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No Child Left Behind
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The Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) of 1965 was reauthorized in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002. Over the last seven years, the state of North Carolina has implemented the standards and objectives necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of our local school systems. The measures set forth by the legislation requires the release of information which address Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), standards for teachers, consequences for Title I schools and districts not making AYP. A component of the legislation also incorporates the connection with the stakeholders through parent communications and community involvement. North Carolina has set target goals based on 2001-02 student achievement data that will result in achieving the NCLB goal of all students proficient in reading and math by the 2013-14 school year in the nine subgroups: white, black, Native American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, multiracial, limited English proficient, students with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged students.
Stokes County Schools have made significant progress in increasing student achievement and have risen to the challenges of meeting the NCLB standards with sixteen of our eighteen schools meeting all of the AYP target goals. Our county's focus remains on making progress for each subgroup so that we can reach the goal of 100 percent proficiency. We have implemented several initiatives to continue to strive toward academic excellence for the upcoming year. Our county continues to exceed the state proficiency rate with an average of 73.7% of our students performing at or above grade level in reading for grades 3-8. We continue to maintain the achievement in mathematics with a total of 86.2% proficiency across grades 3 - 8. Our high schools have also made strides in grade 10 to improve reading to a proficiency of 69.4% and mathematics to a proficiency of 77.6%.
It's important that not only the school as a whole but all subgroups achieve their target growth goals, because under NCLB if even one group fails to make growth, the school will not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and will be labeled as "Needing Improvement." If the school receives Title I funding, provided to qualifying high poverty schools and targeted to academically at-risk students, and fails to make AYP for two consecutive years, the school will face sanctions.
In the first year of sanctions, Title I schools must allow students enrolled in the school to transfer to another school in the school system that made AYP. In the second year of sanctions, tutoring services outside the normal school day are available to some students in addition to public school choice. Corrective actions and restructuring face Title I schools that continue to not make AYP. At this time, there are no sanctions for non-Title I schools not making AYP.
Stokes County Schools have experienced increased academic success under the state's ABCs program and expects to continue to do so. We will continue to strive for excellence as we meet the challenges of making the students of Stokes County successful 21st Century Learners. As a district, every school administrator, teacher, student, parent, and the community working together will ensure that no Stokes County School student is left behind.
For more information or to find out how you can help, please contact Stokes County Public Schools at (336) 593-8146 or myra.cox@stokes.k12.nc.us, donna.boyles@stokes.k12.nc.us, or michael.sands@stokes.k12.nc.us.
For additional information, go to www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb and www.nclb.gov.