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Student
Accountability Standards
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The Student
Accountability Standards are expectations
for student achievement in all North
Carolina public schools. There are two
elementary standards, one middle school
standard and one high school standard.
There are broken down into
Gateways.
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Gateways
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Gateway
1 -
Grade 3 -
Students must:
Meet local promotion
requirements.
- Demonstrate
grade-level proficiency by scoring at
Level III or above on state
end-of-grade tests in reading and
mathematics.
In Effect
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Gateway
2
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Grade 5 - Students must:
Meet
local promotion requirements.
- Demonstrate
grade-level proficiency by scoring at
Level III or above on state end-of-
grade tests in reading and
mathematics.
- Demonstrate
adequate progress in writing by scoring
at or above proficiency Level 2.5 on
the grade 4 writing
assessment.*
In Effect
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Students who do not have this score will be given
intervention and assistance to develop their writing
skills. The principals and teachers of these students
will use locally developed and scored writing samples
during the 5th grade to determine whether students
have made adequate progress in order to be promoted
to the 6th grade.
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Gateway 3 -
Grade 8 -
Students must:
Meet local
promotion requirements.
- Demonstrate
grade-level proficiency by scoring at
Level III or above on state
end-of-grade tests in reading and
mathematics.
- Demonstrate
adequate progress in writing by scoring
at or above proficiency Level 2.5 on
the grade 7 writing
assessment.*
In Effect
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Students who do not have this score will be given
intervention and assistance to develop their writing
skills. The principals and teachers of these students
will use locally developed and scored writing samples
during the 8th grade to determine whether students
have made adequate progress in order to be promoted
to the 9th grade.
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Gateway 4 - High School -
Students must:
Meet existing
local and state graduation
requirements.
- Achieve a passing
score on an exit exam of essential
skills given.
- Achieve a passing
score on a computer skills
test.
In Effect.
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When
will the Standards affect my student?
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If your student is
in this grade during 2004-2005:
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The standards will
apply when he/she enters
grade:
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That means school
year:
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See this Gateway above for
details:
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K
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3
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2007-2008
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Gateway 1
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1
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3
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2006-2007
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Gateway 1
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2
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3
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2005-2006
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Gateway 1
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3
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3
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2004-2005
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Gateway1
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4
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5
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2005-2006
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Gateway 2
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5
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5
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2004-2005
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Gateway 2
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6
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8
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2006-2007
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Gateway 3
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7
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8
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2005-2006
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Gateway 3
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8
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8
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2004-2005
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Gateway 3
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9
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12
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2007-2008
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Gateway 4
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10
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12
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2006-2007
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Gateway 4
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11
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12
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2005 -2006
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Gateway 4
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12
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12
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2004-2005
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Gateway
4
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*Students entering grades 10, 11
& 12 this school year (2003-2004) are
required to achieve a passing score on the
Computer Skills test, first administered
in the 8th grade, before
graduating.
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To learn more about the
new Student Accountability standards,
visit Carteret
County Public School System's web
site.
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