Testing and Accountability

New Hanover County Schools (650)

2021–22

Read to Achieve Grades 1 and 2 End-of-Year (EOY) Results

G.S. §115C-83.10 requires "each local board of education to publish annually on a website maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education (SBE) by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year:" 

Total Number of Students in EOY DIBELS 8 (denominator)

Number of Students 

Percentage of Students 

The denominator for calculating the required percentages for rows 1-4 is all students in membership at grades 1 and 2 for EOY DIBELS 8.

1

The number and percentage of first-grade students demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level. 

1781

1177

66.1%

2

The number and percentage of first-grade students not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level and eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp. 

604

33.9%

3

The number and percentage of second-grade students demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level. 

1812

1095

60.4%

4

The number and percentage of second-grade students not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level and eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp. 

717

39.6%

The denominator for row 5 is the number of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp from row 2. 

5

The number and percentage of first-grade students eligible for priority enrollment who attended reading camp. 

197

32.6%

The denominator for row 6 is the number of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp from row 4. 

6

The number and percentage of second-grade students eligible for priority enrollment who attended reading camp. 

204

28.5%

New Hanover County Schools (650)
2021–22 

Read to Achieve Grade 3 End-of-Year (EOY) Results 

G.S. §115C-83.10 requires "each local board of education to publish annually on a website maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education (SBE) by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year:" 

Number of Students 

Percentage of Students 

The denominator for calculating the required percentages for rows 1 and 2 is all students in membership at grade 3 for the first day of spring testing. The denominator for this school is 1889. 

1

Demonstrated reading proficiency on the Beginning-of-Grade 3 (BOG3) Reading Test, the End-of-Grade (EOG) Reading Test, or the EOG Reading Retest (i.e., scored Level 3 or higher). 

1029

54.5%

2

Did not demonstrate reading proficiency on the BOG3 Reading Test, the EOG Reading Test, or the EOG Reading Retest 

860

45.5%

The number and percentage of students exempt from mandatory retention in third grade by category of good cause. Students may be counted in only one of these categories. Denominator for each category in row 3 is row 2. 

3

a.       Students who took and passed an alternative assessment approved by the SBE (i.e., State-approved formative and diagnostic assessment system (Amplify DIBELS 8), Read to Achieve Test, or locally determined SBE-approved alternative assessment). 

266

30.9%

b.       English Learner students with less than two school years of instruction in an English as a Second Language [ESL] program. 

*

<5%

c.       Students with disabilities whose current Individualized Education Program (IEP) indicates the use of the NCEXTEND1 alternative assessment, have at least a two school-year delay in educational performance, or have received intensive reading interventions for at least two school years. 

175

20.3%

d.       Students who have been previously retained more than once in kindergarten, first, second, or third grades. 

*

*

e.       Students who demonstrated reading proficiency appropriate for third-grade students through a reading portfolio. 

*

*

New Hanover County Schools (650)
2021–22 

Read to Achieve Grade 3 End-of-Year (EOY) Results 

G.S. §115C-83.10 requires "each local board of education to publish annually on a website maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education (SBE) by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year:" 

Number of Students 

Percentage of Students 

The denominator for calculating the required percentages for rows 4 and 6 are all students in membership at grade 3 for the first day of spring testing. The denominator for this school is 1889. 

4

The number and percent of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp. This number equals row 2 minus the total of rows 3a through 3e. 

405

21.4%

The denominator for row 5 is the number of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp from row 4. 

5

The number and percentage of students eligible for priority enrollment who attended reading camp. 

153

37.8%

6

Total number and percentage of students retained for not demonstrating reading proficiency on third-grade standards (students deemed proficient after reading camp are subtracted from this number). Students who are not proficient will be either: [1] retained in a third-grade class, [2] placed in a 3/4 transitional class with a retained label, or [3] placed in a fourth-grade accelerated class with a retained reading label. 

382

20.2%

7

Charter Schools Only: Charter schools must indicate the number and percentage of retained students recorded in number 6 who do not return to the charter school for the upcoming school year. 

N/A

N/A

State Board of Education-Approved Alternative Assessments

Number of Students

Who Passed the Alternative Assessment¹

1 

Northwest Evaluation System—Measures of Academic Progress Growth

N/A

2 

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—Reading Inventory

N/A

3 

STAR Reading

N/A

4 

Iowa Assessments

N/A

5 

i-Ready

N/A

6 

Imagine Learning—Reading Level Assessment

N/A

7 

Achieve3000

N/A

8 

Instructure—CASE Benchmark Assessment (previously known as Case 21 Assessment)

N/A

9 

Edmentum—Exact Path Individualize Learning Solution

N/A

10 

Lexia Learning—RAPID Assessment

N/A

11 

Imagine Learning—Galileo English Language Arts/Reading Assessment

N/A

12 

Acadience Reading

N/A

13 

FastBridge—FastBridge aReading

N/A

14 

Imagination Station—Istation's Indicators of Progress (ISIP^TM) Reading³

N/A

15 

Other (Charter Schools Only)

N/A