ABCs Accountability Data
ABCs of Public Education: North Carolina’s Accountability Program
Students are held accountable for performance through the promotion standards and schools are held accountable by the state’s ABCs of Public Education program. The ABCs designations for schools are:
- Schools Making Expected Growth/Gain: Show growth/gain that would reasonably be expected over a year’s time, based on previous performance.
- Schools Making High Growth/Gain: Show growth/gain that is 10 percent higher than expected growth standard.
- Schools of Excellence: Have at least 90 percent of students at or above grade level and meet at least expected growth/gain.
- Schools of Distinction: Have 80-89 percent of students at or above grade level and meet at least expected growth/gain.
- Schools of Progress: Have 60-79 percent of students at or above grade level and meet at least expected growth/gain.
- No Recognition: Do not meet expected growth/gain standard, but have at least 60 percent of students at or above grade level.
- Priority Schools: Have 50-59 percent of students at or above grade level, regardless of growth standard OR below 50 percent, but meet growth standard.
- Low Performing: Have less than 50 percent of students performing at or above grade level and do not make expected growth.
ABC results are posted on School Profile pages.
