The state released its ABCs of Education statistical results Thursday; the ABCs are yet another measure of school performance gathered and released annually by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
No McDowell schools placed in the top two levels, "Honors" and "Excellence."
Four schools were recognized as "schools of Distinction," including West Junior High and Marion, Pleasant Gardens and Old Fort elementary schools. All were graded as having demonstrated "high growth."
McDowell had six "schools of Progress," North Cove and Glenwood with high growth and Eastfield, Nebo and West Marion elementaries and East Junior High with expected growth.
McDowell High School and McDowell Early College received "No Recognition."
No McDowell schools were in the two lowest categories: "Priority" and "Low Performing."
The state also finalized the preliminary AYP results. There was no change, as seven McDowell schools made "Adequate Yearly Progress" and five did not.
Jargon aside, the report includes a performance composite for each school, showing the percentage of the school's students that scored at or above their grade level.
Performance composite scores for each school were
-- Eastfield, 60.5
-- East Junior High, 73.3
-- Glenwood, 74.6
-- Marion Elementary, 80.7
-- Early College, 76.8
-- MHS, 64.5
-- Nebo, 69.3
-- North Cove, 74.2
-- Old Fort, 80.1
-- P.G. 81.7
-- West Marion, 72.3
-- West Junior High, 82
AYP scores are an "all or nothing" grade. AYP means that each of the school's various measurable ethnic and racial groups, as well as groups divided based on national origin and language and physical or intellectual development, all performed adequately. If any group in the school performs poorly, the school did not make AYP.
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his year's ABCs are generally improved statewide, largely due to a decision by the state Board of Education to allow retesting for third- through eight-graders that did not perform adequately on the EOG tests.
Seventy-one percent of the public schools in North Carolina made AYP, while 29 percent did not. Overall, North Carolina schools had a total of 39,440 AYP targets, and 95.4 percent of these were met. Thirteen percent of North Carolina schools missed AYP by only one target, according to a statement from the DPI.
The ABCs' measures of performance include EOGs in reading and mathematics for third through eighth grades; science EOGs in grades five and eight; and EOC tests in algebra, biology, chemistry, civics and economics, English I, geometry, physics and U.S. History.
Other measures include the dropout rate, the computer skills test in eighth grade and student performance on alternate assessments for certain students with disabilities, the statement added.
This year, no bonuses will be awarded based on performance, due to the budget cuts.
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