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    Five Achievement Levels

    Durant Road Elementary School


    May/June 2014

    Dear Parent/Guardian:

    In October, the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) adopted new college-and-career readiness
    Academic Achievement Standards and Academic Achievement Descriptors for the End-of-Grade (EOG) and
    End-of-Course (EOC) tests and their alternate assessments. The Achievement Level Standards and their
    Descriptors allow you to compare your childs performance to grade-level/course level expectations.

    In previous school years, the NC Department of Public Instruction has reported four Academic Achievement
    Levels; however, effective in March 2014, the SBE added a new Achievement Level 3. With the addition of this
    new Achievement Level, the NCDPI will now report five levels of student academic performance. The revised
    Achievement Levels are as follows:


    Achievement Levels
    Meets
    On-Grade-Level Proficiency
    Standard
    Meets College-and-
    Career Readiness
    Standard
    Level 5 denotes Superior Command of
    knowledge and skills

    Yes

    Yes
    Level 4 denotes Solid Command of
    knowledge and skills

    Yes

    Yes
    Level 3 denotes Sufficient Command of
    knowledge and skills

    Yes

    No
    Level 2 denotes Partial Command of
    knowledge and skills

    No

    No
    Level 1 denotes Limited Command of
    knowledge and skills

    No

    No

    The new Achievement Level 3 identifies students who are prepared for the next grade but do not meet the
    college-and-career readiness standard. Having this new level helps teachers to better meet the learning needs of
    the individual student. Below is the new Achievement Level Descriptor for Level 3:

    Level 3: Students performing at this level have a sufficient command of grade-level knowledge and skills,
    but they may need academic support to engage successfully in this content area in the next grade level.
    They are prepared for the next grade level but will need additional academic support in order to be on track
    for college-and-career readiness without additional academic support.

    Starting this year, your childs Individual Student Report for the End-of-Grade/End-of-Course test(s) will report
    both the on-grade-level proficiency standard (Level 3 or higher) and the college-and-career readiness standards
    (Level 4 and above). Proficiency on all state assessments will be calculated using Level 3 and higher.

    A complete list of the Achievement Level ranges and Achievement Level Descriptors are available by test at
    http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/shared/achievelevel/. In addition, raw score ranges by
    achievement level are available by test at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/technical notes.

    If you have questions or concerns about the five Achievement Levels or need more information, please contact
    Jane Higgins ([email protected]) or Rebecca Weaver ([email protected]) at your school. We look
    forward to continuing to work with you.


    Sincerely,

    Teresa Winstead, Principal

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