% 84.3% 80.2% 81.5% 76.4% 85.2% 79.1%

White 82.1% 91.1% 86.9% 86.8% 87.4% 86.9% 88.5%

All Students 70.6% 80.6% 74.3% 74.1% 74.2% 73.7% 74.2%

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

English I Proficiency by EthnicityEnglish I Proficiency by Ethnicity

0%

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100%

Asian Black Hispanic/Latino Multi-racial White All Students

Asian 84.2% 89.0% 94.3% 92.8% 90.7% 94.1% 87.2%

Black 55.6% 59.7% 76.0% 73.9% 74.7% 75.1% 60.7%

Hispanic/Latino 48.3% 59.2% 66.2% 63.8% 64.5% 65.4% 56.3%

Multi-racial 72.9% 81.3% 91.5% 90.2% 93.5% 93.4% 81.6%

White 89.7% 91.4% 96.0% 95.7% 95.8% 96.4% 93.2%

All Students 79.2% 81.2% 89.0% 87.5% 87.4% 87.5% 79.9%

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

English I Proficiency by Lunch StatusEnglish I Proficiency by Lunch Status

0%

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60%

80%

100%

FRL 69.0% 67.8% 67.3% 70.9% 55.8%

Not FRL 93.0% 92.2% 93.2% 92.8% 87.8%

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

US History Proficiency by EthnicityUS History Proficiency by Ethnicity

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2005-06 69.5 78.3 42.6 80.8 55.9 73.1 80.6 45.1 29.1 50.8

2006-07 74.2 83.2 49.2 70.0 60.2 75.3 85.5 47.8 31.6 53.1

All Students

AsianAfrican

American/ Black

American Indian

Hispanic/ Latino

Multiracial WhiteFree or

Reduced Price

Limited English

Proficient

Students with

Disabilities

Civics Proficiency by EthnicityCivics Proficiency by Ethnicity

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2005-06 72.9 81.7 47.2 78.3 65.1 82.7 85.7 44.4 26.7 44.9

2006-07 75.5 87.3 51.9 77.4 56.1 80.1 88.6 47.3 38.1 48.3

All Students

AsianAfrican

American/ Black

American Indian

Hispanic/ Latino

Multiracial WhiteFree or

Reduced Price

Limited English

Proficient

Students with

Disabilities

78

.7%

86

.2%

82

.6%

74

.4% 84

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79

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Male Rate Female Rate Overall Rate

2006 4yr 2007 4yr

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91.7

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69.9

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57.7

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89.6

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73.2

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100%

American Indian Asian Black/ African American Hispanic/ Latino Multiracial White 5

9.7

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51

.5% 62

.8%

63

.3%

44

.6% 5

7.4

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80%

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100%

Free or Reduced-Price Lunch

Limited EnglishProficient

Students withDisabilities

4-Year Graduation Rates, 2006 & 20074-Year Graduation Rates, 2006 & 2007

78

.7%

86

.2%

82

.6%

82

.0%

87

.7%

84

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Male Rate Female Rate Overall Rate

2006 4yr 2006 5yr

90.5

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91.7

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69.9

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57.7

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82.3

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89.6

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90.5

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93.8

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73.1

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63.0

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84.4

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91.2

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10%

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30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

American Indian Asian Black/ African American Hispanic/ Latino Multiracial White 5

9.7

%

51

.5% 62

.8%

63

.4%

58

.4%

66

.7%

0%

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40%

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60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Free or Reduced-Price Lunch

Limited EnglishProficient

Students withDisabilities

4-Year and 5-Year Graduation Rates, 20064-Year and 5-Year Graduation Rates, 2006

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Hispanic/Latino 8.7 7.2 7.7 6.5 9.0 8.8 10.1

African American/Black 7.0 6.1 6.3 3.9 5.4 6.0 5.8

Multi-racial 5.5 4.8 4.1 4.8 3.4 4.7 3.8

White 3.0 2.7 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3

Asian 2.3 1.3 0.9 2.4 1.6 1.9 1.7

Native American*

WCPSS 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.9

1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03* 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

High School Dropout Rates by EthnicityHigh School Dropout Rates by Ethnicity

Promotion and InterventionGrades K - 12

Ken BranchSenior Director – Secondary Programs

and Christy Falba

Senior Director – Elementary Programs

May 24, 2008

Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children

Grades K – 2Students will perform at Level 3 or above on:

– WCPSS Mathematics Assessment

– WCPSS Literacy Assessment• Kindergarten, Late Emergent• Grade 1, Late Developing• Grade 2, Early Independent

Grades 3 - 5Students will perform at Level 3 or above on:

• WCPSS Math Assessment

• WCPSS Literacy Assessment

• NC End-of-Grade Test of Reading Comprehension (not in 2008)

• NC End-of-Grade Test of Mathematics

• Grade 4 N.C. Writing Test

Grades 6 - 8Student will receive passing grades in:

• Language Arts course

• Mathematics course

• Science or Social Studies courses

• 50% of other courses, which includes electives

In addition, at grades 6 – 8, students must receive a Level 3 on:

1. End-of-grade test in mathematics

2. End-of-grade test in reading• Not in 2008

Grades 9 - 12 1. In addition to earning course credit, a student

must demonstrate proficiency on 5 End-of-Course Tests:

• English I• Algebra I• Biology• US History• Civics and Economics

2.Graduation Project

For Students Not Meeting Promotion Standards

• Promotion with focused intervention

• Retention with focused intervention

What is focused intervention?• Strategies designed to help an individual

student meet specific academic goals.

• Examples include:– Coaching– Mentoring– Tutoring– Saturday school– Extended days

Personalized Education Plan (PEP)

• For students who do not score Level 3 or above on end-of-grade tests in reading and mathematics*

• Developed by current teacher

• Used for students who are promoted or retained

* not in 2008

PEPs:

• Serve as the road map for students to receive the help they need to become proficient, at the minimum.

• Sent from one school to another (elementary to middle to high).

• Within in elementary school, the report card serves as PEP.

WCPSS

Elementary

Report Card(serves as the PEP)

WCPSS

PEP Form

for

Middle Schools

WCPSS PEP Form for High Schools