2011 NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL REPORT CARDS NOW AVAILABLE
October 27, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Durham, NC – While most public school students receive final report cards in June, schools and districts can review their annual progress each October when the North Carolina School Report Cards are released.
State law and the federal No Child Left Behind Act require Report Cards for every local school, every school district and for the state. The Report Cards, which are in the 10th year of publication, are now available at www.ncreportcards.org.
“The Report Cards are another way for our district and our schools to be held accountable by our community,” said Durham Public Schools Superintendent Eric Becoats. “The data, while certainly not the entire story, is helpful for monitoring progress.”
A summary of the report, called the Report Card Snapshot, is available on the Report Card website. The Report Card Snapshot is a condensed version of school’s online Report Card.
Each school’s Report Card includes school contact information (principal's name, address, etc.); school and class/course sizes; student performance data (ABCs performance and disaggregated performance); school performance data (ABCs designations and federal No Child Left Behind designations); teacher qualifications and credentials; statistics on instructional resources (books and computers); and school safety figures. Spanish versions of the Report Card Snapshots and their supporting guides can be printed from the NC School Report Cards website.
The Report Cards provide excellent information, but not a complete profile of a school, a district, or even the state. Special programs or partnerships, involvement opportunities, and circumstances that may affect various pieces of data are not included.
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Jeff Nash
Interim Chief Communications Officer
P. 919.560.2602
C. 919.412.7947
jeff.nash@dpsnc.net
