Testing and Accountability

New Hanover County Schools (650)

2023–24

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. 

1852

1352

73.0%

2

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

500

27.0%

3

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

1880

1275

67.8%

4

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

605

32.2%

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. 

*

*

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. 

*

*

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 the state is 1851. 

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). 

976

52.7%

2

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

875

47.3%

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 the SBE-approved alternative assessment [STAR Reading]). 

300

34.3%

b.       English Learner [EL]students with less than two school years of instruction in an English

as a Second Language [ESL] program. 

49

5.6%

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. 

159

18.2%

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 RtA Reading Portfolio. 

*

*

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 the state is 1851. 

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. 

367

19.8%

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. 

154

42.0%

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 transitional third and fourth grade class combination, or (3) placed in a fourth-grade accelerated class with a retained reading label. 

328

17.7%

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

1 

STAR Reading (SBE-approved alternative assessment)

N/A

2 

Acadience Reading

N/A

3 

Achieve3000

N/A

4 

AIMSweb

N/A

5 

American Reading Company

N/A

6

Classworks

N/A

7 

College Teacher Press

N/A

8 

Columbia Teachers College

N/A

9

Dreambox Reading Plus

N/A

10 

Easy CBM

N/A

11

Edmentum—Exact Path Individualize Learning Solution

N/A

12 

eSpark Learning

N/A

13 

FastBridge—FastBridge aReading

N/A

14 

Fountas and Pinnell Reading Program

N/A

15 

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—Reading Inventory

N/A

16 

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

N/A

17 

Imagine Learning—Galileo English Language Arts/Reading Assessment 

N/A

18

Imagine Learning—Reading Level Assessment 

N/A

19

Instructure—CASE Benchmark Assessment

N/A

20

Iowa Assessments  

N/A

21

i-Ready

N/A

22

Lexia Learning—RAPID Assessment 

N/A

23

mClass—TRC

N/A

24

Moby Max

N/A

25

Northwest Evaluation System (NWEA)—Measures of Academic Progress Growth

N/A

26

Raz+

N/A

27

STEP Assessment

N/A