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PERSONALIZED EDUCATION PLANS

PEP ANUAL :: LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES

LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES

Promotion decisions shall be made according to local policy and discretion, but shall include statewide student accountability standards at grades 3, 5, and 8 and high school. At a minimum, each local board of education shall adopt procedures to ensure that students are treated fairly. The policy shall recognize the statutory authority of the principal to make promotion decisions.

Local boards of education policies shall be consistent with statewide student accountability policy. The policies should include: notification and involvement of parents and agreement of parental expectations signed by parents or guardians.

  1. Intervention

    School districts shall provide focused intervention to all students not meeting statewide student accountability standards. Such intervention shall involve extended instructional opportunities which are different and supplemental and which are specifically designed to improve the students’ performance to grade level proficiency. Students not meeting the standards shall have personalized education plans with the following components:
    1. diagnostic evaluation
    2. intervention strategies
    3. monitoring strategies
    Strategies may include, but are not limited to, alternative learning models, special homework, smaller classes, tutorial sessions, extended school day, Saturday school, modified instructional programs, parental involvement, summer school instruction, or retention.

  2. Reporting

    The Department of Public Instruction shall provide a mechanism for LEAs and schools to report annually their progress in increasing the number of students who meet the standard for grade-level promotion. Percentages of students above grade-level proficiency and those who have moved from Level I to Level II shall be used to compare progress from year to year. Annually, local boards of education shall report the following information by race, ethnicity, exceptionality, and socio-economic status to the State Board of Education:
    1. number and percent of students promoted by school who did not score at Level III or above on the designated tests at gateways 1, 2, and 3.
    2. number and percent of students who have moved across achievement levels in reading and mathematics at gateways 1, 2, and 3.

  3. Standardized Transcript

    The NC standardized high school transcript certifies a level of proficiency in high school courses through both grades and test scores. Test scores should be recorded on the standardized transcript.

    In order to inform parents and students of student progress, beginning with the 1995-96 school year, the transcript shall be issued to students at the end of each year.

  4. EOC Test Scores

    End-of-Course test results should* be used as part of the student’s final grade. Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, local school systems should set policies regarding the use of End-of-Course tests results in assigning final grades.

*APA Policy 16NCAC6D.0305 changed "should" to "shall," effective November 1, 1997.

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