No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is a federal law
affecting every public K-12 school in the country. Key requirements of the law are:
closing achievement gaps, holding schools accountable for all students and having a
Highly Qualified teacher in every classroom. High standards are new for many states
but North Carolina has had a top-rated testing accountability program since
the implementation of the ABCs of Public Education in 1996. With the passage of NCLB
in 2001, the state also provides information about other academic indicators,
such as attendance and the Cohort Graduation Rates.
HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Every Student in School and Making Strong Progress
Target: NC will be one of the top
10 states on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
assessments
Percentage of students scoring proficient
or higher on NAEP assessments
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
NC Rank
US Average
Target Score
First
Grade 4 Reading
33%
28%
Tied for 16th
30%
35%
43% (CT)
Grade 4 Writing
32%
N/A
N/A
Tied for 6th
27%
31%
49% (CT)
Grade 4 Math
41%
25%
4th
31%
36%
43% (NH)
Grade 4 Science
24%
N/A
N/A
Tied for 27th
28%
35%
43% (MA)
Grade 8 Reading
29%
31%
34th
30%
37%
43% (MA)
Grade 8 Writing
34%
27%
Tied for 8th
30%
34%
45% (CT)
Grade 8 Math
32%
27%
Tied for 14th
27%
34%
44% (MN)
Grade 8 Science
27%
24%
23rd
30%
38%
46% (MT)
Target: Nine of 10 NC students will
score at or above grade level on End-of-Grade (EOG) and End-of-Course
(EOC) examinations
Percentage of students scoring at or above
grade level on NC's EOG and EOC examinations
NC EOG: Grades 3 - 8
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
Reading
83%
78%
Mathematics
87%
83%
Both
79%
74%
NC EOC
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
Algebra I
79%
79%
Algebra II
79%
77%
Geometry
70%
67%
Physical Science
64%
61%
Biology
61%
69%
Chemistry
74%
71%
Physics
83%
84%
ELPS
69%
70%
English I
81%
70%
US History
55%
50%
10th Grade High School Comprehensive
Test
Students are considered to have passed
the test if they score at or above grade level on both the reading
and the math sections
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
% of students passing
58%
N/A
N/A
Target: North Carolina will eliminate
achievement gaps
Gap in percent proficient on NAEP and percent
at or above grade level on NC EOG and EOC examinations
Female
Male
Black
Hispanic
Amer.
Indian
Asian/Pacific
Multi-Racial
White
E.D.
N.E.D.
NAEP
36%
31%
13%
21%
10%
44%
N/A
44%
16%
44%
NC EOG
& EOC
76%
73%
58%
61%
66%
80%
79%
83%
63%
87%
L.E.P.
Other
Migrant
Students
Other
Students
w/Disabilities
Other
NAEP
15%
34%
N/A
N/A
16%
37%
NC EOG
& EOC
44%
75%
56%
75%
41%
79%
• E.D.
= Economically Disadvantaged Students
• N.E.D.
= Not Economically Disadvantaged Students
• L.E.P.
= Limited English Proficient Students
Target: Nine of 10 NC students will
be promoted to the next grade having met state standards
Percentage of students promoted having
met state grade level standards in reading and mathematics
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
Grade 3
93%
90%
Grade 5
95%
92%
Grade 8
95%
92%
Target: NC will be 1st in the nation
in the percentage of students taking advanced courses
Percentage of students taking advanced
courses in math and science
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
NC Rank
US Average
Target Score
First
% of 8th graders taking Algebra
25%
27%
5th
20%
53%
53% (UT)
% of high school students taking upper level
math courses
61%
59%
1st
46%
61%
61% (NC)
% of high school students taking upper level
science courses
30%
31%
Tied for 13th
28%
42%
42% (MS)
Target: NC will be among the top 10
states in high school completion
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
NC Rank
US Average
Target Score
First
% of teens age 16 - 19 who are high school
dropouts*
11%
11%
Tied for 35th
9%
7%
4% (ND)
% of students completing high school or GED
81%
85%
Tied for 36th
83%
88%
95% (NH)
% of exceptional students age 14 or older
who successfully complete their special education program
43%
46%
Tied for 30th
47%
54%
79% (TX)
• The NC graduation rate based upon
the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act was 97%
Every Graduate Ready for College and Work
Target: NC will be one of the top
10 states in SAT scores
Average SAT scores and adjusted SAT scores
for NC students
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
NC Rank
US Average
Target Score
First
Average SAT scores
1,001
998
Tied for 46th
1,026
1,140
1,215 (ND)
SAT scores adjusted for participation rates
1,042
1,035
Tied for 30th
1,053
1,087
1,126 (ND)
• 68% of NC 12th graders took the SAT
Target: NC will be among the top 5
states in the number of Advanced Placement (AP) exams scored at
or above level 3
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
NC Rank
US Average
Target Score
First
Number of AP exams scored at or above level
3 for every 1,000 11th and 12th graders
187
179
Tied for 9th
138
211
289 (DC)
• 3% of all NC high school course enrollments
were in Advanced College Prep courses, including AP, IB, community college
and university courses
Target: NC will be one of the top
10 states in the percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
NC Rank
US Average
Target Score
First
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled
in two- and four-year programs of higher education
30%
33%
Tied for 43rd
36%
40%
48% (CT)
Target: Nine of 10 NC students who
complete a career-technical course of study will be highly rated
by their employer
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
Percentage of career-technical graduates ranked
above average when compared to other new employees
74%
72%
• 15% of all NC high school course enrollments
were in career-technical courses at a high school or community college
Every School Accountable for Student Learning
Target: NC's system of standards,
assessments, and accountability will be consistently ranked among
the best in the nation
External evaluations of standards, assessments,
and accountability systems
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
NC Rank
US Average
Target Score
First
Education Week
B/84%
B-/81%
Tied for 21st
N/A
A-/91%
A/98% (LA)
Fordham Foundation
B-/2.8 GPA
C/2.0 GPA
Tied for 5th
C-/1.7 GPA
C+/2.4 GPA
A-/3.6 GPA (CA)
Target: Nine of 10 NC schools will
be recognized as Schools of Excellence or Schools of Distinction
by the ABCs program
Number and percentage of schools receiving
each ABCs designation
Latest NC Score
Prior NC Score
Change
Schools of Excellence
473 (21%)
299 (14%)
Schools of Distinction
886 (40%)
648 (30%)
Schools of Progress
550 (25%)
521 (24%)
No Recognition*
108 (5%)
465 (21%)
Priority Schools*
78 (4%)
132 (6%)
Low Performing Schools*
6 (<1%)
18 (1%)
Schools Making High Growth
1,617 (73%)
779 (36%)
Schools Making Expected Growth
475 (21%)
862 (39%)
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Results
North Carolina has set target goals that
schools must meet to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the
federal No Child Left Behind Act
% of schools that made AYP
47% (1,058)
% of schools that did not make AYP
53% (1,194)
% of AYP targets met by the state as a whole
80% (65 out of 81)
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LEGEND
*
On this indicator a lower score is better,
a higher score is worse.
Latest NC Score:
This is the average score for North Carolina
taken from the most recent data collection available. Most recent
data collection dates range from 1996 to 2003.
Prior NC Score:
This is the average score for North Carolina
taken from the preceding data collection.
Change:
Change arrows show North Carolina's progress
from the prior data collection to the most recent data collection.
NC Rank:
North Carolina's rank among states for which
data are available. States are ranked from best to worst.
US Average:
This is the average score for the United States
taken from the most recent data collection available.
Target Score:
This is the score North Carolina currently
needs to achieve to reach the First in America target.
First:
The score and state abbreviation are listed
for the state receiving the best reported score.
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