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Statewide student promotion standards are recommended The final piece of the state’s ABCs accountability pro gram is about to be put in place as the State Board of Education considers statewide student promotion stan dards affecting both primary and secondary students. The Board is slated to finalize a student promotion stan dards policy recommended by the Committee on Standards and Accountability in March. Beginning in 2000-01 under a proposal the State Board is considering third, fifth, and eighth graders would have to meet the following standards in order to be promoted to the next grade level: - * - IBis . • Third grade students must have a Level : III proficiency on the End-of-Grade Tests 1 in mathematics and reading. t • Fifth grade students must have a Level III i proficiency on the End-of-Grade Tests in t mathematics, reading, and writing. t • Eighth grade students must have a Level i III proficiency on the End-of-Grade Tests in mathematics, reading, and writing. t The committee recommended that students in the fifth j and eighth grades, who did not achieve a proficiency level 1 of 2.5 or better on the writing test taken in the fourth and \ seventh grades, receive appropriate intervention and a t "ollow-up writing assessment. The recommended benchmarks in grades three, five, ind eight does not preclude an individual school’s respon sibility to consider each student’s academic progress at ;ach level, K-8, and provide appropriate intervention vhen necessary. For high school students, the Board is considering a rec jmmendation from the Committee on Standards and Accountability that students complete the following in )rder to graduate: meeting existing standard of local and state course requirements (current requirement); grade level proficiency on a new “essen tial skills” test, the Reading and Mathematics; • complete a senior project; • take a newly developed exit exam or choose from several exit exam options such as the SAT/ACT (for college bound students), community college placement tests, ASVAB (for students entering the military), Work Keys (for students enter ing directly into the workforce), vendor generated exam that measures next level readiness; • compile a portfolio that would demon strate a level of proficiency in the follow ing six competency areas: communication, numbers/data usage, problem solving, information processing, teamwork, and technology use. In comments made to the State Board, State Superintendent Mike Ward reiterated that student promo ion standards are not about “creating barriers but oppor unities.” He also wanted to make sure that whatever plan s accepted be supported with resources such as money, ime, professional development, intervention/remedia ion, etc., because adoption of new standards without the lecessary resources is “adopting another barrier.” State Board of Education Chairman Phil Kirk agreed hat intervention needed to be occurring now. Kirk said that additional resources would be needed but houldn’t preclude schools from looking at existing dol ars to determine if there are better ways to spend inter entiori dollars such as Saturday academies, after-school utoring, etc. State Board of Education Chairman Phil Kirk talks with Principal Mary Nixon and John A. Holmes Teacher of the Year, Ed Thornton, fol lowing a round table discussion with educators and parents on February 11. I Schools develop improvement plans The move by the State Board of Education to adopt statewide promotion stan dards has spurred the need for school systems across North Carolina to begin reviewing current policies and developing new ones for what will constitute passing or failing a grade or course. Furthermore, school sys tems must have in place focused intervention strate pips and nrnursms snpr.ifi redirected to meet the needs of ensuring student suc cess,” he said.” Once the state board adopts the draft proposal for promotion standards, each local bbard of education will be responsible for develop ing systemwide procedures for determining promotion under the state’s new guide lines. Under the proposed plan, local procedures must inrluHp fat a minimum") thp cally designed to improve student perfor mance to grade level pro ficiency. School "We are not anticipating much, if any, additional money from the state for new initiatives" - Allan Smith following: • local promotion standards at grades 3,5,8 and high school gradua tion; • adher racuiues, staff, and parents are cur rently working on develop ing school improvement plans that would carry the school system into the year 2002. In anticipation of the adoption of the proposed statewide promotion stan dards, Superintendent Dr. Allan Smith has instructed school improvement teams to carefully analyze and assess current strategies and programs to determine the most successful methods for improving student achievement. ence 10 state graduation require ments; • limits as to the number of times students may be retained in grade spans of K-3, 4-6, and 7-8; • notification and involve ment of parents; • opportunities for retest ing at least two times; • intervention plans, strategies and opportunities; • appeals process for stu dents having passing grades and meeting local promotion standards, but not scoring at a Level in tms next fiscal year, we are not antic ipating much, if any, addi tional money from the state for new initia tives,” said Smith.”So look r.V\° fVr a? Kc na» tr> c* c 9> <y> v isb m <0 Motion &'* ill or aoove on reading and mathematics tests; • mem l bership on appeals committee; • role of teacher in presenting doc umentation of lllg UAAWMV* IV HIV State Board of Education’s adoption of promotions stan dards, our schools are tak ing a hard look at programs and services currently in place and determining what needs to be maintained, and what needs to be revised or The Edenton-Chowan School System will use the upcoming school year to develop local promotion standards. Under the pro posed state plan, statewide standards will not begin until the year 2000-01. Public input sessions to receive comment on draft standards To ensure that as many citizens as possible have the opportunity to comment on the draft student promotion standards, the following public inut sessions have been scehduled. All sessions will be held from 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Speakers need to sign up beforehand by contacting Linda Edwards at (919) 715-1299. Wednesday, Feb. 24 - Martin Community College Auditorium, Bldg. #2 - Kehukee Park Rd.< Williamston 1 Edenton-Chowan Schools March calendar of events I 1 1-5 Board of Education Meeting, Chowan Co. Office Bldg., 7:30 p.m. Early Release Day 1:30 p.m. John A. Holmes Parent Conference 2-6 p.m. D.F. Walker School Book Fair State Writing Test Administered Grade 4 Meet the Aces, 5:30 p.m., John A. Holmes White Oak School Parent/Student End-of-Grade Awareness Session, Grades 3-5, 7 p.m. John A. Holmes High School Study Skills Workshop for students 3:15-4:15 p.m. D.F. Walker School Parent Night at Book Fair, 5-8 p.m Art Honor Society Trip to New York, NY Teacher Workday Traditional K-8 Teacher Workday H.S. JAH Varsity Baseball - Northeastern at Home ; JAH JV Baseball at Northeastern JAH Tennis - Gates County at Home JAH Tennis - Northeastern at Home John A. Holmes High School Study Skills Workshop j for students 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. / 13 Driver’s Education Proficiency Exam, 10 a.m. -12 p.m., John A. Holmes Cafeteria 15 Parent Conference Day Traditional K-8 16 JAH Softball - Williamston at Home JAH Varsity Baseball - Williamston at Home JAH JV Baseball at Williamston JAH Tennis at Gates County CMS Baseball/Softball at Hertford Co. 1 17 John A. Holmes Athletic Physicals 8 a.m. -11 a.m. JAH Tennis - Tarboro at Home JAH Track - Camden, Perquimans at Home CMS Baseball/Softball at Hertford Co. 2 19 JAH Softball at Perquimans JAH Varsity Baseball at Perquimans JAH JV Baseball - Perquimans at Home !1 Youth & The Arts Program, Swain Auditorium 3 p.m. !2 Driver’s Education classes begin - end May 5 JAH Golf - Currituck, Manteo, Northside CMS Baseball/Softball - C.G. White at Home 3 White Oak Kindergarten Registration 24 25 White Oak Kindergarten Registration JAH Tennis at Manteo CMS Baseball/Softball at Southwestern D.F. Walker Kindergarten Registration JAH Track - Currituck, Williamston at Home JAH Softball at Manteo JAH Varsity Baseball at Manteo JAH JV Baseball - Manteo at Home JAH Tennis at Currituck JAH Track- Camden at Home 26 D.F. Walker Kindergarten Registration 29 JAH Golf at Northside CMS Baseball/Softball - Robersonville at Home 30 JAH Softball at Currituck JAH Varsity Baseball at Currituck JAH JV Baseball - Currituck at Home 31 CMS Baseball/Softball - Williamston at Home
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