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The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) remains in Title I District Improvement under No Child Left Behind for the 2007-08 school year. This means that the school system missed Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets in the same subject area (reading) for two years in a row. The district also missed AYP in math for 2006-07. Letters were mailed to all parents in WCPSS, notifying them of the district's status.
School districts are held to the same proficiency target goals for students in reading and mathematics that are established for schools. AYP is determined for a school district by compiling the data for each student group and for the students as a whole in the district, as well as by calculating the attendance and graduation rates at the district level. A school district's AYP is not determined by the number of schools making AYP in the district, but by considering the achievement level of each student in the designated student groups at the district level. Student groups include the District as a Whole, White, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, Multiracial, Economically Disadvantaged, Limited English Proficient, and Students with Disabilities.
You can review frequently asked questions on district improvement here. You may call 919-790-6428 for more information regarding this issue.
Posted by Bill Poston at 01:57 PM on November 21, 2007 | Leave Feedback
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