read to achieve /tags/read-to-achieve read to achieve en-US Copyright Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:52:23 GMT Superintendent: 70K Students Promoted Despite Reading Skills /education/2019-12-16/superintendent-70k-students-promoted-despite-reading-skills North Carolina's superintendent of public instruction is alleging that more than 70,000 third-grade students have been wrongly promoted since 2014 even… Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:52:23 GMT /education/2019-12-16/superintendent-70k-students-promoted-despite-reading-skills Associated Press Statewide "Read to Achieve" Intervention Still Shows Few Gains /education/2019-01-10/statewide-read-to-achieve-intervention-still-shows-few-gains North Carolina's Read to Achieve program, enacted by the General Assembly in 2012, is continuing to get lackluster results. The program is a statewide… Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:32:54 GMT /education/2019-01-10/statewide-read-to-achieve-intervention-still-shows-few-gains Liz Schlemmer Third Graders: The Kids Behind The Test Scores /education/2018-02-12/third-graders-the-kids-behind-the-test-scores Third grader Dylan Ward says that when he goes to college, he’s going to be a “professional football player, that’s it.”The shaggy-haired nine-year-old… Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:54:41 GMT /education/2018-02-12/third-graders-the-kids-behind-the-test-scores Lisa Philip House Committee Proposes Changes To A-F School Grades /education/2016-05-13/house-committee-proposes-changes-to-a-f-school-grades Lawmakers in a House committee on education spending released their budget proposal Thursday, and it includes several policy changes. One of those is an… Fri, 13 May 2016 11:42:31 GMT /education/2016-05-13/house-committee-proposes-changes-to-a-f-school-grades Jess Clark NC Education Dept. Under Fire For Proposal To Ease Budget Cuts With Reading Program Funds /education/2016-02-05/nc-education-dept-under-fire-for-proposal-to-ease-budget-cuts-with-reading-program-funds Senate Leader Phil Berger is criticizing the Department of Public Instruction for a budget it proposed in January. Documents show the department wanted to… Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:57:08 GMT /education/2016-02-05/nc-education-dept-under-fire-for-proposal-to-ease-budget-cuts-with-reading-program-funds Jess Clark What Does It Take To Boost K-3 Literacy? /education/2016-02-04/what-does-it-take-to-boost-k-3-literacy Forty percent of the state’s third-graders tested below grade level in reading last school year. Those are levels of achievement many parents and… Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:12:29 GMT /education/2016-02-04/what-does-it-take-to-boost-k-3-literacy Jess Clark Nearly 80 Percent Of Third-Grade Students Considered Proficient Readers /education/2014-10-02/nearly-80-percent-of-third-grade-students-considered-proficient-readers Across the state, 79.2 percent of third-grade students showed they were proficient last year, according to a report presented to the State Board of… Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:40:21 GMT /education/2014-10-02/nearly-80-percent-of-third-grade-students-considered-proficient-readers Reema Khrais Under Pressure, NC Schools Request Different Third-Grade Reading Tests /education/2014-02-05/under-pressure-nc-schools-request-different-third-grade-reading-tests Calling the current testing mandate excessive, school districts are asking the State Board of Education if they can implement their own tests to fulfill… Thu, 06 Feb 2014 03:36:59 GMT /education/2014-02-05/under-pressure-nc-schools-request-different-third-grade-reading-tests Reema Khrais