Category Archives: NC DPI

Bill Proposed in NC House Literally Replaces Common Core

Posted on March 24, 2017 by A.P. Dillon

Last year, the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) was created by the North Carolina General Assembly to get rid of Common Core failed in their task.

A new bill would literally fix what the commission failed to do.

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NC Begins K-8 Common Core Revisions, Seeks Public Input

Posted on February 7, 2017 by A.P. Dillon

The Common Core standards are still alive and well in North Carolina and next round of lipstick on the pig is already underway. Continue reading →

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WaPo Cites D.C. Graduation Rate at 76%, But There is a Problem.

Posted on October 3, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

In an article at The Washington Post, the District of Columbia graduation rate was reported at 79%. However, there is a big ‘but’ that comes along with that number as 1% met math standards and 4% met reading standards. Continue reading →

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NC Grade 3-8 EOG Results Show only 46.7% are College Ready

Posted on September 6, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

As previously reported, the graduation rate in the state, as indicated by NC DPI, is 85.8%. However, the grade level proficiency and career and college readiness of students in key subject areas of English and Math remain nearly unchanged and low.

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The Actual Graduation Rate In NC Isn’t 85.8%

Posted on September 2, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

North Carolina Superintendent June Atkinson was recently cited in a WRAL article about the state’s graduation rate.

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina released its latest public school performance data Thursday, showing the state’s graduation rate and school grades improved last year.

he state’s graduation rate increased slightly, from 85.6 percent in 2014-15 to 85.8 percent last school year. This marks the 11th consecutive year that the rate has improved. In 2005-06, the state’s graduation rate was 68.3 percent.

“If I could do a back flip about the graduation rate, I would do that,” State Superintendent June Atkinson told reporters Thursday. (WRAL, 9/1/16)

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) also put out a press release touting the increase in graduation rates.

As this site has previously pointed out, this rate is not the actual graduation rate when one factors in the now famous “career and college readiness” that Common Core was alleged to bring. Continue reading →

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NC Dept. Of Public Instruction Touts 4th Year of Powerschool, Ignores Failings

Posted on August 26, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction sent out a press release yesterday, hailing the success of Powerschool, which captures student data and information statewide.

The press release also didn’t mention Powerschool’s failings.

These failings include a $7 million dollar maintenance rate, hundreds of ‘slow connectivity incidents’, missing deliverables and suspect payments to ‘contractors’. Continue reading →

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