Policy Identification
Priority:  High Student Achievement
Category:  Promotion Standards
Policy ID Number:  HSA-N-001

Policy Title:  16 NCAC 6D.0304 Policy outlining grade-level expectations for public school students

Current Policy Date:  08/03/1995

Other Historical Information:

Statutory Reference:

Administrative Procedures Act (APA) Reference Number and Category:  16 NCAC 6D.0304
 

.0304 GRADE-LEVEL PROFICIENCY

(a) In grades K-2, teachers must identify those students who are not performing at grade-level expectations. In grades 3-8,
grade-level proficiency is Level III or above on end-of-grade tests in reading and mathematics.

(b) LEAs shall issue the NC standardized high school transcript to high school students at the end of each school year to inform
parents and students of student progress.

(c) LEAs shall provide focused intervention to all students who do not demonstrate grade-level proficiency. This intervention
shall include extended instructional opportunities that are different from and supplemental to the normal instructional
opportunities and that are specifically designed to improve the student's performance to grade-level proficiency. Strategies may
include but are not limited to alternative learning models, special homework, smaller classes, tutorial sessions, extended school
day, Saturday school, modified instructional programs, parental involvement, summer school instruction, or retention.

(d) LEAs shall use existing funding resources to provide focused assistance designed to improve student performance to
grade-level proficiency.

(e) LEAs decide to promote or retain a student based on local policy and discretion, but must consider test scores and other
information that may indicate a student's grade-level proficiency.

(f) The department will monitor LEAs and schools annually for progress in increasing the number of students who meet the
standard for grade-level proficiency. The department uses percentages of students who are above grade-level proficiency and
of those who have moved from Level I to Level II to compare progress from year to year.

(g) The SBE uses district-level report cards to monitor the progress of LEAs. LEAs shall use school improvement reports to
monitor schools in their district.