Charlotte Education Roundup| News About Charlotte Area Schools
November 10th, 2008 Categories: About Charlotte, Charlotte Schools and Education
New N.C. ABC ratings reveal stark contrast in Charlotte schools
Charlotte NC A new set of N.C. school ratings paints Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as a study in contrasts, with some of its suburban schools rating among the state’s best while more than 40 high-poverty urban schools have fewer than half their students on grade level. This article is excerpted from the Charlotte Observer, full story from the Charlotte Observer
The 2008 ABC ratings, being approved by the N.C. Board of Education this morning, look worse than usual because of a new reading test introduced last year, designed to more accurately reflect student success. Officials acknowledged that the old exam, used to rate schools for years, falsely labeled too many children with weak reading skills as being on grade level.
If the state had used the old scoring method in 2008, just over 85 percent of students statewide would have been labeled passing. With the new method it was 58 percent for elementary schools and 56 percent for middle schools. CMS had similar results.
CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman praised the state’s decision to make the scores more accurate.
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The 2008 ratings show schools in the Charlotte region dominating the high end of the academic spectrum as well.
CMS’s Providence Spring Elementary and Davidson IB Middle were in the state’s Top 10 for overall pass rates, with 96 and 95 percent respectively. Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy, a south Mecklenburg charter school for gifted students, was one of three statewide with 99 percent passing.
Of 29 schools that earned the state’s highest rating, based on scores and progress, Union County Schools accounted for six and CMS five, compared with four in Wake County, the state’s largest district.
The scores highlight what many say is an increasingly wide gap in educational opportunities within the countywide district. Thirty CMS schools had pass rates of 80 percent or higher. Most of those are low-poverty suburban neighborhood schools, along with a handful of magnets.
Review your NC Schools test results, I think the best search is by map, visit scores and ratings for any N.C. public school or district
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CMS-Discovery Channel partnership
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Discovery Education, a division of the company that owns the Discovery Channel and a number of other cable TV networks, have announced a partnership that will bring new resources to the school system.The partnership was announced Thursday evening at Discovery Place, where the Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin conducted a screening of his upcoming special program, “The Vanishing Frog.” See the Full Story
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Presidential election energizes Charlotte high schools
At Providence High, about 30 students will join their government teacher on a trip to the inauguration in January.At West Charlotte, students discuss what the election or defeat of America’s first serious black presidential contender would say about race.
At Myers Park High, where almost 300 students turned out for an after-school debate between pro-McCain and pro-Obama students, lively political arguments in the cafeteria and classrooms are common.
“A ton of people are volunteering” for both campaigns, said Myers Park sophomore Michael Griggs, who impersonated the candidates and Joe the Plumber for comic relief after the debate. He, like other students, says there will be gloating and anger when the results are in.
See the full Observer Story here
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