FIRST ON 3: Four New Hanover Co. schools fail to meet ‘Adequate Yearly Progress’ goals

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – Four New Hanover County schools scored a 59% or less meeting this year’s Adequate Yearly Progress goals.

The list includes Freeman Elementary, Snipes Elementary, Lakeside Middle and Mosely PLC.

There were several schools that met all of their goals though, including Bellamy Elementary, Carolina Beach Elementary, Codington Elementary, Eaton Elementary, Holly Tree Elementary, Ogden Elementary, Parsley Elementary, Wrightsville Beach Elementary, Roland Grise Middle, New Hanover High, Issac Bear and WECHS.

The major goal of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 is for all public school children to perform at grade level in reading and mathematics by the end of the 2013-14 school year. NCLB’s accountability requirements are designed to tell whether schools, districts, and states are on track to meet that goal.

All public schools, in North Carolina and throughout the country, must measure and report Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as outlined in NCLB. AYP measures the yearly progress of different groups of students at the school, district, and state levels against a yearly target in reading and mathematics. There are both proficiency and participation targets. Proficiency target goals are set increasingly higher in three-year increments until 2013-14. Target goals increase in 2007-08, 2010-11 and finally in 2013-14 when 100 percent proficiency is expected.