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PARENTS & THE STANDARDS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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  • Questions & Answers: About the Future-Ready Core and High School Graduation Requirements
    (pdf, 482kb)

  • Student Accountability Standards K-8: Make the Grade to Succeed - a brochure containing and overview of the Student Accountability policy.
    ( pdf, 690kb )

  • Student Accountability Standards 9-12: Make the Grade to Succeed - a brochure containing and overview of the Student Accountability policy.
    (pdf, 7.0mb [English] | pdf, 186kb [Spanish])

  • Overview of the Student Accountability Standards/Gateways - a quick summary of the student accountability standards/gateways.
    (pdf, 23kb)

  • NC Course of Study Graduation Requirements - a chart outlining the proposed course requirements for each of the four courses of study (career prep, college tech prep, college/university prep, and occupational)

  • Navigating the Standards - a flow chart depicting what happens after a student takes the North Carolina state assessments and either makes Level III on the test or does not.
    • Navigating the End-of-Grade Assessment Requirements (pdf, 20kb)
    • Navigating the End-of-Course Assessment Requirements (pdf, 47kb)
    • Navigating the End-of-Course Assessment Requirements When Using the North Carolina Checklist of Academic Standards (NCCLAS) (pdf, 20kb)

  • Parents Rights and Responsibilities - a flier listing parents' rights and responsibilities in the Student Accountability Standards.
    (pdf, 16kb)

  • Standard Course of Study Goals & Objectives

  • Making the Grade
    Making the Grade is a series of publications developed to provide timely information to help parents support and strengthen their child's public education experience. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Press Association's newspapers in education project produce and distribute the publications through local newspapers.

  • Spanish versions: