More students fail reading tests
Published: Thu, Oct. 02, 2008 03:22PM
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closeRALEIGH -- More students in North Carolina failed reading tests in the spring than in previous years as a result of new tests and new standards, the state Board of Education said today.
The steep drop in passing rates means it is possible that fewer schools will meet progress goals under the federal No Child Left Behind law. Also, fewer schools will be able to crow about state honors based on high test scores.
The results for individual schools will be reported Nov. 1.
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But statewide, passing rates dropped by double digit percentages for students in third through eighth grades.
The results won't affect individual students or teacher bonuses.
Here are the passing rates by grade.
Third grade: 2008, 56 percent; 2007, 83.3 percent
Fourth grade: 2008, 61 percent; 2007, 87.6 percent
Fifth grade: 2008, 57 percent; 2007, 91.7 percent
Sixth grade: 2008, 61 percent; 2007, 84.5 percent
Seventh grade: 2008, 52 percent; 2007, 88.5 percent
Eighth grade: 2008, 55 percent; 2007, 89.9 percent pass
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