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At its Dec. 2 meeting, the Board of Education approved a new academic goal for the Wake County Public School System. The goal states:
WCPSS students will demonstrate high academic growth; by 2014, all students will graduate on-time prepared to compete globally.
High growth will be calculated at the system-level for the following WCPSS subgroups: Level I/II, Level III, Level IV, Level IV-Not AG, AG (Academically Gifted), African American, Asian American, Hispanic, Multi Racial, Native American, White, FRL (Free and Reduced Lunch), LEP (Limited English Proficient), SWD (Students with Disabilities).
The goal for graduation is 100 percent of students on-time and will be achieved by 2014. Students will meet the requirements for graduation as outlined by the NC State Board of Education in the Future Ready Core Course of Study.
Donna Hargens, WCPSS Chief Academic Officer, discusses the new academic goal and what it means for students, educators and the community.
Click here to listen to Board Approves New Academic Goal
This is a 9.45 minute mp3 file.
You can read more about the new academic goal here.
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