REPORTS

Building a Body of Knowledge
These many resources document various aspects of issues that in some way impacted the education of African American and Native American children in North Carolina.

Closing the Achievement Gap: Views from Nine Schools (July 2000)
Results of a study done by DPI in order to better understand how to promote academic achievement of minority students.
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Closing the Gap and Challenging All Students to Reach Higher Levels of Performance
Summary of the action plan developed in April 2000 by past State Superintendent, Mike Ward, to close the achievement gap.

From Promise to Practice: Two Schools’ Programmatic Approach to Student Success
This report is an action research document that highlights two schools that are closing the academic achievement gap between North Carolina’s largest student populations, black and white, while moving the achievement of all groups upward. The research had two purposes: (1) to identify schools in North Carolina who were raising student achievement and closing gaps; and (2) to determine whether the schools’ achievement gaps were closed through effective utilization of Lezotte’s Seven Correlates of Effective Schools. This report also provides information on best practices for schools and communities that are leading the way in increasing student performance.
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Guidelines for Local Task Force On Closing the Achievement Gap
Guidelines developed by the State Board of Education to enable the formation of a local task force in each local school administrative unit.

Implementation Plan for Recommendations from the North Carolina Advisory Commission on Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps
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This report provides the original goals; the overall status of the implementation process for each goal; reflects the strategies that have been implemented to address each goal; and strategies to be implemented in the future.
Subgroup Analysis for State Testing Data, 1997-2003
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Improve the Achievement of Under-Performing Students
This page provides a list of ideas for all subject areas to improve the achievement of under-performing students.

Increasing Opportunity to Learn via Access to Rigorous Courses and Programs: One Strategy for Closing the Achievement Gap for At-Risk and Ethnic Minority Students (William Darity Report)
Results of a study conducted for the NC General Assembly detailing the level of enrollment of minority students in academically/intellectually gifted programs, honors courses and Advanced Placement (AP) courses across the state.
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Indian Education - Pathways to the 21st Century
The State Advisory Council on Indian Education was established to identify issues and concerns that affect academic achievement of American Indian students. The Council has devised a report that strives to address relevant concerns pertaining to the education of American Indian students and provide appropriate recommendations to the State Board of Education. Each year, the Council focuses its efforts on dropout data and academic achievement. This report is published annually.

Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Schools in North Carolina that are Making Significant Progress, 2003-04 to 2004-05
This report from School Matters, a service of Standard&Poor’s analyzes achievement gaps in North Carolina schools that have made significant progress in narrowing the achievement gap between higher- and lower-performing student groups. Standard&Poor’s has identified 14 schools that have significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years.

NC Drop Out Report
Reports and manuals pertaining to dropout prevention and Intervention.

NC Schools Violence Report
Reports pertaining to NC School Violence.

"No Child Left Behind: A North Carolina Parent's Perspective" Brochure
The brochure covers how NCLB affects all schools regarding academic standards and assessments, public reporting, Adequate Yearly Progress, Highly Qualified teachers and Title I District.

Role of District Level Staff
DPI research brief based on 1998-99 EOG Test data about the roles and strategies for direction and support of schools from the district level.

Student Achievement Gap Pilot Program
A pilot program implemented by the State Board of Education to test and evaluate a revised school accountability model for the ABCs of Public Education.

Teaching the Teachers: Institutes of Higher Education are Preparing Teachers to Close the Gap
Overview and contact information for teacher education programs around the state that are preparing teachers in gap related issues.