I am not trying to pick on either school or school district and I do not use the word “crisis” for effect.
When I created the scatterplot of economically disadvantaged students and growth for all schools in North Carolina, I noticed two outliers, Newton-Conover Middle School and Lee County High School. These schools had the highest negative growth index numbers in the state. What does that mean? Schools can meet growth expectations by earning a growth index of between -2 and +2. Schools over +2 have exceeded their growth expectation. Those below -2 have not met growth. Each of these schools had index numbers that exceeded -17.
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There may be circumstances at one or both schools that produced such an extreme growth index numbers for students. For students’ sake, I hope that is the case.
