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Nov. 9, 2015 There has been much talk about reading by third grade, and about reading readiness. What members of the Swann board, meeting Oct. 8, wanted to know was: What does CMS already know about how its students are prepared for reading? When does it know what it knows? And with whom does it Read More …
July 8, 2015 A reading score in Level 1 ”denotes limited command of knowledge and skills.” Level 2 ”denotes partial command of knowledge and skills.” None of the students on Level 1 and Level 2 “are prepared for the next grade.” They’ve failed. The quotes and the data are from the N.C. Department of Public Read More …
July 5, 2015 Above is the latest revision of an old chart. The message is always the same: Schools full of economically disadvantaged children record unacceptable levels of academic achievement. The reasons keep being debated. But the reality stays the same. Two similar charts using earlier datasets are here. They date from 2004 and 2008. Read More …
Feb. 18, 2015 Last week’s school board meeting included an update on literacy efforts within CMS. The CMS chart below at right details the crisis: At most grade levels, fewer than half of CMS students are college or career ready in reading proficiency. Chief Academic Officer Brian Schultz showed great verbal command of the process Read More …
June 1, 2014 Our May 15 article, “Judge Manning issues a report on ‘the reading problem’ ” prompted a few inquiries after a shorter version of it was published on the Viewpoint page of The Charlotte Observer on May 20. We’ll share those inquiries and our responses below. None of the inquiries, however, even took Read More …
May 15, 2014 N.C. Superior Court Judge Howard Manning’s May 5 report on N.C. education is a blunt reminder that North Carolina is failing to educate its children. The message can be graphically displayed as in the charts that accompany this article. Manning’s report is full of test data. He argues that in most cases Read More …
April 12, 2010 Have we given up on boys’ education?