North Carolina
Testing Program
Report
of
Student Performance
in
Writing
Grades 4, 7, and 10
on
North Carolina Writing Assessment
North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory
North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio
2003-04
Published November 2004
Public Schools of North Carolina
State Board of Education
Department of Public Instruction
Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2825
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Report
of
Student
Performance
in
Writing
Grades 4, 7, and 10
on
North Carolina Writing Assessment
North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic - Writing
North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio - Writing
2003-04
Published November 2004
Public Schools of North Carolina
State Board of Education
Department of Public Instruction
Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2825
www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing
© 2004 All rights reserved. This document may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part,
without prior written permission from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Division of
Accountability Services, North Carolina Testing Program, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2825.
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Acknowledgments
This report is the collaborative work of many individuals. The North Carolina
Testing Program is conducted by the North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction (NCDPI), Division of Accountability Services. Mildred Bazemore,
Chief of the North Carolina Test Development Section, and Charles Lanier,
Educational Research and Evaluation Consultant in the North Carolina Test
Development Section, directed the design of the report. Technical support
services for the program are implemented in collaboration with the Center for
Urban Affairs and Community Services at North Carolina State University under
the Technical Outreach for Public Schools (TOPS) program. Staff at TOPS
conducted the required analyses and report production.
At TOPS we thank Betty Marsh, Marcy Roan, Stephen Ward, Anthony Wells, and
Karin Wolfe for assistance in creating tables and figures, verifying data accuracy,
and coordinating report editing and production. At DPI, we thank Mildred
Bazemore, Jim Kroening, and Charles Lanier for assistance in preparing all
phases of this publication.
We also thank the personnel in the state’s Regional Accountability Centers and
Local Education Agencies for their conscientious efforts in administering the tests
and verifying the data.
This publication and the information contained within must not be used for personal or financial gain. North
Carolina LEA school officials and teachers, parents, and students may download and duplicate this
publication for instructional and educational purposes only. Others may not duplicate this publication
without prior written permission from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
2003-04
Report of Student Performance in Writing
Grades 4, 7, and 10
Table of Contents
Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1
2003-04 North Carolina Writing Assessment, State-Level Summary Statistics, Grade 4....... 5
Copies of Grade 4 Sample Student Responses ...................................................................... 21
2003-04 North Carolina Writing Assessment, Grade 4, Regional by LEA Performance ..... 35
2003-04 North Carolina Writing Assessment, State-Level Summary Statistics, Grade 7..... 51
Copies of Grade 7 Sample Student Responses ...................................................................... 67
2003-04 North Carolina Writing Assessment, Grade 7, Regional by LEA Performance ..... 81
2003-04 North Carolina Writing Assessment, State-Level Summary Statistics, Grade 10... 97
Copies of Grade 10 Sample Student Responses .................................................................. 113
2003-04 North Carolina Writing Assessment, Grade 10, Regional by LEA Performance . 127
2003-04 North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (AAAI) – Writing,
Grades 4, 7, and 10 .............................................................................................................. 143
2003-04 North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio (AAP) – Writing,
Grades 4, 7, and 10 .............................................................................................................. 147
Appendices........................................................................................................................... 151
Appendix A: Grade Levels and Types of Writing by Year ............................................ 153
Appendix B: 1992-93 to 2003-04 Percent of Students Scoring At or Above
Level III, Grade 4...................................................................................... 157
Appendix C: 1995-96 to 2003-04 Percent of Students Scoring At or Above
Level III, Grade 7...................................................................................... 161
Appendix D: 1991-92 to 2003-04 Percent of Students Scoring At or Above
Level III, Grade 10.................................................................................... 165
Appendix E: List of North Carolina Charter Schools, 2003-04..................................... 169
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Introduction
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Testing Section, NCDPI English/language
arts, and North Carolina State University-Technical Outreach for Public Schools (NCSU-TOPS) staff met
in September of 2001 and began the process that would result in new writing assessments and scoring
procedures for grades 4, 7, and 10. Writing committees for each grade level were established that included
regular education teachers, ESL teachers, exceptional children teachers, curriculum supervisors,
principals, and university faculty. The North Carolina Writing Assessment Scoring Model was developed
by NCDPI Testing Section and NCSU-TOPS staff, refined by the writing assessment advisory
committees, and approved by the State Board of Education (SBE) on January 9, 2003.
A pilot administration of the North Carolina Writing Assessment at grades 4, 7, and 10 was administered
in March 2003 to all eligible students. The students in grades 4 and 7 received 75 minutes to respond to
the pilot prompt; students in grade 10 received 100 minutes. The writing assessments, the scoring model,
and achievement level ranges were revised to reflect (1) changes in the English/language arts curriculum
emphasis and focus, and (2) the need to enhance the data analysis processes associated with the writing
assessments.
Changes to the North Carolina Writing Assessment at grades 4, 7, and 10 were initiated effective with the
2002-03 school year to reflect the revisions to the English/language arts curriculum adopted by the SBE
(1999), the recommendations of the Writing Assessment Task Force (2001), and the recommendations of
the SBE Ad Hoc Writing Committee (2002).
Table 1. Type of Writing Assessed by Grade Level
Grade Level
4
7
10
Type of Writing
Extended narrative response (personal or imaginative)
Extended argumentative response (problem/solution or evaluative)
Extended information response (definition, cause/effect, or problem/solution)
Appendix A displays a complete list of the types of writing by grade level and year.
Scoring Procedure
Student responses were scored using the North Carolina Writing Assessment Scoring Model which
consists of the following:
• a content component with a 1-4 score scale, and
• a conventions component with a 0-2 score scale.
All student responses are scored by two independent readers.
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The total writing score for each student is computed by combining the content and conventions scores in
the following manner:
Total Writing Assessment Score = sum of the (content component scores from the two independent
readers multiplied by 2) + the sum of the (conventions component scores from the two independent
readers multiplied by 1).
The Total Writing Score may be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 20 for a given student.
Achievement Level Ranges
After carefully examining all data associated with the “Body of Work” and “Contrasting Groups”
standard-setting methods, the March 2003 pilot administration data, and the North Carolina Writing
Assessment Scoring Model, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Accountability
Services and Instructional Services – English/language arts staff recommended the following
Achievement Level Ranges for approval by the SBE. This recommendation was approved by the SBE in
October 2003.
Table 2. SBE Adopted Achievement Level Ranges for the Writing Assessments at
Grades 4, 7, and 10
Grades 4, 7,
and 10
Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV
4-7
8-11
12-16
17-20
Students received the following information from the writing assessments: (a) point totals for content, (b)
point totals for conventions, (c) total writing scores, (d) Achievement Level, and (e) their imaged
responses were returned. A review procedure was incorporated into the scoring process for those students
whose Total Writing Score fell within one point of the cut line at Achievement Level III (Total Writing
Score = 11). This procedure precluded an LEA appeal mechanism, as conducted under the previous
focused holistic scoring system.
Alternate Assessments for North Carolina Writing Assessment at
Grades 4, 7, and 10
To comply with the IDEA Amendments of 1997, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
(NCDPI) Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Section and the NCDPI Exceptional
Children Division worked collaboratively with other stakeholders to develop and implement the North
Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio (NCAAP) and initiated the design and development of the North
Carolina Computerized Adaptive Testing System (NCCATS) accommodation. However, it became
evident in the fall of 2000 that the needs of certain students with disabilities were not being met by these
efforts. In an effort to meet these needs, the North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory
(NCAAAI) was developed and piloted in the spring of 2001. One purpose this alternate assessment
serves is as an alternate assessment for the standard administration of the North Carolina Writing
Assessment at Grades 4, 7, and 10.
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With the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, it became apparent that an
appropriate assessment for qualifying LEP students was also needed. The NCAAAI, taken on-grade
level, became a solution. Beginning with the 2002-03 school year, LEP students that met length of
enrollment and language proficiency requirements as set forth in SBE policy HSP-C-005 were eligible to
participate in the NCAAAI. As part of the writing assessment at grades 4, 7, and 10, the NCAAAI for
writing was piloted during the 2002-03 school year.
The Writing Assessment Component of the NCAAAI
North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (NCAAAI). The North Carolina Alternate
Assessment Academic Inventory (NCAAAI) is an alternate assessment designed for students with
disabilities who have an IEP and has been adapted for students with limited English proficiency (LEP)
who meet eligibility criteria. Participating students are unable to participate in state test administrations
under standard conditions or with accommodations. Student performance on the tested objectives is
addressed by the teachers at the beginning of the year (baseline), midyear, and at the end of the year.
Participating students follow the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Teachers use this academic
checklist to document student performance on objectives in the specific content areas. All students
participating in the NCAAAI in writing must be assessed on-grade level (at the assigned grade level) in
grades 4, 7, and 10. Students can receive an Achievement Level of I, II, III, or IV. The assessor (the
teacher) also indicates on the academic checklist if the student achieved growth on the content being
assessed. The NCAAAI was piloted in the 2000-01 school year and administered operationally in the
2001-02 school year. The state writing assessment (including the writing assessment component of the
NCAAAI) was piloted in the 2002-03 school year. The 2003-04 NCAAAI administration was a fully
operational assessment. This report includes the NCAAAI results for writing for the 2003-04 school year.
NCAAP Component of Writing Assessment
North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio (NCAAP). Within the North Carolina Standard Course of
Study for English/language arts, there are five competency areas, each of which is paired with a statement
of its critical “essence.” These essence statements provide the broadest possible view of the competency
to promote inclusion of the students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The fourth and fifth
competency areas are used in the North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio (NCAAP) to
demonstrate performance in writing for fourth, seventh, and tenth grade students participating in this yearlong, performance-based assessment. Writing is assessed as a component of the English/language arts
requirement for the NCAAP. Since the state writing assessment was a pilot for the 2002-03 school year,
the results from the writing component of the NCAAP are also reported as results from a pilot
administration. The 2003-04 NCAAP administration was a fully operational assessment.
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2003-04
North Carolina Writing Assessment
State-Level Summary Statistics
Grade 4
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Grade 4
Results of the
Writing
Assessment
at Grade 4
Students in the fourth grade were asked to write a personal narrative response to
the following prompt:
Think about a time you tried something new. Write a story about what happened.
Contracted readers scored 102,121 public school responses for grade 4 after the
2003-04 writing assessment. The scores show that 38.7 percent of the fourth
graders wrote well enough to score at or above Level III. This represents an
increase of 0.1 percentage points from the 38.6 percent who achieved this level in
2002-03 pilot test administration. About 1.7 percent of the fourth graders in the
2003-04 writing assessment received the highest scores (Level IV) and 9.6 percent
received the lowest scores (Level I). In 2003-04, less than one percent (0.3) of the
papers had problems which made them non-scorable. Non-scorable papers receive
Achievement Level I ratings and are included in the state results as Level I scores.
The average weighted content score for fourth graders taking the assessment in
2003-04 was 8.7 on a scale of four to sixteen. The average conventions score was
2.1 on a scale of zero to four. The average Total Writing Score was 10.8 of a
possible 20. The Total Score Range is 4-20.
Observations
The 2003-04 writing assessment at grade 4 required students to respond to a
personal narrative prompt about “trying something new.” When comparing content
scores across the three grades, Grade 4 had the fewest scores of 1s and 2s and the
highest number of score of 3s and 4s (the content scale is 1-4). However, when the
conventions scores were included in the analysis, the comparison across the three
grades differs substantially. In conventions, students in grade 4 had the highest
number of scores of 0s and the fewest number of scores of 2 (the convention scale
is 0-2). An observation from the writing assessment is that students in grade 4
appear to have relatively strong content scores and relatively weak convention
scores. At grade 4, where students performed much better in content, they did not
achieve the gains experienced at grades 7 and 10 due to the students’ lack of
success with conventions.
The following observations were also noted:
•
•
Content
prompt was accessible to all students
only .26 percent of students received a non-scorable response
Student responses that were less successful tended to include the following
characteristics:
•
•
inability to elaborate on the particular topic
relying on general and/or list-like support.
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Observations
(continued)
Conventions
When present, errors tended to include:
•
•
•
•
•
Performance
of Subgroups
at Grade 4
sentence formation
spelling
dialogue annotations
inconsistency in verb tense
pervasive errors that impeded understanding of the ideas conveyed.
Gender
Approximately 45.4 percent of the female students scored at or above Level III
compared to 32.3 percent for male students.
Ethnicity
About 50.8 percent of Asian students scored at or above Level III compared to 47.8
percent of the White students, 40.3 percent of Multi-Racial students, 27.3 percent
of American Indian students, 24.8 percent of Hispanic students, and 23.9 percent of
Black students.
There were 102,121 fourth grade public school student responses scored by two
independent readers. The inter-rater reliability rates (agreement rates) of the
readers are shown below in Table 3. The 70.0 percent criterion rate for perfect
agreement based upon industry standards was exceeded and the resolutions
required were few.
Table 3.
Fourth Grade Reader Agreement Statistics
Total Public
School Papers
Content
102,121
Conventions 102,121
Perfect
Agreement
Percent
72.9
70.0
8
Adjacent
Agreement
Percent
26.6
29.4
Resolution
Required
Percent
0.5
0.6
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Performance
of Subgroups
at Grade 4
(continued)
The following pages, and Appendix B, present data for the Grade 4 writing
assessment administered since a new scoring model was piloted in March 2003.
Figure 1 indicates that little change occurred in the percentage of students scoring
at or above Achievement Level III between the pilot year and the current year
(0.1% increase between 2002-03 and 2003-04). Table 6, a table of Achievement
Levels by subgroup, demonstrates that females outperformed males. Also, White
and Asian students performed at a higher level than the American Indian, Black,
and Hispanic subgroups. Table 8, the frequency summary, shows that a very small
percentage of fourth graders reached Achievement Level IV (less than 2.0%), while
about 37.0 percent of the students received a III, over half (51.0%) received a II,
and 10.0 percent received the lowest Achievement Level.
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Figure 1. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2002-03 to 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III
Grade 4
100
90
80
10
Percent of Students
70
60
50
40
30
38.7
38.6
20
10
0
2002-03
1
Notes: 1The writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
2003-04
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Figure 2. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1992-93 to 2003-04,
Distribution of Writing Levels,
Grade 4
100
90
80
64.0
35.7
36.9
21.2
2.8
5.6
7.3
7.0
3.4
4.1
5.5
4.7
4.8
3.0
2.8
1.7
11.3
9.6
10
4.3
5.5
4.0
3.5
2.0
1.8
2.3
2.1
20
28.7
28.9
40
30
43.8
45.6
44.5
45.2
47.7
49.7
52.9
51.0
50.2
51.7
44.8
42.8
40.6
50
42.1
43.0
47.4
56.2
49.0
60
19.8
16.4
11
Percent of Students
70
0
Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV
Writing Levels
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
1
2002-03
Notes: 1The bold vertical line between years indicates that the writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
2003-04
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Figure 3. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Percent of Students At or Above Level III,
Grade 4, By Gender and Ethnicity
58.9%
Asian Female
55.5%
White Female
46.3%
Multi-Racial Female
*N=1,550
43.8%
Asian Male
40.6%
White Male
34.5%
Multi-Racial Male
Hispanic Female
*N=3,454
29.7%
Black Female
29.5%
State Percent
32.9 %
American Indian Female
*N=14,821
21.9%
American Indian Male
*N=859
Percent of Students
19.9%
Hispanic Male
*N=3,408
18.4%
Black Male
*N=15,156
38.7%
State
*N=102,121
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Notes: *N counts equal the number of students tested.
When summed, gender/ethnicity N counts may not match the state N counts because a gender/ethnicity category may not have been
coded on some student answer sheets.
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Table 4. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04
Statewide Number of Students Tested, Taking Alternate Assessments, and Number Not Tested,
Grade 4
Not Tested
Category
Membership1
13
Total
Female
Male
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Limited English Proficient (LEP)
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injury
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
106,013
51,612
54,401
1,627
2,136
31,562
7,862
2,699
60,127
55,976
53,199
2,535
952
5,513
18,258
934
187
2,116
6,877
2,132
63
2,361
90
29
445
59
122
5
229
2,609
Percent of
Membership
100.0
48.7
51.3
1.5
2.0
29.8
7.4
2.5
56.7
52.8
50.2
2.4
0.9
5.2
17.2
0.9
0.2
2.0
6.5
2.0
0.1
2.2
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2
2.5
Number
Tested2
102,121
49,960
51,998
1,679
1,995
30,024
6,884
3,140
58,228
54,741
51,127
3,421
559
4,152
14,637
814
145
1,219
6,295
1,853
46
1,935
69
17
211
0
12
14
11
1,996
Percent
Tested3
96.3
96.8
95.6
103.2
93.4
95.1
87.6
116.3
96.8
97.8
96.1
135.0
58.7
75.3
80.2
87.2
77.5
57.6
91.5
86.9
73.0
82.0
76.7
58.6
47.4
0.0
9.8
280.0
4.8
76.5
Number
Percent
Alternate
Alternate
Assessments Assessments
2,635
2.5
980
1.9
1,654
3.0
79
4.9
98
4.6
850
2.7
776
9.9
38
1.4
793
1.3
1,598
2.9
1,563
2.9
31
1.2
95
10.0
817
14.8
1,882
10.3
62
6.6
32
17.1
759
35.9
248
3.6
20
0.9
3
4.8
128
5.4
20
22.2
11
37.9
203
45.6
54
91.5
102
83.6
1
20.0
206
90.0
5
0.2
Number
Absent
1,257
672
749
*
43
688
202
*
1,106
*
509
*
298
544
1,739
58
10
138
334
259
14
298
1
1
31
5
8
*
12
608
Notes: 1"Membership" is the total number of students on the 2003-04 Masterbuild data file.
2
"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing assessment.
3
"Percent Tested" may exceed 100.0 percent due to coding differences between the Masterbuild file and student test documents for the North Carolina
Writing Assessment.
*These data represent coding on the 2003-04 test documents. Data for the alternate assessments came from the AAAI and AAP test documents.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Percent
Absent
1.2
1.3
1.4
*
2.0
2.2
2.6
*
1.8
*
1.0
*
31.3
9.9
9.5
6.2
5.3
6.5
4.9
12.1
22.2
12.6
1.1
3.4
7.0
8.5
6.6
*
5.2
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Table 5. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1992-93 to 2003-04,
Distribution of Achievement Levels Across Years,
Grade 4
Achievement Levels
Grade 4
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
Number
Tested
84,686
84,982
87,339
88,441
90,638
94,386
96,649
Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV
16,727
47,597
17,929
2,433
19.8
56.2
22.1
2.8
13,956
41,610
24,432
4,781
16.4
49.0
28.7
5.6
3,773
36,793
39,865
6,367
4.3
42.1
45.6
7.3
4,894
37,996
39,318
6,233
5.5
43.0
44.5
7.0
3,627
42,945
40,994
3,072
4.0
47.4
45.2
3.4
3,307
42,243
44,979
3,857
3.5
44.8
47.7
4.1
1,933
41,388
48,020
5,308
2.0
42.8
49.7
5.5
1999-00
99,038
1,783
1.8
40,175
40.6
52,390
52.9
4,690
4.7
2000-01
100,930
2,309
29,200
64,555
4,860
2.3
28.9
64.0
4.8
2,155
51,827
44,530
3,039
2.1
51.0
43.8
3.0
2001-02
101,554
2002-03*
99,382
11,210
11.3
49,846
50.2
35,507
35.7
2,819
2.8
2003-04
102,121
9,841
9.6
52,765
51.7
37,732
36.9
1,783
1.7
Notes: *The writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
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Table 6. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Characteristics and Performance by Achievement Level,
Grade 4
Category
All Students
Female
Male
Not Coded
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Not Coded
Not Exceptional
Academically/Intellectually Gifted
AIG Reading
15
AIG Mathematics
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Learning Disabled-Reading
Learning Disabled-Mathematics
Learning Disabled-Written Expression
Learning Disabled-Other
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injured
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
Number
Tested1
102,121
49,960
51,998
163
1,679
1,995
30,024
6,884
3,140
58,228
171
72,832
13,946
10,917
11,651
14,637
814
145
1,219
6,295
5,463
2,476
4,336
241
1,853
46
1,935
69
17
211
0
12
14
Percent2
100.0
48.9
50.9
0.2
1.6
2.0
29.4
6.7
3.1
57.0
0.2
71.3
13.7
10.7
11.4
14.3
0.8
0.1
1.2
6.2
5.3
2.4
4.2
0.2
1.8
0.0
1.9
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
Number
At or
Above
Level III
39,515
22,674
16,798
43
458
1,013
7,164
1,709
1,265
27,858
48
26,161
11,047
8,872
9,196
2,097
69
24
*
754
632
270
534
23
453
18
245
13
1
36
*
1
8
Percent
At or
Above
Level III
38.7
45.4
32.3
26.4
27.3
50.8
23.9
24.8
40.3
47.8
28.1
35.9
79.2
81.3
78.9
14.3
8.5
16.6
<=5
12.0
11.6
10.9
12.3
9.5
24.4
39.1
12.7
18.8
5.9
17.1
*
8.3
57.1
Number
At
Level I
9,841
3,257
6,553
31
209
143
4,366
1,081
242
3,771
29
5,712
103
82
94
3,930
311
45
*
1,603
1,487
721
1,143
55
255
8
532
10
4
89
*
9
0
Percent
At
Level I
9.6
6.5
12.6
19.0
12.4
7.2
14.5
15.7
7.7
6.5
17.0
7.8
0.7
0.8
0.8
26.8
38.2
31.0
*
25.5
27.2
29.1
26.4
22.8
13.8
17.4
27.5
14.5
23.5
42.2
*
75.0
0.0
Number
At
Level II
52,765
24,029
28,647
89
1,012
839
18,494
4,094
1,633
26,599
94
40,959
2,796
1,963
2,361
8,610
434
76
*
3,938
3,344
1,485
2,659
163
1,145
20
1,158
46
12
86
*
2
6
Percent
At
Level II
51.7
48.1
55.1
54.6
60.3
42.1
61.6
59.5
52.0
45.7
55.0
56.2
20.0
18.0
20.3
58.8
53.3
52.4
*
62.6
61.2
60.0
61.3
67.6
61.8
43.5
59.8
66.7
70.6
40.8
*
16.7
42.9
Number
At
Level III
37,732
21,473
16,217
42
452
939
7,020
1,678
1,224
26,373
46
25,448
10,004
7,964
8,337
2,075
66
24
*
750
626
267
532
23
446
16
245
12
1
36
*
1
8
Percent
At
Level III
36.9
43.0
31.2
25.8
26.9
47.1
23.4
24.4
39.0
45.3
26.9
34.9
71.7
73.0
71.6
14.2
8.1
16.6
*
11.9
11.5
10.8
12.3
9.5
24.1
34.8
12.7
17.4
5.9
17.1
*
8.3
57.1
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Number
At
Level IV
1,783
1,201
581
1
6
74
144
31
41
1,485
2
713
1,043
908
859
22
3
0
*
4
6
3
2
0
7
2
0
1
0
0
*
0
0
Percent
At
Level IV
1.7
2.4
1.1
0.6
0.4
3.7
0.5
0.5
1.3
2.6
1.2
1.0
7.5
8.3
7.4
0.2
0.4
0.0
*
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.4
4.3
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.0
*
0.0
0.0
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 6. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Characteristics and Performance by Achievement Level,
Grade 4 (continued)
Category
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
Not Coded
Limited English Proficient
LEP less than 2 years
LEP greater than 2 years
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Number
Tested1
Percent2
Number
At or
Above
Percent
At or
Above
Level III
11
1,996
706
4,152
996
3,156
46,827
51,127
3,421
559
0.0
2.0
0.7
4.1
1.0
3.1
45.9
50.1
3.3
0.5
*
451
210
615
144
471
22,366
16,010
894
120
Level III
*
22.6
29.7
14.8
14.5
14.9
47.8
31.3
26.1
21.5
7
66
65
72
0
3,161
32
17
2,948
25
7,618
4
3
3,584
12,281
11,450
351
21
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
2.9
0.0
7.5
0.0
0.0
3.5
12.0
11.2
0.3
0.0
*
19
13
24
*
396
2
4
307
6
696
*
*
401
1,536
1,319
40
2
*
28.8
20.0
33.3
*
12.5
6.3
23.5
10.4
24.0
9.1
*
*
11.2
12.5
11.5
11.4
9.5
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Level I
Level I
*
15.0
13.6
22.5
29.9
20.1
6.9
11.8
14.2
19.5
Level II
*
446
205
603
142
461
21,092
15,527
871
120
Level III
*
22.3
29.0
14.5
14.3
14.6
45.0
30.4
25.5
21.5
Level IV
*
1,245
400
2,604
554
2,050
21,228
29,097
2,040
330
Level II
*
62.4
56.7
62.7
55.6
65.0
45.3
56.9
59.6
59.0
Level III
*
300
96
933
298
635
3,233
6,020
487
109
Level IV
*
0.3
0.7
0.3
0.2
0.3
2.7
0.9
0.7
0.0
*
21
21
23
*
867
17
4
920
5
2,495
*
*
1,108
3,382
3,354
90
4
*
31.8
32.3
31.9
*
27.4
53.1
23.5
31.2
20.0
32.8
*
*
30.9
27.5
29.3
25.6
19.0
*
26
31
25
*
1,898
13
9
1,721
14
4,427
*
*
2,075
7,363
6,777
221
15
*
39.4
47.7
34.7
*
60.0
40.6
52.9
58.4
56.0
58.1
*
*
57.9
60.0
59.2
63.0
71.4
*
16
13
22
*
396
2
4
304
6
693
*
*
398
1,520
1,310
39
2
*
24.2
20.0
30.6
*
12.5
6.3
23.5
10.3
24.0
9.1
*
*
11.1
12.4
11.4
11.1
9.5
*
5
5
12
2
10
1,274
483
23
0
Accommodations
Braille Edition
Large Print Edition
Assistive Technology Devices
Keyboarding Devices
16
Cranmer Abacus
Dictation to Scribe
Interpreter/Transliterator Signs/Cues Test
Magnification Devices
Student Marks Answers in Test Book
Accommodation Notification Form
Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud (in English)
Braille Writer/Slate and Stylus (and Braille Paper)
Hospital/Home Testing
Multiple Testing Sessions
Scheduled Extended Time
Testing in a Separate Room
English/Native Language Dictionary/Electronic Translator
One Test Item Per Page Edition
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
*
3
0
2
*
0
0
0
3
0
3
*
*
3
16
9
1
0
*
4.5
0.0
2.8
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
*
*
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.0
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 7. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04
Average Score,
Grade 4
Category
17
All Students
Female
Male
Not Coded
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Not Coded
Not Exceptional
Academically/Intellectually Gifted
AIG Reading
AIG Mathematics
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Learning Disabled-Reading
Learning Disabled-Mathematics
Learning Disabled-Written Expression
Learning Disabled-Other
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injured
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
1
Number
1
Tested
102,121
49,960
51,998
163
1,679
1,995
30,024
6,884
3,140
58,228
171
72,832
13,946
10,917
11,651
14,637
814
145
1,219
6,295
5,463
2,476
4,336
241
1,853
46
1,935
69
17
211
0
12
14
Average Total
2
Percent
100.0
48.9
50.9
0.2
1.6
2.0
29.4
6.7
3.1
57.0
0.2
71.3
13.7
10.7
11.4
14.3
0.8
0.1
1.2
6.2
5.3
2.4
4.2
0.2
1.8
0.0
1.9
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
Average
Weighted
Writing Score Content Score
10.8
8.7
11.3
9.0
10.3
8.4
9.7
7.9
10.0
8.2
11.6
9.1
9.7
8.0
9.6
8.0
10.9
8.7
11.4
9.1
10.0
8.2
10.7
8.6
13.6
10.3
13.7
10.4
13.5
10.3
8.5
7.5
7.8
6.8
8.5
7.3
6.2
5.9
8.4
7.6
8.3
7.5
8.3
7.4
8.4
7.6
8.6
7.6
9.8
8.1
10.5
8.6
8.4
7.4
9.2
8.2
8.4
7.4
7.8
6.8
*
*
5.5
5.3
11.6
9.3
Notes: "Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Average
Conventions
Score
2.1
2.3
1.9
1.8
1.8
2.5
1.7
1.6
2.2
2.3
1.8
2.1
3.2
3.3
3.2
1.0
0.9
1.3
0.3
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.8
1.0
1.7
1.9
1.0
1.0
0.9
1.0
*
0.2
2.3
Number
Percent
Non-scorable Non-scorable
266
0.3
81
0.1
183
0.2
2
0.0
4
0.0
5
0.0
64
0.1
81
0.1
6
0.0
106
0.1
0
0.0
148
0.1
9
0.0
7
0.0
7
0.0
107
0.1
12
0.0
4
0.0
21
0.0
28
0.0
22
0.0
12
0.0
26
0.0
0
0.0
6
0.0
0
0.0
17
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
8
0.0
*
*
0
0.0
0
0.0
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 7. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04
Average Score,
Grade 4 (continued)
Category
18
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
Not Coded
Limited English Proficient
LEP less than 2 years
LEP greater than 2 years
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Accommodations
Braille Edition
Large Print Edition
Assistive Technology Devices
Keyboarding Devices
Cranmer Abacus
Dictation to Scribe
Interpreter/Transliterator Signs/Cues Test
Magnification Devices
Student Marks Answers in Test Book
Accommodation Notification Form
Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud (in English)
Braille Writer/Slate and Stylus (and Braille Paper)
Hospital/Home Testing
Multiple Testing Sessions
Scheduled Extended Time
Testing in a Separate Room
English/Native Language Dictionary/Electronic Translator
One Test Item Per Page Edition
Number
1
Tested
Average Total
2
Percent
11
1,996
706
4,152
996
3,156
46,827
51,127
3,421
559
0.0
2.0
0.7
4.1
1.0
3.1
45.9
50.1
3.3
0.5
7
66
65
72
0
3,161
32
17
2,948
25
7,618
4
3
3,584
12,281
11,450
351
21
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
2.9
0.0
7.5
0.0
0.0
3.5
12.0
11.2
0.3
0.0
Average
Weighted
Writing Score Content Score
3.6
3.6
9.6
8.1
10.1
8.3
8.8
7.6
8.2
7.0
9.0
7.7
11.4
9.1
10.3
8.4
9.9
8.1
9.2
7.7
14.4
9.0
8.6
9.1
*
7.9
6.5
9.1
8.2
9.1
8.0
*
*
8.2
8.4
8.3
8.4
8.9
1
Notes: "Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
11.4
7.4
7.4
7.4
*
7.9
5.6
7.8
7.2
7.6
7.2
*
*
7.3
7.4
7.4
7.3
8.0
Average
Conventions
Score
0.0
1.5
1.8
1.3
1.2
1.3
2.3
1.9
1.8
1.5
3.0
1.6
1.2
1.7
*
0.0
0.8
1.4
0.9
1.5
0.8
*
*
0.9
1.0
0.9
1.1
0.9
Number
Percent
Non-scorable Non-scorable
2
0.0
9
0.0
2
0.0
76
0.1
61
0.1
15
0.0
108
0.1
141
0.1
12
0.0
11
0.0
0
5
1
4
*
26
3
1
22
1
66
*
*
30
106
103
14
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
*
*
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 8. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Distribution of Scale Scores,
Grade 4
TOTAL NUMBER
OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF
STUDENTS WITH
SCORES
102,121
HIGH SCORE 20
101,855
NUMBER OF NONSCORABLE PAPERS
266
MEAN
10.8
STANDARD
DEVIATION
3.0
VARIANCE
9.0
LOW SCORE
4
PERCENTILES
90
75
50 (MEDIAN)
25
10
SCALE
SCORE
15.12
12.45
10.21
9.19
7.54
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
ACH
LEV
IV
III
II
I
WRITING
SCORE
FREQUENCY
CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
PERCENT
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
20
19
18
17
341
30
1300
112
102121
101780
101750
100450
0.33
0.03
1.27
0.11
100.00
99.67
99.64
98.36
16
15
14
13
12
6966
3835
9064
3201
14666
100338
93372
89537
80473
77272
6.82
3.76
8.88
3.13
14.36
98.25
91.43
87.68
78.80
75.67
11
10
9
8
2130
32064
9170
9401
62606
60476
28412
19242
2.09
31.40
8.98
9.21
61.31
59.22
27.82
18.84
7
6
5
4
NS
1191
3854
992
3538
266
9841
8650
4796
3804
266
1.17
3.77
0.97
3.46
0.26
9.64
8.47
4.70
3.72
0.26
Notes: Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
2003-04
North Carolina Writing Assessment
Grade 4
Copies of Grade 4
Sample Student Responses
The North Carolina Writing Assessment Scoring Model is comprised of a content component
with a 1-4 score scale and a conventions component with a 0-2 score scale. To report a total
writing scale score for each student, the score is computed by combining the content and
conventions scores using the following model:
Total Writing Assessment Score = sum of the (content component scores from two independent
readers multiplied by 2) + the sum of the (conventions component scores from two independent
readers multiplied by 1).
The following pages provide copies of sample student responses from grade 4. The total content
score, total conventions score, total writing score, achievement level, and annotated explanations
of the scores are provided for each response.
21
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Grade 4 Sample Student Response #1
Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
4
2
Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
6
I
Content Annotation:
The subject of this response is unclear. While riding moter scooter is stated as the new
experience, the response fails to focus on that topic. The elaboration and events included
are unrelated to the motor scooter; rather, the response focuses on what the writer did
instead of ride the motor scooter (I told him to get his bike. Instead he walked…We
ended up riding bikes…we jumped on my trampoline. And played my nintendo…). The
unclear focus, random organization, sparse details, and imprecise vocabulary results in an
incomplete response. Score 1.
Conventions Annotation:
This response demonstrates minimal control of conventions. Most of the simple
sentences are formed correctly, with only one fragment (And played my Nintendo sixtyfour.). There is only one usage error in verb tense (had said…I’ve been…), and a few
mechanical errors such as misspellings (moter, sence, beeting), and capitalization
(nintendo, wave race). Score 1.
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Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
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Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
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Content Annotation:
This response is vague. While all events are related to the trip to Colorado, there are
some lapses in the logical progression of ideas (We finally got to there house and
unpacked and got ready for bed. It was morning and I was so excited. I woke up my
grandma and said “when are we going to leave!”). Details are general, undeveloped,
and list-like, weakening the support (we…started our lesson called learning how to
scubadive. The lesson was over and we began to put our gear on.). There is little use of
precise vocabulary (we gave them a hug and stuff…it was so much fun…we had a goodie
and it was good). Score 2.
Conventions Annotation:
This response demonstrates a minimal control of conventions. Many of the sentences are
formed correctly, but there are also some run-on sentences (We got there I screamed this
pool is tiny…I realy want to do that again it was fun). Verb and pronouns are used
correctly, but there are some homophone errors (know, there, your). There are a few
mechanical errors: missing commas in dialogue (…and said “when are we going to
leave!”), misused apostrophes (guy’s, grandparent’s), and a misspelled word (realy).
Score 1.
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Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
12
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Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
16
III
Content Annotation:
The topic of diving off the diving board is clear and focused. There is a logical
progression of ideas of the security about diving, the decision to try, and the first dive.
The support and elaboration are related to the topic and include specific details (My knees
were knocking and I had goosebumps on my arms. I slowly counted to three
“1…2…3…”). Word choice and sentence fluency are reasonable (Since I didn’t want
them to think that I was a frady cat, I decided to give it a try. It didn’t look too high.).
Score 3.
Conventions Annotations:
There is a control of sentence formation, standard usage, and mechanics appropriate to
the writing task. Score 2.
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Total Content Score:
16
Total Conventions Score: 4
Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
20
IV
Content Annotation:
The focus of riding a roller coaster is clear, through the skillful way of introducing the
topic (so I prepared to do something new), and maintains focus on the roller coaster
ride throughout. Organizational structure establishes relationships between events of
entering the park, accepting the dare, and going on the roller coaster. The logical
progression of these events results in a response that is unified and complete.
Elaboration all supports the topic and includes specific developed details. (“Three
please! My mother said to the lady at the ticket booth. The lady handed her a map and
three entry tickets…”Chicken!” he shouted flapping his arm like a bird…Just then we
went through a sharp turn and went through a giant spider web. I wiped it from my
face and looked back to see a machine rebuilding the web.) There is a skillful use of
precise word choice (jam-packed ride, gathered all my courage, shouted in terror,
came to a hault) and sentence fluency. Score 4.
Conventions Annotations:
This response demonstrates reasonable control of conventions. Sentence formations
are correct. There is one verb agreement error (was…noises). The dialogue is
punctuated correctly and there are only a few mechanical errors (spiders mouth).
Score 2.
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2003-04
North Carolina Writing Assessment
Grade 4
Regional by LEA Performance
Tables 9 through 16 provide the number of students tested and the percent of students at or above
Achievement Level III for each of the LEAs by region (former six Technical Assistance Centers
configurations). Performance by ethnicity, gender, Title I, and Migrant students is also provided
for each LEA.
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Table 9. North Carolina Testing Program, Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III, by LEA
Grade 4
State
2001 State
2000 State
1999 State
1995 State
1996,1998 State
1997 State
2002 State
2003,2004 State
1994 State
Percent†
>=95
...
91
...
86
...
69
68
67
...
65
64
63
62
...
58
57
...
55
54
53
52
51
50
49
48
47
46
45
44
43
42
41
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
2004 LEA Performance
Quest Academy**
Magellan**
Lincoln Charter**, Metrolina**
Camden
Summit Charter**, Woods Charter**
Greensboro Academy**, Millennium**, Mountain Community**, Phoenix Academy**
Franklin Academy**, Success Institute**
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City, Clover Garden**
Watauga
Queen's Grant**
F Delany New School**
Mooresville City, Union Academy**
Haywood
Lincoln
Avery, Union
Piedmont Community**
Arapahoe Charter**, Brevard Academy**, Cherokee, Currituck, Mount Airy City, Orange Charter**
Catawba, Henderson, Polk
Alexander, Cabarrus, Wake
Arts Based Elementary**
Asheville City, Buncombe, Cleveland, East Wake Academy**, Johnston
Dare, Elkin City
Carteret, New Hanover, Pender, Roanoke Rapids City, Transylvania, Vance Charter**
Alamance-Burlington, Craven, Davie, Forsyth Academies**, Orange, Randolph, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell
Iredell-Statesville, Moore
Gaston, Kings Mountain City, Swain
Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Davidson, Guilford, Hickory City, Jackson, Mitchell, New Dimensions**, Onslow
Bethel Hill**, Gates, Person, Rocky Mount Prep Sch**, Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Alleghany, Asheboro City, Rowan Academy**
American Renaissance**, Ashe, Chatham, Duplin, Pamlico, Perquimans
Caldwell, Cape Fear Center**, Clinton City, River Mill Academy**, Wayne
Evergreen Community**, Hyde, Newton-Conover City, Stanly, Wilkes
Brunswick, Clay, Lee, Warren
Ann Atwater**, Burke, Durham, Kannapolis City, Mountain Discovery**, Sterling Montessori**, Yancey
Caswell, Columbus, Jones, Nash-Rocky Mount, Pitt, Rowan-Salisbury
Beaufort, Community Charter**, Halifax, Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**, Lenoir, Montgomery, Rockingham, Scotland, Shelby City
Yadkin
Chatham Charter**, Harnett, Macon, Madison, Rutherford
Cumberland, Graham, Maureen Joy**, Research Triangle**, Whiteville City, Wilson
Granville, McDowell, Sampson, Vance
Bertie, Bladen, Edenton/Chowan, Sugar Creek**, Tiller School**
ArtSpace Charter**, Charter Day School**, Robeson, Washington Montessori**
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank, Greene, Northampton, Omuteko Gwamaziima**
A Child's Garden**
Franklin
Anson, Edgecombe
30
29
28
27
26
25
1993 State
24
23
22
...
20
Crossnore Academy**
19
Hoke, Quality Education**, SPARC Academy**
18
Children's Village Academy**, Martin, Richmond, Weldon City
17
Healthy Start**
...
15
Lexington City, STARS**, The Learning Center**, Thomasville City, Washington
14
Hertford, S.B. Howard**
13
PreEminent**
...
11
Bridges**
...
7
Hope Elementary**
6
C.G. Woodson**, East Winston Primary**, Torchlight Academy**
<=5
Guilford Charter**
<=5
Carter Community**, Casa Esperanza, Englemann School**, Grandfather Academy**
Notes: †Percents are rounded to the nearest whole percent.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than
or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete charter school name
can be found in the Appendix.
Beginning in 2003, data are reported using the revised standard and are generated using the new scoring model.
Data for 2003 are from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
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Table 10. North Carolina Testing Program, Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Average Total Writing Score, by LEA
Grade 4
State
2003, 2004 State
Mean Score†
16.3
...
15.3
...
14.5
14.3
...
13.3
13.1
12.9
12.7
...
12.3
12.1
12.0
11.9
11.7
11.5
11.3
11.1
11.0
10.9
10.7
10.5
10.3
10.1
10.0
9.9
2004 LEA Performance
Quest Academy**
Metrolina**
Magellan**
Lincoln Charter**
Summit Charter**
Woods Charter**
Mountain Community**
Camden, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City, Millennium**, Watauga
Clover Garden**, Franklin Academy**
Phoenix Academy**
Haywood, Piedmont Community**
Avery, Currituck, F Delany New School**, Greensboro Academy**, Success Institute**
Ann Atwater**, Brevard Academy**, Cherokee, Lincoln, Mooresville City, Union Academy**, Union
Arapahoe Charter**, Buncombe, Catawba, Dare, Elkin City, Henderson, Mount Airy City, Polk, Queen's Grant**, Wake
Alexander, Asheville City, Carteret, Forsyth Academies**, Iredell-Statesville, Johnston, New Dimensions**, Orange, Pender,
Roanoke Rapids City, Surry
Cabarrus, Cleveland, Kings Mountain City, New Hanover, Orange Charter**, Transylvania
Alamance-Burlington, Cape Fear Center**, Craven, Gaston, Hyde, Moore, Onslow, Person, Stokes, Vance Charter**
Arts Based Elementary**, Bethel Hill**, Caldwell, Chatham, Davie, Guilford, Jackson, Randolph, River Mill Academy**,
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Alleghany, American Renaissance**, Ashe, Burke, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Chatham Charter**, Davidson, Duplin,
East Wake Academy**, Newton-Conover City, Shelby City, Stanly, Wayne
Asheboro City, Caswell, Durham, Gates, Graham, Hickory City, Kannapolis City, Mitchell, Mountain Discovery**
Nash-Rocky Mount, Pamlico, Scotland, Swain, Tyrrell
Bertie, Brunswick, Clay, Cumberland, Granville, Harnett, Jones, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Perquimans, Pitt,
Research Triangle**, Rockingham, Sampson, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin, Yancey
Beaufort, Clinton City, Columbus, Edenton/Chowan, Halifax, Lenoir, Omuteko Gwamaziima**, Rocky Mount Prep Sch**,
Rowan-Salisbury, Warren, Washington Montessori**
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**, Madison, Sterling Montessori**, Sugar Creek**, Vance
ArtSpace Charter**, Bladen, Charter Day School**, Community Charter**, Crossnore Academy**, Evergreen Community**,
Franklin, Greene, Quality Education**, Robeson, STARS**, Tiller School**, Whiteville City
C.G. Woodson**, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank, McDowell, Northampton, Rutherford, SPARC Academy**, Thomasville City,
Anson, Edgecombe, Maureen Joy**, Richmond
Bridges**, Hertford, Lexington City
A Child's Garden**, Children's Village Academy**, Healthy Start**, Hoke, Martin, Torchlight Academy**
9.7
9.5
9.3
9.1
...
8.7
S.B. Howard**, Weldon City
8.5
Guilford Charter**, PreEminent**, Rowan Academy**, The Learning Center**, Washington
8.3
Englemann School**
8.1
Carter Community**
...
7.7
East Winston Primary**
...
6.3
Hope Elementary**
*
Casa Esperanza, Grandfather Academy**
Notes: †Scale scores are rounded to the nearest two-tenths of a point.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete charter school name
can be found in the Appendix.
Beginning in 2003, data are reported using the revised standard and are generated using the new scoring model.
Data for 2003 are from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
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Table 11a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA and Ethnicity,
Western Region
Total
39
State
Western Region
Buncombe
ArtSpace Charter**
Asheville City
F Delany New School**
Evergreen Community**
Cherokee
The Learning Center**
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Mountain Community**
Jackson
Summit Charter**
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Swain
Mountain Discovery**
Transylvania
Brevard Academy**
Yancey
Number
Tested
102,121
7,210
1,891
19
260
14
26
272
13
86
93
604
896
17
247
18
312
173
486
154
205
777
136
9
267
22
213
Percent At
or Above
Level III
38.7
42.0
46.2
26.3
45.8
57.1
34.6
49.6
15.4
33.7
29.0
54.0
49.1
64.7
40.1
66.7
30.4
29.5
27.8
40.3
48.8
29.9
41.2
33.3
44.2
50.0
33.3
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,679
116
11
0
3
0
0
4
0
1
10
3
3
0
35
0
2
0
3
1
0
2
36
0
2
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
27.3
25.9
36.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
20.0
*
*
*
17.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
25.0
*
*
*
*
Asian
Number
Tested
1,995
48
9
0
3
1
0
3
0
0
0
3
10
0
0
0
3
1
9
0
1
3
0
0
2
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
50.8
60.4
55.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
60.0
*
*
*
*
*
66.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Black
Number
Tested
30,024
465
110
0
103
4
2
2
0
0
0
9
42
1
3
0
5
0
16
2
17
132
1
0
12
1
3
Percent At
or Above
Level III
23.9
25.4
32.7
*
28.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
33.3
19.0
*
*
*
*
*
6.3
*
29.4
19.7
*
*
33.3
*
*
Hispanic
Number
Tested
6,884
301
80
1
11
1
2
5
0
1
0
14
82
0
6
0
12
1
31
5
14
16
1
0
4
1
13
Percent At
or Above
Level III
24.8
29.6
33.8
*
45.5
*
*
40.0
*
*
*
42.9
31.7
*
50.0
*
16.7
*
9.7
20.0
35.7
18.8
*
*
*
*
23.1
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
3,140
224
74
0
16
0
2
3
1
4
0
13
36
2
5
0
6
2
8
1
7
27
1
1
10
2
3
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Percent At
or Above
Level III
40.3
40.2
50.0
*
25.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
46.2
41.7
*
*
*
16.7
*
12.5
*
57.1
25.9
*
*
40.0
*
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White
Number
Tested
58,228
6,048
1,604
18
124
8
20
255
12
80
83
562
722
14
198
18
284
166
419
144
166
597
97
8
237
18
194
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.8
44.1
47.6
27.8
61.3
62.5
45.0
49.0
16.7
35.0
30.1
54.6
53.3
64.3
45.5
66.7
31.7
28.3
29.6
41.0
51.2
32.8
47.4
25.0
44.7
50.0
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Table 11b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Western Region
Total
Number
Tested
40
State
Western Region
Buncombe
ArtSpace Charter**
Asheville City
F Delany New School**
Evergreen Community**
Cherokee
The Learning Center**
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Mountain Community**
Jackson
Summit Charter**
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Swain
Mountain Discovery**
Transylvania
Brevard Academy**
Yancey
102,121
7,210
1,891
19
260
14
26
272
13
86
93
604
896
17
247
18
312
173
486
154
205
777
136
9
267
22
213
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
38.7
42.0
46.2
26.3
45.8
57.1
34.6
49.6
15.4
33.7
29.0
54.0
49.1
64.7
40.1
66.7
30.4
29.5
27.8
40.3
48.8
29.9
41.2
33.3
44.2
50.0
33.3
Number
Tested
51,998
3,691
971
9
127
8
16
136
6
42
50
317
466
10
124
8
155
87
254
88
108
380
72
5
134
12
106
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
32.3
35.3
38.0
22.2
48.0
50.0
50.0
44.9
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26.2
18.0
43.2
44.0
60.0
33.1
50.0
23.9
24.1
20.1
37.5
41.7
23.2
36.1
20.0
38.1
33.3
27.4
Number
Tested
49,960
3,511
915
10
133
6
10
136
7
44
43
287
429
7
122
10
157
86
232
65
97
397
64
4
133
10
107
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.4
49.2
55.2
30.0
43.6
66.7
10.0
54.4
28.6
40.9
41.9
65.9
54.8
71.4
47.5
80.0
36.9
34.9
36.2
44.6
56.7
36.3
46.9
*
50.4
70.0
39.3
Number
Tested
46,827
1,641
782
3
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
114
204
0
12
18
25
8
229
0
172
0
0
8
0
0
58
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.8
50.8
53.8
*
*
87.5
*
*
*
*
*
56.1
65.2
*
33.3
66.7
52.0
*
31.0
*
51.7
*
*
37.5
*
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29.3
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
51,127
5,328
1,026
2
260
0
0
268
13
86
92
466
691
0
229
0
287
164
257
154
0
775
136
0
267
22
133
Percent At
or Above
Level III
31.3
39.8
40.6
*
45.8
*
*
49.6
15.4
33.7
29.3
55.6
44.4
*
41.5
*
28.6
31.1
24.9
40.3
*
29.9
41.2
*
44.2
50.0
39.8
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
3,421
216
81
0
0
6
26
2
0
0
0
23
0
17
6
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
0
1
0
0
21
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Percent At
or Above
Level III
26.1
33.8
44.4
*
*
16.7
34.6
*
*
*
*
13.0
*
64.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
33.3
*
*
*
*
*
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Migrant
Number
Tested
559
32
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
13
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
Percent At
or Above
Level III
21.5
6.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
20.0
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Table 12a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA and Ethnicity,
Northwest Region
41
State
Northwest Region
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Grandfather Academy**
Crossnore Academy**
Burke
New Dimensions**
Caldwell
Catawba
Englemann School**
Hickory City
Newton-Conover City
Davidson
Lexington City
Thomasville City
Davie
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Quality Education**
C.G. Woodson**
East Winston Primary**
Forsyth Academies**
Arts Based Elementary**
Iredell-Statesville
American Renaissance**
Success Institute**
Mooresville City
Stokes
Surry
Elkin City
Bridges**
Mount Airy City
Millennium**
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Total
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
38.7
102,121
15,896
40.0
439
47.8
104
37.5
214
37.4
189
51.9
2
*
5
20.0
1,143
33.2
5
40.0
984
36.4
1,198
48.9
9
*
363
39.7
223
34.5
1,421
40.0
266
14.7
183
14.8
487
43.1
3,536
39.0
21
19.0
18
5.6
18
5.6
76
43.4
17
47.1
1,514
41.8
46
37.0
11
63.6
310
54.5
616
42.9
641
43.4
98
44.9
18
11.1
50.0
98
26
65.4
344
61.6
776
35.3
477
31.0
American Indian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
27.3
1,679
50.0
44
1
*
*
0
0
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
*
2
0
*
1
*
5
60.0
1
*
*
0
0
*
9
66.7
0
*
2
*
*
3
7
57.1
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
3
*
0
*
0
*
*
1
2
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
2
*
3
*
Asian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
50.8
1,995
36.8
416
16
43.8
0
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
120
29.2
0
*
9
44.4
99
39.4
0
*
33
21.2
11
36.4
11
45.5
14
28.6
1
*
*
4
46
52.2
0
*
0
*
0
*
*
1
0
*
32
46.9
1
*
0
*
*
4
0
*
3
*
0
*
0
*
*
2
0
*
2
*
5
40.0
1
*
Black
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
23.9
30,024
23.3
2,501
18
38.9
1
*
1
*
1
*
1
*
1
*
68
13.2
1
*
68
19.1
85
32.9
5
*
111
27.0
50
20.0
28
32.1
124
11.3
92
14.1
29
34.5
1,247
23.2
20
20.0
13
7.7
17
5.9
43
34.9
3
*
268
23.5
9
11.1
11
63.6
66
39.4
32
28.1
15
33.3
5
20.0
0
*
*
8
2
*
7
28.6
40
22.5
11
36.4
Hispanic
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
6,884
24.8
1,112
23.0
28
42.9
12
16.7
4
*
5
60.0
0
*
2
*
45
24.4
2
*
39
25.6
79
32.9
0
*
41
26.8
26
23.1
24
29.2
45
11.1
27
7.4
27
25.9
369
19.8
1
*
5
*
0
*
*
4
2
*
102
29.4
0
*
0
*
5
40.0
13
30.8
85
30.6
13
15.4
0
*
*
4
0
*
5
*
35
5.7
63
9.5
Multi-Racial
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
40.3
3,140
35.3
388
11
45.5
3
*
4
*
2
*
0
*
0
*
32
37.5
0
*
20
25.0
37
43.2
1
*
12
25.0
3
*
20
25.0
10
10.0
11
*
13
38.5
113
35.4
0
*
0
*
1
*
6
50.0
1
*
31
48.4
4
*
0
*
*
2
10
50.0
12
33.3
2
*
1
*
1
*
0
*
6
66.7
12
33.3
7
28.6
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
White
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
47.8
58,228
45.6
11,418
365
48.8
88
39.8
204
37.7
180
51.7
1
*
2
*
875
35.7
2
*
846
38.4
892
53.0
2
*
166
56.0
133
42.9
1,328
40.3
72
20.8
50
22.0
411
45.0
1,749
54.1
0
*
0
*
0
*
22
50.0
11
63.6
1,076
47.3
32
46.9
0
*
232
59.1
559
43.8
523
46.3
78
51.3
16
6.3
83
57.8
23
69.6
324
63.3
681
37.7
392
34.2
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 12b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Northwest Region
Total
Percent At
or Above
Number
Level III
Tested
Male
Percent At
or Above
Number
Level III
Tested
Female
Percent At
or Above
Number
Level III
Tested
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Number
Level III
Tested
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Percent At
or Above
Number
Level III
Tested
Targeted Assistance
Percent At
or Above
Number
Level III
Tested
Migrant
Percent At
or Above
Number
Level III
Tested
42
38.7
51,998
26.1
559
45.4
46,827
State
102,121
47.8
51,127
32.3
49,960
31.3
3,421
40.0
8,079
18.8
34
46.4
8,463
Northwest Region
15,896
49.1
6,557
33.9
7,796
31.0
823
Alexander
439
47.8
219
38.8
220
56.8
343
52.8
41
51.2
54
14.8
0
Alleghany
104
37.5
52
26.9
52
48.1
0
*
104
37.5
0
*
2
Ashe
214
37.4
110
32.7
104
42.3
0
*
213
37.6
0
*
2
Avery
189
51.9
94
39.4
95
64.2
39
46.2
150
53.3
0
*
0
Grandfather Academy**
2
*
0
*
2
*
0
*
2
*
0
*
0
Crossnore Academy**
5
20.0
2
*
3
*
0
*
5
20.0
0
*
0
Burke
1,143
33.2
599
27.2
544
39.9
1
*
1,142
33.2
0
*
0
New Dimensions**
5
40.0
2
*
3
*
0
*
5
40.0
0
*
0
Caldwell
984
36.4
504
31.0
477
41.9
258
50.4
689
31.5
37
29.7
0
Catawba
1,198
48.9
612
44.3
585
53.8
1,134
50.6
30
13.3
31
25.8
0
Englemann School**
9
*
7
*
2
*
9
*
0
*
0
*
0
Hickory City
363
39.7
174
34.5
189
44.4
73
71.2
290
31.7
0
*
0
Newton-Conover City
223
34.5
106
22.6
117
45.3
104
33.7
115
34.8
0
*
0
Davidson
1,421
40.0
736
33.8
685
46.6
1,235
44.3
0
*
181
11.6
1
Lexington City
266
14.7
124
11.3
138
17.4
0
*
265
14.7
0
*
0
Thomasville City
183
14.8
85
10.6
98
18.4
0
*
183
14.8
0
*
0
Davie
487
43.1
241
36.5
246
49.6
415
48.4
0
*
71
12.7
0
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
3,536
39.0
1,773
34.1
1,754
44.0
2,241
50.0
1,197
21.2
91
<=5.0
4
Quality Education**
21
19.0
11
27.3
10
10.0
0
*
21
19.0
0
*
0
C.G. Woodson**
18
5.6
7
*
11
9.1
0
*
0
*
18
5.6
0
East Winston Primary**
18
5.6
8
*
10
10.0
18
5.6
0
*
0
*
0
Forsyth Academies**
76
43.4
33
36.4
43
48.8
0
*
0
*
76
43.4
0
Arts Based Elementary**
17
47.1
5
40.0
12
50.0
17
47.1
0
*
0
*
0
Iredell-Statesville
1,514
41.8
782
34.5
730
49.7
662
51.4
845
34.4
7
28.6
0
American Renaissance**
46
37.0
22
27.3
24
45.8
46
37.0
0
*
0
*
0
Success Institute**
11
63.6
6
66.7
5
60.0
0
*
0
*
11
63.6
0
Mooresville City
310
54.5
155
50.3
155
58.7
310
54.5
0
*
0
*
0
Stokes
616
42.9
313
31.6
303
54.5
296
46.6
265
39.6
55
38.2
0
Surry
641
43.4
333
36.9
308
50.3
82
79.3
539
37.7
0
*
10
Elkin City
98
44.9
49
36.7
49
53.1
81
54.3
0
*
16
*
0
Bridges**
18
11.1
13
7.7
5
20.0
18
11.1
0
*
0
*
0
Mount Airy City
98
50.0
51
43.1
47
57.4
0
*
98
50.0
0
*
0
Millennium**
26
65.4
17
58.8
9
77.8
26
65.4
0
*
0
*
0
Watauga
344
61.6
176
56.3
168
67.3
288
66.7
29
58.6
27
11.1
0
Wilkes
776
35.3
413
29.1
362
42.5
385
44.7
329
27.7
58
19.0
9
Yadkin
477
31.0
245
24.5
231
38.1
382
33.8
0
*
90
17.8
6
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
21.5
14.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
20.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
16.7
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 13a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA and Ethnicity,
Southwest Region
Total
43
State
Southwest Region
Anson
Cabarrus
Kannapolis City
Cleveland
Kings Mountain City
Shelby City
Gaston
Piedmont Community**
Hoke
Lincoln
Lincoln Charter**
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Community Charter**
Sugar Creek**
Metrolina**
Queen's Grant**
Montgomery
Moore
STARS**
Richmond
Rowan-Salisbury
Rowan Academy**
Scotland
Stanly
Union
Union Academy**
Number
Tested
102,121
23,234
381
1,652
340
782
388
201
2,234
65
521
912
44
8,701
13
64
21
76
320
898
13
677
1,558
8
527
711
2,063
64
Percent At
or Above
Level III
38.7
40.1
21.8
47.6
32.6
45.5
40.7
30.8
41.1
50.8
19.4
52.9
86.4
39.9
30.8
26.6
85.7
57.9
30.6
42.1
15.4
18.0
32.3
37.5
31.3
34.9
52.4
54.7
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,679
299
4
6
1
6
2
0
3
0
84
4
0
50
0
0
0
1
1
7
0
33
11
0
80
3
3
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
27.3
20.4
*
66.7
*
33.3
*
*
*
*
15.5
*
*
24.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
<=5.0
18.2
*
26.3
*
*
*
Asian
Number
Tested
1,995
525
8
19
4
0
3
0
39
2
5
4
0
355
0
0
2
0
7
5
0
8
16
0
2
30
16
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
50.8
47.2
25.0
84.2
*
*
*
*
69.2
*
40.0
*
*
46.2
*
*
*
*
42.9
40.0
*
12.5
37.5
*
*
16.7
75.0
*
Black
Number
Tested
30,024
7,047
239
243
94
176
88
129
447
8
230
60
0
3,679
10
63
1
4
96
178
8
256
337
7
244
114
319
17
Percent At
or Above
Level III
23.9
23.4
13.8
29.2
24.5
27.8
34.1
18.6
25.3
37.5
15.7
43.3
*
24.6
30.0
25.4
*
*
12.5
24.7
12.5
11.7
18.1
28.6
23.4
22.8
24.5
29.4
Hispanic
Number
Tested
6,884
1,593
4
121
55
21
4
4
90
1
31
78
2
770
0
0
2
0
62
63
0
22
83
0
5
25
149
1
Percent At
or Above
Level III
24.8
24.6
*
22.3
14.5
28.6
*
*
27.8
*
6.5
48.7
*
23.0
*
*
*
*
32.3
19.0
*
13.6
22.9
*
60.0
20.0
29.5
*
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
3,140
652
7
60
7
11
10
6
38
1
22
30
0
284
1
1
2
2
9
31
1
12
47
0
9
20
40
1
Percent At
or Above
Level III
40.3
41.7
28.6
53.3
57.1
63.6
40.0
50.0
44.7
*
27.3
43.3
*
43.7
*
*
*
*
33.3
25.8
*
16.7
34.0
*
11.1
30.0
45.0
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
White
Number
Tested
58,228
13,081
116
1,200
179
568
280
62
1,615
53
149
736
42
3,543
2
0
14
69
145
610
4
346
1,061
1
187
519
1,536
44
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.8
51.1
39.7
52.8
40.8
51.4
43.9
56.5
45.4
54.7
28.2
54.6
88.1
58.8
*
*
78.6
62.3
41.4
51.0
*
24.6
37.6
*
43.9
39.5
60.4
65.9
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 13b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Southwest Region
Total
Number
Tested
44
State
Southwest Region
Anson
Cabarrus
Kannapolis City
Cleveland
Kings Mountain City
Shelby City
Gaston
Piedmont Community**
Hoke
Lincoln
Lincoln Charter**
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Community Charter**
Sugar Creek**
Metrolina**
Queen's Grant**
Montgomery
Moore
STARS**
Richmond
Rowan-Salisbury
Rowan Academy**
Scotland
Stanly
Union
Union Academy**
102,121
23,234
381
1,652
340
782
388
201
2,234
65
521
912
44
8,701
13
64
21
76
320
898
13
677
1,558
8
527
711
2,063
64
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
38.7
40.1
21.8
47.6
32.6
45.5
40.7
30.8
41.1
50.8
19.4
52.9
86.4
39.9
30.8
26.6
85.7
57.9
30.6
42.1
15.4
18.0
32.3
37.5
31.3
34.9
52.4
54.7
Number
Tested
51,998
11,746
188
871
170
385
190
107
1,184
34
266
447
22
4,354
9
34
12
38
161
467
6
331
790
7
275
348
1,019
31
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
32.3
33.7
15.4
42.3
24.7
35.8
36.3
29.0
35.3
38.2
14.3
45.9
86.4
33.8
22.2
17.6
75.0
52.6
24.8
31.9
*
13.3
25.1
28.6
26.2
27.3
45.5
41.9
Number
Tested
49,960
11,449
193
780
170
396
198
94
1,048
31
253
464
22
4,324
4
30
9
38
159
431
7
346
765
1
250
363
1,041
32
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.4
46.7
28.0
53.6
40.6
55.1
44.9
33.0
47.6
64.5
24.5
59.5
86.4
46.0
*
36.7
*
63.2
36.5
53.1
28.6
22.5
40.0
*
37.2
42.1
59.1
68.8
Number
Tested
46,827
15,408
81
1,336
0
450
239
201
1,503
58
0
346
44
7,155
12
0
21
76
1
378
9
397
959
8
148
420
1,502
64
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.8
46.5
38.3
51.2
*
52.9
41.8
30.8
47.9
53.4
*
52.6
86.4
44.2
33.3
*
85.7
57.9
*
51.6
22.2
21.7
38.0
37.5
50.7
38.8
61.5
54.7
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
51,127
7,372
300
244
340
308
57
0
709
0
519
471
0
1,534
0
63
0
0
319
481
0
278
521
0
379
288
561
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
31.3
27.3
17.3
35.2
32.6
37.7
50.9
*
27.5
*
19.3
50.5
*
19.5
*
27.0
*
*
30.7
34.7
*
12.9
25.9
*
23.7
29.2
28.2
*
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
3,421
398
0
70
0
24
91
0
16
7
0
91
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
34
4
0
60
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
26.1
31.9
*
20.0
*
8.3
31.9
*
*
28.6
*
65.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
47.1
*
*
6.7
*
*
*
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Migrant
Number
Tested
559
46
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
10
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
11
0
0
20
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
21.5
10.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
10.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
<=5.0
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 14a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA and Ethnicity,
Northeast Region
45
Total
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
State
102,121
38.7
6,223
30.4
Northeast Region
Beaufort
522
30.5
Washington Montessori**
19
26.3
Bertie
237
26.6
Camden
103
68.0
Edenton/Chowan
188
27.1
Currituck
302
49.7
Dare
323
44.6
Edgecombe
552
21.6
Gates
143
39.2
Halifax
394
30.5
Roanoke Rapids City
162
43.8
Weldon City
73
17.8
Hertford
254
14.2
Hyde
43
34.9
Martin
337
18.4
Northampton
277
24.5
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
400
25.0
Perquimans
118
37.3
Pitt
1,562
32.0
Tyrrell
51
43.1
Washington
163
15.3
American Indian
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
1,679
27.3
45
37.8
2
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
2
*
1
*
0
*
26
53.8
0
*
1
*
3
*
0
*
0
*
2
*
1
*
1
*
6
16.7
0
*
0
*
Asian
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
1,995
50.8
34
52.9
0
*
2
*
0
*
0
*
1
*
1
*
4
*
2
*
2
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
2
*
0
*
3
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
15
60.0
0
*
1
*
Black
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
30,024
23.9
3,197
20.1
215
18.6
1
*
211
24.2
15
53.3
88
15.9
24
45.8
12
33.3
307
16.6
66
36.4
334
29.3
40
7.5
68
17.6
205
10.2
17
23.5
185
11.9
218
22.0
187
20.3
36
41.7
833
20.0
16
25.0
119
6.7
Hispanic
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
6,884
24.8
192
23.4
30
20.0
1
*
3
*
0
*
2
*
2
*
13
23.1
34
14.7
0
*
3
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
3
*
12
41.7
2
*
5
*
0
*
76
26.3
3
*
2
*
Multi-Racial
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
3,140
40.3
138
29.7
13
23.1
5
20.0
1
*
0
*
5
60.0
9
44.4
4
*
13
7.7
0
*
3
*
4
*
1
*
7
42.9
0
*
6
*
3
*
11
27.3
2
*
44
36.4
3
*
4
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
White
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
58,228
47.8
2,600
43.1
262
42.0
10
30.0
22
50.0
88
70.5
92
35.9
266
50.4
276
45.7
194
31.4
75
42.7
25
20.0
117
55.6
3
*
36
30.6
23
43.5
130
26.2
52
36.5
196
30.1
79
35.4
588
48.8
29
58.6
37
37.8
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 14b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Northeast Region
Total
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
46
State
Northeast Region
Beaufort
Washington Montessori**
Bertie
Camden
Edenton/Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe
Gates
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids City
Weldon City
Hertford
Hyde
Martin
Northampton
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Tyrrell
Washington
102,121
6,223
522
19
237
103
188
302
323
552
143
394
162
73
254
43
337
277
400
118
1,562
51
163
38.7
30.4
30.5
26.3
26.6
68.0
27.1
49.7
44.6
21.6
39.2
30.5
43.8
17.8
14.2
34.9
18.4
24.5
25.0
37.3
32.0
43.1
15.3
Male
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
51,998
3,123
263
6
114
57
109
149
165
268
71
184
84
38
127
16
165
158
205
61
771
28
84
32.3
25.0
25.5
16.7
18.4
56.1
24.8
43.0
33.3
18.7
25.4
25.0
39.3
15.8
10.2
25.0
15.2
22.8
21.0
24.6
26.5
35.7
14.3
Female
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
49,960
3,087
258
13
123
46
79
153
150
283
72
209
78
35
127
26
172
119
195
57
790
23
79
45.4
35.8
35.7
30.8
34.1
82.6
30.4
56.2
56.7
24.4
52.8
35.4
48.7
20.0
18.1
42.3
21.5
26.9
29.2
50.9
37.3
52.2
16.5
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
46,827
2,497
257
19
37
100
0
302
288
137
0
1
162
0
0
7
0
2
2
0
1,183
0
0
47.8
38.9
27.2
26.3
37.8
69.0
*
49.7
49.3
13.9
*
*
43.8
*
*
28.6
*
*
*
*
36.1
*
*
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
51,127
3,351
265
0
196
0
188
0
0
291
143
392
0
73
253
35
337
275
398
118
173
51
163
31.3
25.0
33.6
*
24.5
*
27.1
*
*
15.5
39.2
30.6
*
17.8
14.2
37.1
18.4
24.4
24.9
37.3
28.3
43.1
15.3
Targeted Assistance
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
3,421
241
0
0
0
3
0
0
34
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
204
0
0
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
26.1
11.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
5.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
11.8
*
*
Migrant
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
559
141
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
128
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
2
21.5
41.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
43.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 15a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA and Ethnicity,
Southeast Region
Total
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
47
State
Southeast Region
Bladen
Brunswick
Charter Day School**
Carteret
Tiller School**
Columbus
Whiteville City
Craven
Cumberland
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
Children's Village Academy**
New Hanover
Cape Fear Center**
Onslow
Pamlico
Arapahoe Charter**
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Clinton City
Wayne
102,121
17,458
429
866
42
568
15
482
185
1,104
3,925
638
253
107
758
11
1,647
39
1,623
106
38
538
1,812
613
182
1,477
38.7
34.5
27.3
34.2
26.2
43.8
26.7
31.5
29.2
42.9
29.2
37.3
24.9
31.8
31.3
18.2
44.4
35.9
39.8
36.8
50.0
44.4
26.4
28.2
36.3
36.1
American Indian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
1,679
991
5
11
0
3
0
29
0
6
110
1
0
0
2
0
5
0
15
0
0
0
785
3
10
6
27.3
27.4
20.0
27.3
*
*
*
27.6
*
66.7
20.9
*
*
*
*
*
40.0
*
46.7
*
*
*
26.8
*
70.0
66.7
Asian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
1,995
153
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
9
67
2
0
0
7
0
20
0
16
0
2
4
5
0
4
11
50.8
52.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
22.2
53.7
*
*
*
14.3
*
80.0
*
43.8
*
*
*
60.0
*
*
45.5
Black
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
30,024
6,061
222
180
6
54
0
184
76
384
1,804
200
115
48
378
9
472
3
343
38
1
143
540
176
75
610
23.9
24.0
20.3
28.9
16.7
27.8
*
23.4
19.7
23.7
21.1
32.5
21.7
27.1
25.4
11.1
25.0
*
33.5
21.1
*
28.7
20.7
22.2
22.7
26.9
Hispanic
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
6,884
1,132
19
46
1
10
0
19
1
50
251
149
54
5
42
0
45
0
88
3
2
29
95
108
23
92
24.8
25.5
31.6
23.9
*
10.0
*
10.5
*
48.0
29.1
23.5
13.0
20.0
7.1
*
28.9
*
38.6
*
*
34.5
20.0
18.5
17.4
25.0
Multi-Racial
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
3,140
678
4
33
4
12
0
9
2
47
206
14
4
1
16
2
47
3
142
2
0
9
50
10
6
55
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
40.3
42.2
*
39.4
*
58.3
*
22.2
*
59.6
34.0
42.9
*
*
50.0
*
48.9
*
47.2
*
*
55.6
44.0
30.0
16.7
40.0
White
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
58,228
8,413
178
594
31
482
15
240
106
606
1,481
270
80
53
311
0
1,053
33
1,016
63
33
353
334
316
64
701
47.8
43.1
35.4
36.5
25.8
46.3
26.7
40.4
34.9
53.5
37.9
48.1
35.0
37.7
41.2
*
52.9
39.4
40.9
47.6
51.5
51.0
33.5
35.1
53.1
44.9
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 15b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Southeast Region
Total
Number
Tested
48
State
Southeast Region
Bladen
Brunswick
Charter Day School**
Carteret
Tiller School**
Columbus
Whiteville City
Craven
Cumberland
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
Children's Village Academy**
New Hanover
Cape Fear Center**
Onslow
Pamlico
Arapahoe Charter**
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Clinton City
Wayne
102,121
17,458
429
866
42
568
15
482
185
1,104
3,925
638
253
107
758
11
1,647
39
1,623
106
38
538
1,812
613
182
1,477
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
38.7
34.5
27.3
34.2
26.2
43.8
26.7
31.5
29.2
42.9
29.2
37.3
24.9
31.8
31.3
18.2
44.4
35.9
39.8
36.8
50.0
44.4
26.4
28.2
36.3
36.1
Number
Tested
51,998
8,921
219
440
21
296
10
220
81
559
2,052
327
148
57
395
7
859
20
817
48
19
287
905
315
91
728
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
32.3
27.6
21.5
24.3
19.0
36.8
20.0
27.3
24.7
33.3
23.3
30.6
24.3
28.1
25.1
14.3
38.1
35.0
29.9
31.3
42.1
38.3
21.0
21.0
26.4
28.4
Number
Tested
49,960
8,508
210
421
21
271
5
256
104
544
1,867
310
105
50
362
4
785
19
805
58
19
251
905
296
91
749
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.4
41.7
33.3
44.4
33.3
51.7
40.0
35.5
32.7
52.9
35.6
44.5
25.7
36.0
37.8
*
51.5
36.8
49.9
41.4
57.9
51.4
31.9
35.8
46.2
43.5
Number
Tested
46,827
1,894
0
2
0
1
14
1
0
2
538
1
0
1
1
0
490
39
447
0
38
75
98
2
0
144
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.8
47.1
*
*
*
*
28.6
*
*
*
38.5
*
*
*
*
*
56.5
35.9
46.8
*
50.0
56.0
50.0
*
*
49.3
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
51,127
15,422
428
862
0
567
0
480
184
1,101
3,381
637
253
105
757
11
1,154
0
1,120
106
0
463
1,694
611
182
1,326
Percent At
or Above
Level III
31.3
33.0
27.3
34.3
*
43.9
*
31.7
29.3
43.0
27.7
37.4
24.9
32.4
31.2
18.2
39.2
*
37.9
36.8
*
42.5
25.1
28.3
36.3
34.6
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
3,421
76
0
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
54
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Percent At
or Above
Level III
26.1
25.0
*
*
36.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
20.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Migrant
Number
Tested
559
157
25
3
20
0
0
26
0
2
3
21
1
0
15
0
0
0
1
0
0
14
9
17
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
21.5
15.9
20.0
*
15.0
*
*
15.4
*
*
*
19.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
28.6
11.1
11.8
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 16a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA and Ethnicity,
Central Region
Total
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
49
State
Central Region
Alamance-Burlington
River Mill Academy**
Clover Garden**
Caswell
Chatham
Chatham Charter**
Woods Charter**
Durham
Maureen Joy**
Healthy Start**
Carter Community**
Research Triangle**
Omuteko Gwamaziima**
Ann Atwater**
Franklin
A Child's Garden**
Granville
Guilford
Greensboro Academy**
Guilford Charter**
Phoenix Academy**
Harnett
Johnston
Lee
Nash-Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
Orange
Orange Charter**
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Person
Bethel Hill**
Randolph
Asheboro City
Rockingham
Vance
Vance Charter**
Wake
Magellan**
Sterling Montessori**
Franklin Academy**
East Wake Academy**
SPARC Academy**
Torchlight Academy**
PreEminent**
Quest Academy**
Hope Elementary**
Casa Esperanza
Warren
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**
Wilson
S.B. Howard**
102,121
32,101
1,607
22
27
257
557
30
12
2,424
31
35
17
79
8
6
657
17
674
4,983
81
20
26
1,211
1,965
663
1,345
77
517
18
744
387
46
1,371
331
1,101
612
36
8,432
65
40
86
56
16
16
76
14
14
2
238
16
970
66
38.7
40.2
42.9
36.4
63.0
31.9
37.0
30.0
66.7
33.3
29.0
17.1
*
29.1
25.0
33.3
23.3
23.5
28.0
39.8
65.4
<=5.0
65.4
29.6
46.0
34.4
32.0
39.0
42.6
50.0
62.9
38.5
39.1
42.5
38.1
30.8
27.9
44.4
47.7
90.8
32.5
64.0
46.4
18.8
6.3
13.2
*
7.1
*
33.6
31.3
29.4
13.6
American Indian
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
1,679
184
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
6
31
2
0
0
11
13
3
6
1
2
0
1
2
1
4
1
0
1
0
43
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
15
3
0
27.3
30.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
37.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
16.7
29.0
*
*
*
45.5
30.8
*
50.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
32.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
50.0
26.7
*
*
Asian
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
1,995
819
21
0
0
0
3
0
0
40
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
6
209
2
0
3
2
9
6
24
0
1
0
79
1
0
8
4
3
3
0
375
2
6
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
50.8
59.2
42.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
52.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
50.0
39.7
*
*
*
*
66.7
66.7
54.2
*
*
*
86.1
*
*
37.5
*
*
*
*
67.7
*
66.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
37.5
*
Black
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
30,024
10,754
371
1
3
97
84
3
0
1,421
29
35
16
52
8
2
253
4
242
2,149
2
18
2
379
388
179
713
48
116
1
108
149
6
65
55
268
386
1
2,272
3
5
7
12
15
15
68
0
14
0
152
1
485
51
23.9
25.2
30.2
*
*
22.7
23.8
*
*
26.4
31.0
17.1
*
21.2
25.0
*
15.4
*
16.5
26.4
*
5.6
*
17.7
30.9
25.1
24.0
37.5
21.6
*
34.3
28.2
16.7
36.9
18.2
16.8
23.1
*
28.7
*
20.0
71.4
25.0
20.0
6.7
10.3
*
7.1
*
28.3
*
16.5
11.8
Hispanic
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
6,884
2,554
219
0
0
13
100
2
0
235
0
0
0
1
0
1
48
0
43
279
0
0
0
96
209
120
57
0
25
0
52
12
0
104
90
55
42
0
650
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
5
0
74
15
24.8
25.0
24.2
*
*
76.9
29.0
*
*
17.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
10.4
*
9.3
24.4
*
*
*
24.0
28.2
23.3
28.1
*
16.0
*
26.9
8.3
*
27.9
26.7
21.8
23.8
*
28.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
21.6
20.0
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Multi-Racial
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
3,140
1,060
27
0
0
10
28
3
0
89
0
0
0
4
0
0
21
0
25
179
3
0
1
47
49
20
22
3
14
1
31
10
0
33
13
39
9
0
337
0
2
1
0
1
1
5
2
0
0
8
0
22
0
40.3
41.4
51.9
*
*
40.0
28.6
*
*
44.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
28.6
*
32.0
41.3
*
*
*
29.8
42.9
25.0
27.3
*
57.1
*
64.5
50.0
*
30.3
38.5
25.6
*
*
47.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
60.0
*
*
*
25.0
*
36.4
*
White
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
58,228
16,668
964
21
24
137
342
22
12
612
1
0
1
20
0
3
325
13
352
2,129
68
2
20
674
1,295
334
522
25
359
16
472
213
39
1,155
167
736
171
35
4,735
58
27
77
42
0
0
0
12
0
1
61
0
374
0
47.8
51.3
51.9
38.1
66.7
33.6
43.3
31.8
66.7
52.3
*
*
*
45.0
*
*
31.1
15.4
37.8
55.3
70.6
*
65.0
36.9
53.4
43.4
42.5
48.0
50.7
50.0
69.7
46.9
43.6
44.6
49.7
36.5
42.1
42.9
58.2
91.4
29.6
64.9
52.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
47.5
*
47.3
*
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Table 16b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 4, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Central Region
Total
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
State
50
Central Region
Alamance-Burlington
River Mill Academy**
Clover Garden**
Caswell
Chatham
Chatham Charter**
Woods Charter**
Durham
Maureen Joy**
Healthy Start**
Carter Community**
Research Triangle**
Omuteko Gwamaziima**
Ann Atwater**
Franklin
A Child's Garden**
Granville
Guilford
Greensboro Academy**
Guilford Charter**
Phoenix Academy**
Harnett
Johnston
Lee
Nash-Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
Orange
Orange Charter**
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Person
Bethel Hill**
Randolph
Asheboro City
Rockingham
Vance
Vance Charter**
Wake
Magellan**
Sterling Montessori**
Franklin Academy**
East Wake Academy**
SPARC Academy**
Torchlight Academy**
PreEminent**
Quest Academy**
Hope Elementary**
Casa Esperanza
Warren
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**
Wilson
S.B. Howard**
102,121
32,101
1,607
22
27
257
557
30
12
2,424
31
35
17
79
8
6
657
17
674
4,983
81
20
26
1,211
1,965
663
1,345
77
517
18
744
387
46
1,371
331
1,101
612
36
8,432
65
40
86
56
16
16
76
14
14
2
238
16
970
66
38.7
40.2
42.9
36.4
63.0
31.9
37.0
30.0
66.7
33.3
29.0
17.1
*
29.1
25.0
33.3
23.3
23.5
28.0
39.8
65.4
<=5.0
65.4
29.6
46.0
34.4
32.0
39.0
42.6
50.0
62.9
38.5
39.1
42.5
38.1
30.8
27.9
44.4
47.7
90.8
32.5
64.0
46.4
18.8
6.3
13.2
*
7.1
*
33.6
31.3
29.4
13.6
Male
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
51,998
16,439
809
8
11
121
268
15
6
1,241
17
18
13
39
5
4
355
8
361
2,600
37
14
18
606
951
363
691
41
251
10
389
199
17
690
177
561
326
19
4,342
38
20
41
28
9
7
42
5
5
1
110
11
487
34
32.3
33.8
36.5
25.0
63.6
23.1
33.2
26.7
66.7
27.3
29.4
22.2
*
28.2
40.0
*
21.7
*
23.3
33.5
56.8
*
61.1
24.6
39.0
30.0
25.3
31.7
33.5
40.0
55.3
34.2
23.5
34.3
35.0
23.7
21.2
36.8
40.6
89.5
15.0
68.3
28.6
22.2
14.3
11.9
*
*
*
26.4
27.3
24.0
<=5.0
Female
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
49,960
15,609
796
14
16
136
289
15
6
1,170
14
17
4
40
3
2
301
9
313
2,375
43
6
8
604
1,013
299
653
36
266
8
353
188
29
677
152
536
286
17
4,081
27
20
45
28
7
9
34
9
9
1
128
5
480
32
45.4
47.0
49.5
42.9
62.5
39.7
40.5
33.3
66.7
39.7
28.6
11.8
*
30.0
*
*
24.9
44.4
33.5
46.7
74.4
16.7
75.0
34.8
52.4
39.8
39.2
47.2
51.1
62.5
71.7
43.1
48.3
50.8
42.1
38.1
35.7
52.9
55.3
92.6
50.0
60.0
64.3
14.3
*
14.7
*
11.1
*
39.8
40.0
34.8
28.1
Not Served by Title I
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
46,827
16,924
833
22
24
27
411
28
12
1,166
2
1
4
78
0
6
1
17
132
2,274
81
20
0
88
955
105
79
38
432
18
720
107
46
1,067
1
397
82
36
7,237
65
40
86
48
16
0
0
14
0
2
0
0
106
0
47.8
49.4
52.5
36.4
66.7
70.4
40.1
32.1
66.7
40.7
*
*
*
29.5
*
33.3
*
23.5
33.3
53.0
65.4
<=5.0
*
43.2
48.2
47.6
30.4
44.7
48.4
50.0
64.4
47.7
39.1
47.9
*
38.8
31.7
44.4
49.9
90.8
32.5
64.0
54.2
18.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
49.1
*
Schoolwide Title I Program
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
51,127
13,097
773
0
0
213
141
0
0
1,094
29
34
0
0
8
0
648
0
538
2,550
0
0
26
1,117
1,003
556
1,263
0
0
0
0
195
0
0
329
672
529
0
208
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
237
0
852
66
31.3
29.9
32.6
*
*
27.2
29.1
*
*
24.7
31.0
17.6
*
*
25.0
*
23.5
*
26.8
28.7
*
*
65.4
28.6
43.9
32.0
32.1
*
*
*
*
28.2
*
*
38.0
27.1
27.4
*
33.7
*
*
*
*
*
6.3
*
*
*
*
33.8
*
26.6
13.6
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Targeted Assistance
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
3,421
1,667
0
0
3
16
0
0
0
154
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
154
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
39
84
0
22
84
0
291
0
6
0
0
685
0
0
0
8
0
0
76
0
14
0
0
15
0
0
26.1
29.6
*
*
*
31.3
*
*
*
39.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
27.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
33.3
11.9
*
18.2
50.0
*
23.7
*
*
*
*
33.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
13.2
*
7.1
*
*
33.3
*
*
Migrant
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
559
149
19
0
0
0
34
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
1
0
0
0
20
12
12
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
24
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21.5
16.8
5.3
*
*
*
23.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
15.0
33.3
*
42.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
25.0
*
12.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
2003-04
North Carolina Writing Assessment
State-Level Summary Statistics
Grade 7
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Report of Student Performance in Writing Grades 4, 7, 10, 2003-04
Grade 7
Results of the
Writing
Assessment
at Grade 7
Students in the seventh grade were asked to write an "argumentative" problemsolution response to the following prompt:
Tardies to class are disrupting instruction, leaving unfinished classwork to be
completed at home. Although rules and consequences were set at the beginning
of the year, students are still arriving late.
Write an essay for your teacher in which you suggest a solution to the problem
of tardies to class.
Contracted readers scored 105,231 public school responses for grade 7 after the
2003-04 writing assessment. The scores show that 45.5 percent of the seventh
graders wrote well enough to score at or above Level III. This represents an
increase of 4.6 percentage points from the 40.9 percent who achieved this level
in 2002-03 pilot test administration Less than one percent of the seventh graders
in the 2003-04 writing assessment received the highest scores in Level IV and
6.5 percent received the lowest scores in Level I. In 2002-03, less than one
percent (0.3) of the papers had problems which made them non-scorable. Nonscorable papers receive Achievement Level I rankings and are included in the
state results as Level I scores.
The average weighted content score for seventh graders taking the assessment in
2003-04 was 8.2 on a scale of four to sixteen. The average conventions score
was 2.8 on a scale of zero to four. The average Total Writing Score was 11.0 of
a possible 20.
Observations
The 2003-04 writing assessment at grade 7 required students to respond to an
argumentative problem/solution prompt about the issue of “tardiness to class.”
When analyzing the content scores for Grade 7, 89.0 percent of the student
responses were scored 1s or 2s and 11.0 percent of the student responses were
scored a 3 (the content scale is 1-4). When convention scores were included in
the analysis for Grade 7, 6.0 percent of the students received a score of 0 and
47.0 percent received a score of 2 (the convention scale is 0-2). An observation
from the writing assessment at grade 7 is that the increases in student scores seen
at grade 7 were due in large part to more student success in the application of
conventions.
The following observations were also noted:
Content
•
•
prompt was accessible to all students
only .27 percent of students received a non-scorable response
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Report of Student Performance in Writing Grades 4, 7, 10, 2003-04
Observations
(continued)
Student responses that were less successful tended to include the following
characteristics:
•
•
•
•
attempted to address the prompt too broadly
relying on general and/or list-like support
underdevelopment of details
lack of relationships between or among ideas.
Conventions
When present, errors tended to include:
•
•
Performance of
Subgroups
at Grade 7
sentence formation, e.g. run-ons and comma splices
failure to use a word according to standard meaning.
Gender
Approximately 55.6 percent of the female students scored at or above Level compared
to 36.0 percent for male students.
Ethnicity
About 57.2 percent of Asian students scored at or above Level III compared to 54.8
percent of the White students, 47.3 percent of Multi-Racial students, 30.9 percent of
Hispanic students, 30.2 percent of Black students, and 28.4 percent of American Indian
students.
There were 105,231 seventh grade public school student responses scored by
two independent readers. The inter-rater reliability rates (agreement rates) of the
readers are shown below in Table 17. The 70.0 percent criterion rate for perfect
agreement based upon industry standards was
exceeded and the resolutions required were few.
Table 17.
Seventh Grade Reader Agreement Statistics
Perfect
Adjacent
Total Public
Agreement
Agreement
School Papers
Percent
Percent
Content
105,231
80.9
19.0
Conventions 105,231
71.0
28.8
54
Resolution
Required
Percent
0.1
0.2
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Performance of
Subgroups at
Grade 7
(continued)
The following pages, and Appendix C, present data for the Grade 7 writing
assessment administered since a new scoring model was piloted in March 2003.
Figure 4 shows that the percent of students scoring at or above Achievement
Level III increased between the pilot year and the current year (4.7% increase
between 2002-03 and 2003-04). Table 20, a table of Achievement Levels by
subgroup, demonstrates that females outperformed males in Grade 7 as in Grade
4. Also, White and Asian students performed at a higher level than the
American Indian, Black, and Hispanic subgroups as in Grade 4. Table 22, the
frequency summary, shows that very few seventh graders reached Achievement
Level IV (26 of 105,231 students), while about 45.5 percent of the students
received a III, almost half (48.0%) received a II, and 6.5 percent received the
lowest Achievement Level.
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Figure 4. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2002-03 to 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III
100
90
Percent of Students
80
70
60
50
40.9
45.6
40
56
30
20
10
0
2002-03
2003-04
Notes: 1The writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Figure 5. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1995-96 to 2003-04,
Distribution of Writing Levels,
Grade 7
100
90
66.0
60.1
40.9
45.5
51.8
50.1
49.8
35.2
24.3
27.4
30
26.4
40
31.7
35.6
41.4
50
47.9
46.5
60
Level I
Level II
Level III
0.0
0.0
7.2
0
2.9
5.8
10.7
5.1
8.5
9.4
6.5
2.4
1.9
1.6
5.8
2.3
10
4.9
12.5
20
3.8
57
Percent of Students
61.8
70
66.1
80
Level IV
Writing Levels
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
1
2002-03
2003-04
Notes: 1The bold vertical line between years indicates that the writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Figure 6. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1995-96 to 2003-04,
Percent of Students At or Above Level III,
Grade 7, by Gender and Ethnicity
66.2%
White Female
65.5%
Asian Female
59.4%
Multi-Racial Female
49.7%
Asian Male
44.1%
White Male
Hispanic Female
39.4%
Black Female
38.4%
36.6%
American Indian Female
*N=823
34.8%
Multi-Racial Male
*N=1,491
State Percent
*N=15,488
23.1%
Hispanic Male
*N=2,905
22.2%
Black Male
*N=15,835
20.6%
American Indian Male
*N=851
45.5%
State
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Percent of Students
Notes: *N counts equal the number of students tested.
When summed, gender/ethnicity N counts may not match the state N counts because a gender/ethnicity category may not have been
coded on some student answer sheets.
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Table 18. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Statewide Number of Students Tested, Taking Alternate Assessments, and Number Not Tested,
Grade 7
Not Tested
Category
Membership1
59
Total
Female
Male
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Limited English Proficient (LEP)
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injury
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
109,645
53,171
56,474
1,578
2,006
33,591
6,519
2,063
63,888
21,794
20,476
1,087
481
3,506
17,603
1,322
167
2,499
7,569
256
45
2,536
63
46
368
70
127
14
278
2,243
Percent of
Membership
100.0
48.5
51.5
1.4
1.8
30.6
5.9
1.9
58.3
19.9
18.7
1.0
0.4
3.2
16.1
1.2
0.2
2.3
6.9
0.2
0.0
2.3
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.3
2.0
Number
Tested2
105,231
51,311
53,790
1,677
1,874
31,366
5,649
3,041
61,515
20,943
19,129
1,676
288
2,383
14,620
1,145
143
1,645
7,053
214
44
2,203
44
30
161
0
10
5
19
1,904
Percent
Tested3
96.0
96.5
95.2
106.3
93.4
93.4
86.7
147.4
96.3
96.1
93.4
154.2
59.9
68.0
83.1
86.6
85.6
65.8
93.2
83.6
97.8
86.9
69.8
65.2
43.8
0.0
7.9
35.7
6.8
84.9
Number
Percent
Alternate
Alternate
Assessments Assessments
2,228
2.0
845
1.6
1,383
2.4
59
3.7
75
3.7
745
2.2
644
9.9
27
1.3
669
1.0
652
3.0
585
2.9
20
1.8
87
18.1
623
17.8
1,569
8.9
39
3.0
21
12.6
635
25.4
175
2.3
4
1.6
0
0.0
86
3.4
9
14.3
8
17.4
161
43.8
69
98.6
110
86.6
5
35.7
239
86.0
22
1.0
Number
Absent
Percent
Absent
2,186
1,015
1,301
*
57
1,480
226
*
1,704
199
762
*
106
500
1,414
138
3
219
341
38
1
247
10
8
46
1
7
4
20
317
Notes: 1"Membership" is the total number of students on the 2003-04 Masterbuild data file
2
"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing assessment.
3
"Percent Tested" may exceed 100.0 percent due to coding differences between the Masterbuild file and student test documents for the North Carolin
Writing Assessment.
*These data represent coding on the 2003-04 test documents. Data for the alternate assessments came from the AAAI and AAP test documents.
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2.0
1.9
2.3
*
2.8
4.4
3.5
*
2.7
0.9
3.7
*
22.0
14.3
8.0
10.4
1.8
8.8
4.5
14.8
2.2
9.7
15.9
17.4
12.5
1.4
5.5
28.6
7.2
14.1
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 19. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1995-96 to 2003-04,
Distribution of Achievement Levels Across Years,
Grade 7
Achievement Levels
Grade 7
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
Number
Tested
87,072
88,422
91,332
90,921
Level 1
Level II
Level III
Level IV
4,253
31,004
43,652
8,163
4.9
35.6
50.1
9.4
3,325
6,574
44,040
4,483
3.8
41.4
49.8
5.1
5,272
28,950
47,330
9,780
5.8
31.7
51.8
10.7
2,084
24,888
56,188
7,761
2.3
27.4
61.8
8.5
1999-00
93,567
1,543
1.6
24,710
26.4
61,869
66.1
5,445
5.8
2000-01
98,178
2,383
23,884
64,810
7,101
2.4
24.3
66.0
7.2
1,949
35,697
60,898
2,899
1.9
35.2
60.1
2.9
2001-02
101,425
*2002-03
103,074
12,935
12.5
47,964
46.5
42,151
40.9
24
<0.1
2003-04
105,231
6,866
6.5
50,434
47.9
47,905
45.5
26
<0.1
Notes: *The writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 20. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Characteristics and Performance by Achievement Level,
Grade 7
Category
All Students
Female
Male
Not Coded
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Not Coded
Not Exceptional
Academically/Intellectually Gifted
AIG Reading
61
AIG Mathematics
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Learning Disabled-Reading
Learning Disabled-Mathematics
Learning Disabled-Written Expression
Learning Disabled-Other
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injured
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
1
Number
Tested1
105,231
51,311
53,790
130
1,677
1,874
31,366
5,649
3,041
61,515
109
74,472
15,431
12,486
12,169
14,620
1,145
143
1,645
7,053
5,409
2,652
5,611
174
214
44
2,203
44
30
161
0
10
5
Percent2
100.0
48.8
51.1
0.1
1.6
1.8
29.8
5.4
2.9
58.5
0.1
70.8
14.7
11.9
11.6
13.9
1.1
0.1
1.6
6.7
5.1
2.5
5.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
2.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
Number
At or
Above
Level III
47,931
28,540
19,352
39
476
1,072
9,465
1,747
1,439
33,714
18
32,484
13,335
10,966
10,496
1,825
95
28
*
735
467
250
537
25
43
10
348
9
3
40
*
1
3
Percent
At or
Above
Level III
45.5
55.6
36.0
30.0
28.4
57.2
30.2
30.9
47.3
54.8
16.5
43.6
86.4
87.8
86.3
12.5
8.3
19.6
<=5.0
10.4
8.6
9.4
9.6
14.4
20.1
22.7
15.8
20.5
10.0
24.8
*
10.0
60.0
Number
At
Level I
6,866
1,953
4,888
25
221
108
3,217
722
163
2,411
24
3,263
30
26
32
3,504
376
33
*
1,407
1,269
719
1,228
46
33
11
430
5
9
60
*
7
0
Percent
At
Level I
6.5
3.8
9.1
19.2
13.2
5.8
10.3
12.8
5.4
3.9
22.0
4.4
0.2
0.2
0.3
24.0
32.8
23.1
*
19.9
23.5
27.1
21.9
26.4
15.4
25.0
19.5
11.4
30.0
37.3
*
70.0
0.0
Number
At
Level II
50,434
20,818
29,550
66
980
694
18,684
3,180
1,439
25,390
67
38,725
2,066
1,494
1,641
9,291
674
82
*
4,911
3,673
1,683
3,846
103
138
23
1,425
30
18
61
*
2
2
Percent
At
Level II
47.9
40.6
54.9
50.8
58.4
37.0
59.6
56.3
47.3
41.3
61.5
52.0
13.4
12.0
13.5
63.5
58.9
57.3
*
69.6
67.9
63.5
68.5
59.2
64.5
52.3
64.7
68.2
60.0
37.9
*
20.0
40.0
Number
At
Level III
47,905
28,526
19,340
39
476
1,071
9,465
1,747
1,438
33,690
18
32,481
13,313
10,944
10,478
1,824
95
28
*
734
467
249
536
25
43
10
348
9
3
40
*
1
3
Percent
At
Level III
45.5
55.6
36.0
30.0
28.4
57.2
30.2
30.9
47.3
54.8
16.5
43.6
86.3
87.7
86.1
12.5
8.3
19.6
*
10.4
8.6
9.4
9.6
14.4
20.1
22.7
15.8
20.5
10.0
24.8
*
10.0
60.0
Notes: "Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*
Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
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Number
At
Level IV
26
14
12
0
0
1
0
0
1
24
0
3
22
22
18
1
0
0
*
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*
0
0
Percent
At
Level IV
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
*
0.0
0.0
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Table 20. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Characteristics and Performance by Achievement Level,
Grade 7 (continued)
Category
Number
Tested1
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
Not Coded
Limited English Proficient
LEP less than 2 years
LEP greater than 2 years
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Percent2
Number
At or
Above
Percent
At or
Above
Level III
Level III
*
25.6
40.5
13.8
13.2
14.1
48.6
33.3
34.5
17.7
19
1,904
708
2,383
790
1,593
83,590
19,129
1,676
288
0.0
1.8
0.7
2.3
0.8
1.5
79.4
18.2
1.6
0.3
*
488
287
328
104
224
40,639
6,367
578
51
3
52
66
275
0
1,091
32
16
2,121
67
6,887
3
17
2,209
12,449
10,368
674
15
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.1
6.5
0.0
0.0
2.1
11.8
9.9
0.6
0.0
*
14
22
113
*
*
3
5
198
4
361
*
5
168
1,417
938
63
1
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Level I
Level I
*
8.3
9.7
26.8
34.7
22.9
5.5
10.4
10.0
19.1
Level II
*
488
287
328
104
224
40,620
6,363
577
51
Level III
*
25.6
40.5
13.8
13.2
14.1
48.6
33.3
34.4
17.7
Level IV
*
1,258
352
1,416
412
1,004
38,314
10,782
931
182
Level II
*
66.1
49.7
59.4
52.2
63.0
45.8
56.4
55.5
63.2
Level III
*
158
69
639
274
365
4,637
1,980
167
55
*
0
0
0
0
0
19
4
1
0
Level IV
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
*
15
16
44
*
*
12
4
608
25
2,300
*
4
713
3,154
2,938
229
3
*
28.8
24.2
16.0
*
*
37.5
25.0
28.7
37.3
33.4
*
23.5
32.3
25.3
28.3
34.0
20.0
*
23
28
118
*
*
17
7
1,315
38
4,226
*
8
1,328
7,878
6,492
382
11
*
44.2
42.4
42.9
*
*
53.1
43.8
62.0
56.7
61.4
*
47.1
60.1
63.3
62.6
56.7
73.3
*
14
22
113
*
*
3
5
198
4
361
*
5
168
1,417
938
63
1
*
26.9
33.3
41.1
*
*
9.4
31.3
9.3
6.0
5.2
*
29.4
7.6
11.4
9.0
9.3
6.7
*
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
0
0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Accommodations
Braille Edition
62
Large Print Edition
Assistive Technology Devices
Keyboarding Devices
Cranmer Abacus
Dictation to Scribe
Interpreter/Transliterator Signs/Cues Test
Magnification Devices
Student Marks Answers in Test Book
Accommodation Notification Form
Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud (in English)
Braille Writer/Slate and Stylus (and Braille Paper)
Hospital/Home Testing
Multiple Testing Sessions
Scheduled Extended Time
Testing in a Separate Room
English/Native Language Dictionary/Electronic Translator
One Test Item Per Page Edition
*
26.9
33.3
41.1
*
<=5.0
9.4
31.3
9.3
6.0
5.2
*
29.4
7.6
11.4
9.0
9.3
6.7
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*
Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
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Table 21. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Average Score,
Grade 7
Category
63
All Students
Female
Male
Not Coded
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Not Coded
Not Exceptional
Academically/Intellectually Gifted
AIG Reading
AIG Mathematics
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Learning Disabled-Reading
Learning Disabled-Mathematics
Learning Disabled-Written Expression
Learning Disabled-Other
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injured
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
Number
Tested1
105,231
51,311
53,790
130
1,677
1,874
31,366
5,649
3,041
61,515
109
74,472
15,431
12,486
12,169
14,620
1,145
143
1,645
7,053
5,409
2,652
5,611
174
214
44
2,203
44
30
161
0
10
5
Average Total
Percent2
100.0
48.8
51.1
0.1
1.6
1.8
29.8
5.4
2.9
58.5
0.1
70.8
14.7
11.9
11.6
13.9
1.1
0.1
1.6
6.7
5.1
2.5
5.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
2.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
Average
Weighted
Writing Score Content Score
11.0
8.2
11.5
8.4
10.5
7.9
9.7
7.5
10.0
7.6
11.5
8.5
10.2
7.8
10.1
7.7
11.0
8.2
11.4
8.4
9.3
7.3
11.0
8.1
13.0
9.3
13.1
9.3
13.0
9.2
8.9
7.2
8.3
6.7
9.1
7.2
6.6
5.7
9.0
7.4
8.8
7.2
8.6
7.0
8.9
7.3
8.9
7.1
9.4
7.3
9.3
7.5
9.2
7.3
9.2
7.6
8.6
6.8
8.4
6.7
*
*
6.0
5.4
11.4
8.0
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Average
Conventions
Score
2.8
3.1
2.5
2.3
2.3
3.0
2.5
2.4
2.9
3.0
1.9
2.8
3.7
3.7
3.7
1.7
1.6
1.9
0.9
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.7
2.1
1.8
1.9
1.6
1.8
1.7
*
0.6
3.4
Number
Percent
Non-scorable Non-scorable
286
0.3
68
0.1
214
0.2
4
0.0
17
0.0
7
0.0
85
0.1
82
0.1
5
0.0
89
0.1
1
0.0
136
0.1
7
0.0
7
0.0
7
0.0
133
0.1
26
0.0
2
0.0
48
0.0
32
0.0
39
0.0
27
0.0
36
0.0
2
0.0
4
0.0
0
0.0
9
0.0
1
0.0
0
0.0
2
0.0
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*
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0.0
0
0.0
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Table 21. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Average Score,
Grade 7 (continued)
Category
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Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
Not Coded
Limited English Proficient
LEP less than 2 years
LEP greater than 2 years
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Accommodations
Braille Edition
Large Print Edition
Assistive Technology Devices
Keyboarding Devices
Cranmer Abacus
Dictation to Scribe
Interpreter/Transliterator Signs/Cues Test
Magnification Devices
Student Marks Answers in Test Book
Accommodation Notification Form
Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud (in English)
Braille Writer/Slate and Stylus (and Braille Paper)
Hospital/Home Testing
Multiple Testing Sessions
Scheduled Extended Time
Testing in a Separate Room
English/Native Language Dictionary/Electronic Translator
One Test Item Per Page Edition
Number
Tested1
Average Total
Percent2
19
1,904
708
2,383
790
1,593
83,590
19,129
1,676
288
0.0
1.8
0.7
2.3
0.8
1.5
79.4
18.2
1.6
0.3
3
52
66
275
0
1,091
32
16
2,121
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17
2,209
12,449
10,368
674
15
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.1
6.5
0.0
0.0
2.1
11.8
9.9
0.6
0.0
Average
Weighted
Writing Score Content Score
3.8
3.7
10.2
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10.6
7.9
8.7
7.0
8.2
6.5
9.0
7.2
11.1
8.3
10.3
7.8
10.4
7.9
9.3
7.3
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9.0
10.2
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7.2
8.0
9.4
8.5
7.8
8.1
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8.8
8.2
8.8
8.5
8.2
8.3
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
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7.3
7.2
8.0
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6.4
7.6
7.0
6.4
6.8
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6.8
7.1
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6.6
6.8
Average
Conventions
Score
0.2
2.3
2.6
1.7
1.6
1.8
2.9
2.5
2.5
1.9
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1.8
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1.3
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Table 22. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Distribution of Scale Scores,
Grade 7
TOTAL NUMBER
OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF
STUDENTS WITH
SCORES
NUMBER OF NONSCORABLE PAPERS
MEAN
105,231
HIGH SCORE 20
104,945
LOW SCORE
4
286
11.0
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DEVIATION
2.3
VARIANCE
5.4
PERCENTILES
90
75
50 (MEDIAN)
25
10
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
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LEV
IV
III
II
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FREQUENCY
CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
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CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
20
18
1
25
105231
105230
0.00
0.02
100.00
100.00
16
15
14
13
12
4481
409
10821
2603
29591
105205
100724
100315
89494
86891
4.26
0.39
10.28
2.47
28.12
99.98
95.72
95.33
85.05
82.57
11
10
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7377
35965
2798
4294
57300
49923
13958
11160
7.01
34.18
2.66
4.08
54.45
47.44
13.26
10.61
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6
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1529
1718
847
2486
286
6866
5337
3619
2772
286
1.45
1.63
0.80
2.36
0.27
6.52
5.07
3.44
2.63
0.27
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SCORE
13.98
12.23
10.86
9.84
8.35
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North Carolina Writing Assessment
Grade 7
Copies of Grade 7
Sample Student Responses
The North Carolina Writing Assessment Scoring Model is comprised of a content component
with a 1-4 score scale and a conventions component with a 0-2 score scale. To report a total
writing scale score for each student, the score is computed by combining the content and
conventions scores using the following model:
Total Writing Assessment Score = sum of the (content component scores from two independent
readers multiplied by 2) + the sum of the (conventions component scores from two independent
readers multiplied by 1).
The following pages provide copies of sample student responses from grade 7. The total content
score, total conventions score, total writing score, achievement level, and annotated explanations
of the scores are provided for each response.
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Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
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Total Writing Score:
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Although the response mentions tardiness, the topic/subject is not clear. The
organizational structure does not establish relationships among the ideas presented
because ideas are offered in a random fashion. The response moves from excuses for
tardiness (…because my locker get jammed or I had to go to the bathroom) to sympathy
for teachers (But from the other point of view I can also see where teachers are coming
from) to the inevitability of tardiness (…no matter how you look at there are always
going to be that one or two late student…), and to a final suggestion (…they should
extend they time we have to go from class to class). It is unclear what relationship is
intended between the solution (… they should extend they time we have to go from class
to class) and the apparent support/elaboration in the paper (…because my locker get
jammed or I had to go to the bathroom…if I were in the middle class teaching and
someone just Stormed in my classroom…I Would be angry to…whether they have a note
or they were just playing in the hallway.). While the response does exhibit some
vocabulary use that is precise and purposeful (Stormed in, extended they time.) and
exhibits some sentence fluency with subordination and coordination, the response
remains, holistically, at a 1 score point level.
Conventions Annotation:
In a fairly short response there are a density and variety of conventions errors. The
second sentence is a fragment. Also, the conventions errors include examples of
incorrect verb use (my locker get jammed), problems with agreement in number (some
student have and that one or two late student), missing commas, incorrect capitalizations,
and several misspellings (Beeause, whethe, tardey, and they for the). The response,
therefore, exhibits a lack of control of conventions, a 0 score point level.
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That is my second solution.). While there is some precise and
purposeful vocabulary, the response exhibits minimal use of
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errors, particularly in the case of wrongly placed commas (The
first solution is, if the student walks into class late, and
disruptive...), and several misspellings (half a page, shoud, in
side, papertowel, scub, comming, ontime). The response,
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Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
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Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
10
II
Content Annotation:
The response has a generally clear topic/subject (three solutions), and maintains its focus.
The organization, however, remains formulaic, and the support and elaboration are
general and list-like (The second solution is, if the student walks into class late, and
disruptive they should get lunch detention. For example, the student has to get his/her
lunch and eat with the teacher in the classroom. The student also doesn’t get to go and
play outside. When he/she is in side they have to work. That is my second solution.).
While there is some precise and purposeful vocabulary, the response exhibits minimal
use of sentence fluency. Each body paragraph begins with the same pattern (The first
solution is, if the student walks into class late, and disruptive…) and includes a second
sentence that begins with the same transition (For example…) and ends with a simple
formulaic sentence (That is my first solution…That is my second solution…That is my last
solution.). Score point level of 2.
Conventions Annotation:
The response contains a variety of conventions errors. There is a double negative
(nobody gets no). There are also punctuation errors, particularly in the case of wrongly
placed commas (The first solution is, if the student walks into class late and disruptive…),
and several misspellings (half a page, shoud, in side, paper towel, scub, comming,
ontime). The response, however, contains no sentence formation errors. Score point
level of 1.
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Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
12
4
Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
16
III
Content Annotation:
The response has a clear topic/subject (Tardies have become a big problem in our
school), and exhibits no major lapses in focus. There is a reasonable organizational
structure, though a minor lapse in logical progression occurs in the third paragraph with
minor repetition (If more time was given, the number of students in detention would
decrease. Kids would be able to arrive to class on time, so they would not receive
punishment. Less children in detention results in more in the classroom getting attention
they deserve.). The support and elaboration in the response are related to and support the
topic/subject and include specific details (By doing this, the phone lines will be busy for a
while and detention will be full…Kids would be in class getting a suitable education
instead of frolicking in the halls). The response demonstrates vocabulary that is precise
(witness, frolicking). Reasonable sentence fluency is generally demonstrated throughout
the response (If not all children are seated in their seats when the bell rings, then why not
delay the bell? Have it ring five to ten minutes later so kids are sure to have enough time
to get to class. By following through with this, you will no longer witness disrupted
classes). Score point level of 3.
Conventions Annotation:
The response exhibits reasonable control of conventions. There are only a couple of
usage errors (her’s for her, and you for your), a few spelling errors (interuptions, equaly),
and a few errors in comma use. Score point level of 2.
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Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
16
4
Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
20
IV
Content Annotation:
The topic/subject is clear and focus is maintained throughout the response.
Organizational structure establishes relationships between/across ideas. There is a logical
progression of ideas that consists of specific, developed details (Something small and
affordable could be given to the student when they made their way into class at the
correct time. Play money or small, plastic coins would be an appropriate item. The fake
currency could then be traded in for small prizes. Candy, stickers, or school supplies
would serve the purpose. The classroom that I attend carries out a similar program…).
The response exhibits skillful use of vocabulary that is precise and purposeful (A
motivational incentive program may inspire the student to be in class at the designated
time), and it demonstrates skillful sentence fluency through the effective use of a variety
of sentence types (The classroom that I attend carries out a similar program. When a
student follows the established rules or when they do a benevolent deed for their teacher,
the child recieves a small piece of paper.). Score point level of 4.
Conventions Annotation:
The response demonstrates reasonable control of conventions. A usage problem (when
they made their way), a misspelling (recieves), and a few extra commas and a missing
comma are about all that is incorrectly done. Score point level of 2.
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Grade 7
Regional by LEA Performance
Tables 23 through 30 provide the number of students tested and the percent of students at or
above Achievement Level III for each of the LEAs by region (former six Technical Assistance
Centers configurations). Performance by ethnicity, gender, Title I, and Migrant students is also
provided for each LEA.
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Table 23. North Carolina Testing Program, Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III, by LEA,
Grade 7
State
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>=95
...
2004 LEA Performance
Quest Academy**
94
...
90
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Magellan**
86
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80
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Exploris**, Success Institute**
Gaston College Prep**
Metrolina**
75
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
2001 State
2000 State
73
72
Elkin City, Lake Norman**
1999 State
70
69
68
67
1998,2002 State
1996 State
1997 State
2004 State
2003 State
Notes:
Mountain Community**
Dare, Mooresville City
Mount Airy City, Sterling Montessori**, Watauga
65
...
63
62
61
Thomas Jefferson**, Union Academy**
59
58
57
56
55
54
53
52
51
50
49
48
47
46
45
44
43
42
41
40
...
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
...
Ashe
Alpha Academy**, Camden
Forsyth Academies**
East Wake Academy**, Henderson, Iredell-Statesville
Catawba
Chatham, Union
Buncombe, Stokes, Summit Charter**
Guilford Charter**, Guilford, Haywood, Orange, Piedmont Community**, Transylvani
Caldwell, Clay, Cleveland, Moore, Surry
Cabarrus, Carteret, Currituck, Graham, Johnston, Mountain Discovery**, River Mill Academy**, Stanly, Woods Charter*
Lincoln Charter**, Macon, Onslow, Roanoke Rapids City, Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Alleghany, Burke, Cherokee, Kings Mountain City, Orange Charter**, Pamlico, Yancey
New Hanover, Person, Rockingham
Brevard Academy**, Granville, Yadkin
Edenton/Chowan, Gaston
Evergreen Community**, Lee, Research Triangle**, Wayne, Wilson
Alamance-Burlington, Caswell, Cumberland, Harnett, Mitchell, Newton-Conover City, Pender, Randolph, Scotland
Avery, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Greensboro Academy**, Pitt
Brunswick, Cape Fear Center**, Clover Garden**, Davidson, Durham, F Delany New School**
Alexander, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank, Hickory City, Kannapolis City
20
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18
...
14
13
...
11
...
8
...
C.G. Woodson**, Carter Community**, Jones, Quality Education**
<=5
<=5
<=5
Sugar Creek**
SPARC Academy**
Academy of Moore County**, Grandfather Academy**, Kennedy Charter**, Lakeside School**, Omuteko Gwamaziima**
Wake
Franklin Academy**, Polk
Jackson, Montgomery, Nash-Rocky Mount, Perquimans, Rowan-Salisbury, Wilkes
Asheboro City, Davie, Franklin
Asheville City, Clinton City, Craven, Duplin, McDowell, Shelby City, Swain, Vance Charter**, Warren
Arapahoe Charter**, Beaufort, Downtown Middle**
Madison
Anson, ArtSpace Charter**, Bethany Community**, Bladen, Gates, Lenoi
Lexington City, Sampson
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**, Richmond, Rocky Mount Prep Sch**, Rutherford
Kestrel Heights**
Edgecombe, Hyde, Lincoln, Northampton, Vance
Hertford
Chatham Charter**, Martin
Bertie, Hoke, S.B. Howard**
Halifax
Columbus, Robeson, Thomasville City
American Ren. Middle**, Greene, Imani Institute**
Whiteville City
Weldon City
Ann Atwater**, Crossnore Academy**
Bridges**, Tyrrell
Washington
CIS Academy**, Provisions Academy**
†
Percents are rounded to the nearest whole percent.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than
or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete charter school name
can be found in the Appendix.
Beginning in 2003, data are reported using the revised standard and are generated using the new scoring model.
Data for 2003 are from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
83
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Table 24. North Carolina Testing Program, Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Average Total Writing Score, by LEA,
Grade 7
State
2004 State
2003 State
Mean Score† 2004 LEA Performance
14.3
Quest Academy**
...
13.7
Magellan**
...
13.3
Gaston College Prep**
13.1
Exploris**
12.9
Elkin City
...
12.5
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City, Lake Norman**, Mountain Community**
12.3
Watauga
12.1
Mount Airy City
12.0
Dare, Mooresville City, River Mill Academy**, Success Institute**
11.9
Ashe, Metrolina**, Thomas Jefferson**, Wake
11.7
Catawba, Franklin Academy**, Guilford Charter**, Haywood, Sterling Montessori**, Stokes, Union Academy**
11.5
Buncombe, Camden, Chatham, Cleveland, Graham, Henderson, Iredell-Statesville, Moore, Surry, Union
11.3
Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Cherokee, Currituck, East Wake Academy**, F Delany New School**,
Forsyth Academies**, Granville, Guilford, Johnston, Lincoln Charter**, Mountain Discovery**, Onslow, Orange,
Polk, Stanly, Transylvania, Winston-Salem/Forsyth, Woods Charter**, Yancey
11.1
Alleghany, Caswell, Macon, Piedmont Community**, Research Triangle**, Rockingham, Wilson
11.0
Brunswick, Carteret, Clay, Gaston, Kings Mountain City, Mitchell, New Hanover, Newton-Conover City, Pender,
Roanoke Rapids City, Summit Charter**, Yadkin
10.9
Alamance-Burlington, ArtSpace Charter**, Asheville City, Avery, Clinton City, Cumberland, Davidson,
Edenton/Chowan, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank, Evergreen Community**, Greensboro Academy**, Harnett, Lee,
Pamlico, Person, Randolph, Scotland, Swain, Wayne
10.7
Alexander, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Kannapolis City, Montgomery, Nash-Rocky Mount,
Pitt, Wilkes
10.5
Alpha Academy**, Anson, Asheboro City, Beaufort, Bladen, Brevard Academy**, Cape Fear Center**,
Clover Garden**, Craven, Duplin, Gates, Hickory City, Jackson, Lexington City, Madison, McDowell,
Orange Charter**, Perquimans, Richmond, Rowan-Salisbury, Sampson, Thomasville City
10.3
American Ren. Middle**, Arapahoe Charter**, Downtown Middle**, Edgecombe, Hertford, Hyde, Kestrel Heights**,
Omuteko Gwamaziima**, Shelby City, Vance Charter**, Warren
10.1
C.G. Woodson**, Chatham Charter**, Greene, Jones, Rutherford, Vance
10.0
Bertie, Crossnore Academy**, Lenoir
9.9
Bethany Community**, Northampton, Weldon City
9.7
Bridges**, Carter Community**, Halifax, Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**, Hoke, Imani Institute**, Martin, Robeson,
Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
9.5
Ann Atwater**, Columbus, Lincoln, Quality Education**, Whiteville City
...
8.9
Grandfather Academy**, Tyrrell
8.7
Provisions Academy**, S.B. Howard**
8.5
Sugar Creek**, Washington
...
8.1
Academy of Moore County**
...
7.7
SPARC Academy**
...
6.9
CIS Academy**
6.7
Kennedy Charter**
<=5.0
Lakeside School**
†
Notes: Scale scores are rounded up to the nearest two-tenths of a point.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent,
or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete charter school name
can be found in the Appendix.
Beginning in 2003, data are reported using the revised standard and are generated usig the new scoring model
Data for 2003 are from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
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Table 25a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA and Ethnicity
Western Region
Total
85
State
Western Region
Buncombe
ArtSpace Charter**
Asheville City
F Delany New School**
Evergreen Community**
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Mountain Community**
Jackson
Summit Charter**
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Thomas Jefferson**
Swain
Mountain Discovery**
Transylvania
Brevard Academy**
Yancey
Number
Tested
105,231
7,540
1,965
15
247
17
36
285
105
80
600
929
16
283
15
300
215
521
175
190
781
79
141
10
307
13
215
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
47.3
53.3
33.3
36.0
41.2
44.4
48.1
51.4
50.0
51.5
56.3
68.8
37.8
53.3
49.0
34.4
35.5
42.9
61.1
31.2
64.6
35.5
50.0
52.4
46.2
47.9
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,677
113
13
0
1
0
1
4
0
9
5
6
0
37
0
2
0
2
1
0
6
0
24
1
1
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
28.4
33.6
38.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
66.7
80.0
33.3
*
29.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
33.3
*
29.2
*
*
*
*
Asian
Number
Tested
1,874
48
15
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
7
0
0
1
4
0
12
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
57.2
54.2
73.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
71.4
*
*
*
*
*
25.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Black
Number
Tested
31,366
489
121
0
124
4
1
4
0
0
2
44
1
3
0
5
1
20
0
12
127
1
2
0
15
1
1
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.2
26.0
29.8
*
18.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
40.9
*
*
*
60.0
*
40.0
*
41.7
16.5
*
*
*
46.7
*
*
Hispanic
Number
Tested
5,649
262
63
0
14
0
0
8
0
0
10
83
1
4
0
6
2
18
7
9
24
1
1
0
3
2
6
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.9
33.6
38.1
*
21.4
*
*
25.0
*
*
20.0
38.6
*
*
*
50.0
*
33.3
57.1
33.3
8.3
*
*
*
*
*
16.7
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
3,041
179
56
0
13
0
2
4
0
2
10
29
0
8
0
4
5
4
2
5
19
0
3
1
8
2
2
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.3
44.1
53.6
*
38.5
*
*
*
*
*
30.0
37.9
*
50.0
*
*
60.0
*
*
80.0
21.1
*
*
*
37.5
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
White
Number
Tested
61,515
6,444
1,697
15
95
12
32
264
105
69
569
760
14
230
14
279
207
464
165
164
603
76
111
8
277
8
206
Percent At
or Above
Level III
54.8
49.8
55.5
33.3
61.1
41.7
50.0
50.8
51.4
46.4
52.0
59.9
71.4
39.1
57.1
49.8
33.8
36.0
42.4
63.4
35.5
64.5
36.0
50.0
53.1
37.5
48.5
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 25b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students,
Western Region
Total
Number
Tested
86
State
Western Region
Buncombe
ArtSpace Charter**
Asheville City
F Delany New School**
Evergreen Community**
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Mountain Community**
Jackson
Summit Charter**
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Thomas Jefferson**
Swain
Mountain Discovery**
Transylvania
Brevard Academy**
Yancey
105,231
7,540
1,965
15
247
17
36
285
105
80
600
929
16
283
15
300
215
521
175
190
781
79
141
10
307
13
215
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
47.3
53.3
33.3
36.0
41.2
44.4
48.1
51.4
50.0
51.5
56.3
68.8
37.8
53.3
49.0
34.4
35.5
42.9
61.1
31.2
64.6
35.5
50.0
52.4
46.2
47.9
Number
Tested
53,790
3,877
1,019
7
129
7
19
134
42
37
316
483
4
157
9
139
107
290
83
101
395
41
69
4
162
10
113
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
36.0
36.6
43.7
14.3
22.5
42.9
15.8
28.4
40.5
45.9
36.4
47.4
*
28.7
33.3
41.7
20.6
28.3
36.1
47.5
20.8
51.2
20.3
*
43.2
50.0
34.5
Number
Tested
51,311
3,647
945
8
118
10
17
151
63
43
284
446
12
124
6
160
108
230
92
89
385
38
62
6
145
3
102
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
55.6
58.9
63.7
50.0
50.8
40.0
76.5
65.6
58.7
53.5
68.3
65.9
75.0
50.0
83.3
55.6
48.1
44.8
48.9
76.4
42.1
78.9
51.6
66.7
62.8
*
62.7
Number
Tested
83,590
6,263
1,961
15
247
12
3
192
105
80
541
923
0
24
15
23
213
521
0
190
778
0
0
6
307
0
107
Percent At
or Above
Level III
48.6
48.3
53.3
33.3
36.0
50.0
*
47.4
51.4
50.0
56.0
56.6
*
16.7
53.3
60.9
33.8
35.5
*
61.1
31.4
*
*
66.7
52.4
*
59.8
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
19,129
1,042
0
0
0
0
0
93
0
0
0
0
0
258
0
277
0
0
174
0
0
0
141
0
0
11
88
Percent At
or Above
Level III
33.3
42.8
*
*
*
*
*
49.5
*
*
*
*
*
39.5
*
48.0
*
*
43.1
*
*
*
35.5
*
*
45.5
39.8
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
1,676
207
0
0
0
5
33
0
0
0
52
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
79
0
4
0
0
18
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Percent At
or Above
Level III
34.5
43.5
*
*
*
20.0
48.5
*
*
*
11.5
*
68.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
64.6
*
*
*
*
22.2
Migrant
Number
Tested
288
21
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Percent At
or Above
Level III
17.7
14.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
16.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
16.7
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 26a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA and Ethnicity
Northwest Region
Total
87
State
Northwest Region
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Grandfather Academy**
Crossnore Academy**
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Hickory City
Newton-Conover City
Davidson
Lexington City
Thomasville City
Davie
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Quality Education**
Downtown Middle**
C.G. Woodson**
Forsyth Academies**
Iredell-Statesville
American Ren. Middle**
Success Institute**
Mooresville City
Stokes
Surry
Elkin City
Bridges**
Mount Airy City
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Number
Tested
105,231
16,353
419
102
250
177
5
7
1,206
996
1,337
313
186
1,632
241
196
482
3,623
20
77
15
65
1,445
66
7
355
565
657
102
8
177
373
774
475
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
48.6
39.9
48.0
59.2
42.4
*
14.3
47.8
51.3
55.0
40.3
43.0
40.8
32.4
24.0
36.5
49.2
20.0
35.1
20.0
56.9
56.0
22.7
85.7
67.3
52.6
50.5
72.5
12.5
66.7
66.5
38.4
46.1
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,677
63
1
1
0
1
0
0
4
2
6
0
1
5
1
2
3
15
0
1
0
0
7
0
0
3
4
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
Percent At
or Above
Level III
28.4
38.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
50.0
*
*
40.0
*
*
*
33.3
*
*
*
*
42.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Asian
Number
Tested
1,874
422
18
0
1
1
0
0
103
8
106
30
15
12
19
1
1
46
0
1
0
1
34
0
0
6
0
8
0
0
6
2
2
1
Percent At
or Above
Level III
57.2
43.6
27.8
*
*
*
*
*
33.0
87.5
43.4
33.3
26.7
41.7
31.6
*
*
65.2
*
*
*
*
50.0
*
*
66.7
*
25.0
*
*
83.3
*
*
*
Black
Number
Tested
31,366
2,579
20
2
5
2
0
0
96
62
84
84
37
39
103
106
43
1,331
17
41
14
30
250
8
7
63
32
21
4
1
17
5
34
21
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.2
31.6
25.0
*
60.0
*
*
*
27.1
43.5
47.6
16.7
27.0
20.5
26.2
23.6
14.0
31.6
23.5
19.5
21.4
50.0
34.0
*
85.7
39.7
40.6
38.1
*
*
58.8
60.0
35.3
28.6
Hispanic
Number
Tested
5,649
881
15
5
3
4
0
0
34
19
74
26
14
43
40
23
30
280
3
2
1
4
73
0
0
1
10
69
8
0
11
3
36
50
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.9
30.3
40.0
20.0
*
*
*
*
47.1
42.1
35.1
26.9
42.9
32.6
15.0
<=5.0
6.7
25.7
*
*
*
*
46.6
*
*
*
70.0
36.2
50.0
*
36.4
*
22.2
26.0
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
3,041
393
5
1
2
2
0
0
36
26
27
14
6
22
8
8
4
125
0
2
0
5
40
2
0
3
14
5
4
0
6
5
13
8
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.3
46.6
20.0
*
*
*
*
*
38.9
46.2
59.3
50.0
16.7
50.0
37.5
37.5
*
48.8
*
*
*
40.0
60.0
*
*
*
50.0
60.0
*
*
50.0
80.0
15.4
25.0
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
White
Number
Tested
61,515
12,012
360
93
239
167
5
7
933
879
1,040
158
113
1,511
69
56
401
1,825
0
30
0
25
1,041
56
0
279
505
551
86
7
137
357
688
394
Percent At
or Above
Level III
54.8
53.9
41.7
50.5
59.0
42.5
*
14.3
52.1
51.9
58.1
55.7
52.2
41.4
52.2
30.4
41.1
65.4
*
53.3
*
64.0
62.1
26.8
*
73.5
53.3
53.2
74.4
14.3
70.1
66.7
39.8
50.0
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 26b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students,
Northwest Region
Total
Number
Tested
88
State
Northwest Region
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Grandfather Academy**
Crossnore Academy**
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Hickory City
Newton-Conover City
Davidson
Lexington City
Thomasville City
Davie
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Quality Education**
Downtown Middle**
C.G. Woodson**
Forsyth Academies**
Iredell-Statesville
American Ren. Middle**
Success Institute**
Mooresville City
Stokes
Surry
Elkin City
Bridges**
Mount Airy City
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
105,231
16,353
419
102
250
177
5
7
1,206
996
1,337
313
186
1,632
241
196
482
3,623
20
77
15
65
1,445
66
7
355
565
657
102
8
177
373
774
475
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
48.6
39.9
48.0
59.2
42.4
*
14.3
47.8
51.3
55.0
40.3
43.0
40.8
32.4
24.0
36.5
49.2
20.0
35.1
20.0
56.9
56.0
22.7
85.7
67.3
52.6
50.5
72.5
12.5
66.7
66.5
38.4
46.1
Number
Tested
53,790
8,369
219
49
137
87
3
5
579
510
697
135
88
861
117
122
241
1,864
12
41
11
31
750
34
5
188
265
340
47
6
92
192
402
239
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
36.0
39.1
30.6
30.6
48.2
28.7
*
20.0
36.8
40.6
45.9
37.0
33.0
30.4
23.1
18.0
29.0
40.0
33.3
31.7
9.1
58.1
46.5
14.7
80.0
60.6
41.9
40.3
61.7
16.7
62.0
58.9
28.4
33.5
Number
Tested
51,311
7,971
200
53
113
90
2
2
627
486
640
178
98
768
123
74
241
1,752
8
36
4
34
694
32
2
167
300
317
55
2
85
181
372
235
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
55.6
58.6
50.0
64.2
72.6
55.6
*
*
58.1
62.6
64.8
42.7
52.0
52.5
41.5
33.8
44.0
59.1
*
38.9
*
55.9
66.1
31.3
*
74.9
62.0
61.5
81.8
*
71.8
74.6
49.2
59.1
Number
Tested
83,590
14,127
372
0
250
0
0
0
1,205
480
1,329
0
186
1,630
0
196
469
3,075
0
68
0
0
1,436
66
0
354
544
642
102
7
176
324
748
468
Percent At
or Above
Level III
48.6
50.2
43.0
*
59.2
*
*
*
47.9
50.0
55.1
*
43.0
40.8
*
24.0
37.3
53.1
*
36.8
*
*
56.0
22.7
*
67.5
53.5
51.2
72.5
14.3
66.5
69.4
38.9
46.8
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
19,129
1,529
0
102
0
175
5
7
0
516
0
144
0
0
241
0
0
248
20
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
49
20
1
Percent At
or Above
Level III
33.3
40.3
*
48.0
*
42.9
*
14.3
*
52.5
*
38.2
*
*
32.4
*
*
22.2
20.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
46.9
25.0
*
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
Percent At
or Above
Level III
1,676
622
47
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
168
0
0
0
0
12
296
0
8
15
65
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
34.5
35.5
14.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
42.3
*
*
*
*
*
32.1
*
25.0
20.0
56.9
*
*
85.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Migrant
Number
Tested
288
23
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
4
2
Percent At
or Above
Level III
17.7
13.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
14.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 27a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA and Ethnicity
Southwest Region
Total
89
State
Southwest Region
Anson
Cabarrus
Kannapolis City
Cleveland
Kings Mountain City
Shelby City
Gaston
Piedmont Community**
Hoke
Lincoln
Lincoln Charter**
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Kennedy Charter**
Lake Norman**
Sugar Creek**
Metrolina**
Montgomery
Moore
Academy of Moore County**
Richmond
Rowan-Salisbury
Scotland
Stanly
Union
Union Academy**
Number
Tested
105,231
23,922
369
1,689
331
783
400
264
2,591
33
483
916
39
8,845
9
154
40
15
349
848
10
661
1,650
552
796
2,033
62
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
43.4
33.1
50.3
39.9
51.0
48.3
36.4
45.3
51.5
26.1
28.7
48.7
42.0
*
72.7
<=5.0
80.0
37.8
51.3
*
31.2
37.5
43.1
49.9
53.9
64.5
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,677
251
4
7
0
0
2
0
14
0
52
1
0
36
0
0
1
0
0
10
0
29
8
78
1
8
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
28.4
30.7
*
14.3
*
*
*
*
57.1
*
13.5
*
*
13.9
*
*
*
*
*
30.0
*
37.9
37.5
43.6
*
25.0
*
Asian
Number
Tested
1,874
529
3
13
4
5
7
1
28
0
3
5
0
345
0
2
1
2
19
6
0
8
19
4
33
21
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
57.2
49.9
*
84.6
*
*
71.4
*
50.0
*
*
20.0
*
48.4
*
*
*
*
57.9
66.7
*
25.0
36.8
*
36.4
66.7
*
Black
Number
Tested
31,366
7,420
237
270
107
184
87
145
501
5
228
53
0
3,969
6
3
36
2
92
173
4
259
362
253
127
312
5
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.2
27.7
24.1
37.4
27.1
39.7
36.8
20.7
31.3
40.0
22.8
18.9
*
27.4
*
*
5.6
*
29.3
33.5
*
22.4
19.9
32.0
26.8
28.2
*
Hispanic
Number
Tested
5,649
1,454
5
92
42
14
5
6
82
0
27
53
0
756
0
3
0
0
58
44
0
20
87
5
20
133
2
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.9
27.3
*
31.5
35.7
35.7
40.0
33.3
29.3
*
25.9
24.5
*
23.9
*
*
*
*
15.5
36.4
*
40.0
25.3
60.0
35.0
38.3
*
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
3,041
626
5
42
14
11
15
9
52
1
32
20
2
269
0
3
1
1
5
26
0
15
38
13
19
32
1
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.3
41.4
60.0
52.4
50.0
54.5
80.0
*
34.6
*
25.0
30.0
*
38.7
*
*
*
*
20.0
38.5
*
46.7
42.1
69.2
42.1
53.1
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
White
Number
Tested
61,515
13,615
114
1,263
164
569
284
103
1,913
26
141
783
37
3,456
3
143
1
10
175
589
6
325
1,135
199
596
1,526
54
Percent At
or Above
Level III
54.8
53.9
51.8
54.2
48.2
54.5
49.3
62.1
49.9
53.8
35.5
29.8
51.4
62.7
*
72.7
*
80.0
48.0
58.4
*
36.9
43.9
54.3
56.4
60.6
70.4
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 27b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students,
Southwest Region
Total
Number
Tested
90
State
105,231
Southwest Region
23,922
Anson
369
Cabarrus
1,689
Kannapolis City
331
Cleveland
783
Kings Mountain City
400
Shelby City
264
Gaston
2,591
Piedmont Community**
33
Hoke
483
Lincoln
916
Lincoln Charter**
39
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
8,845
Kennedy Charter**
9
Lake Norman**
154
Sugar Creek**
40
Metrolina**
15
Montgomery
349
Moore
848
Academy of Moore County**
10
Richmond
661
Rowan-Salisbury
1,650
Scotland
552
Stanly
796
Union
2,033
Union Academy**
62
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
43.4
33.1
50.3
39.9
51.0
48.3
36.4
45.3
51.5
26.1
28.7
48.7
42.0
*
72.7
<=5.0
80.0
37.8
51.3
*
31.2
37.5
43.1
49.9
53.9
64.5
Number
Tested
53,790
12,222
197
865
181
379
200
132
1,304
14
236
466
21
4,486
8
69
21
10
181
433
5
363
837
296
435
1,055
28
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
36.0
34.3
22.3
41.2
28.7
39.3
39.0
31.8
33.4
42.9
17.8
21.2
42.9
33.1
*
68.1
9.5
70.0
32.0
43.9
*
24.2
27.1
32.1
42.3
45.7
53.6
Number
Tested
51,311
11,673
169
824
150
404
200
132
1,287
19
239
450
18
4,351
1
85
19
5
167
414
5
295
813
255
360
977
34
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
55.6
53.1
46.2
59.8
53.3
61.9
57.5
40.9
57.4
57.9
34.7
36.4
55.6
51.1
*
76.5
*
*
43.7
59.2
*
40.0
48.1
56.1
59.2
62.8
73.5
Number
Tested
83,590
22,116
369
1,685
329
782
400
264
2,577
30
482
662
39
7,549
0
154
0
14
324
792
0
661
1,630
542
738
2,031
62
Percent At
or Above
Level III
48.6
45.3
33.1
50.3
39.5
51.0
48.3
36.4
45.4
56.7
26.1
32.2
48.7
45.8
*
72.7
*
85.7
40.1
52.4
*
31.2
37.5
43.5
49.6
53.9
64.5
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
19,129
1,589
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
214
0
1,252
9
0
40
0
0
16
0
0
1
0
57
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
33.3
20.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
22.4
*
19.0
*
*
<=5.0
*
*
62.5
*
*
*
*
54.4
*
*
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
1,676
78
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
34.5
15.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
<=5.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
28.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Migrant
Number
Tested
288
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
12
0
0
1
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
17.7
21.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
25.0
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 28a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA and Ethnicity
Northeast Region
91
State
Northeast Region
Beaufort
Bertie
Camden
Edenton/Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe
Gates
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids City
Weldon City
Hertford
Hyde
Martin
Northampton
Gaston College Prep**
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Tyrrell
Washington
Total
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
105,231
45.5
6,835
37.6
594
35.4
262
26.3
123
57.7
210
44.8
304
50.3
392
67.9
613
29.4
159
32.7
439
24.6
220
49.1
111
18.0
284
27.5
52
28.8
349
27.2
216
28.7
58
89.7
459
40.3
120
37.5
1,649
41.5
45
13.3
176
10.8
American Indian
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
1,677
28.4
51
31.4
3
*
2
*
0
*
1
*
2
*
1
*
1
*
1
*
25
40.0
2
*
0
*
4
*
0
*
1
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
3
*
3
*
0
*
1
*
Asian
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
1,874
57.2
36
61.1
2
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
1
*
0
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
2
*
1
*
0
*
1
*
1
*
0
*
0
*
5
60.0
1
*
20
65.0
0
*
0
*
Black
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
31,366
30.2
3,459
24.7
235
22.6
222
23.9
20
45.0
94
25.5
23
39.1
12
50.0
376
24.5
70
24.3
383
22.7
49
28.6
106
17.9
233
24.0
20
10.0
181
17.1
166
23.5
49
89.8
225
28.0
30
33.3
806
27.2
21
9.5
138
<=5.0
Hispanic
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
5,649
30.9
144
32.6
25
8.0
1
*
0
*
3
*
3
*
12
66.7
23
30.4
0
*
0
*
3
*
0
*
1
*
3
*
6
*
3
*
0
*
7
28.6
1
*
52
40.4
0
*
1
*
Multi-Racial
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
3,041
47.3
97
48.5
13
46.2
3
*
0
*
2
*
5
80.0
6
66.7
1
*
2
*
6
33.3
0
*
0
*
2
*
1
*
5
20.0
0
*
4
*
8
37.5
1
*
35
48.6
0
*
3
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
White
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
61,515
54.8
3,042
52.1
316
47.2
32
40.6
103
60.2
110
61.8
270
51.1
361
68.4
209
38.8
84
40.5
25
36.0
164
54.3
4
*
44
47.7
26
42.3
155
39.4
46
47.8
5
*
214
53.3
84
40.5
733
56.3
24
16.7
33
33.3
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 28b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students,
Northeast Region
Total
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
92
State
Northeast Region
Beaufort
Bertie
Camden
Edenton/Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe
Gates
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids City
Weldon City
Hertford
Hyde
Martin
Northampton
Gaston College Prep**
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Tyrrell
Washington
105,231
6,835
594
262
123
210
304
392
613
159
439
220
111
284
52
349
216
58
459
120
1,649
45
176
45.5
37.6
35.4
26.3
57.7
44.8
50.3
67.9
29.4
32.7
24.6
49.1
18.0
27.5
28.8
27.2
28.7
89.7
40.3
37.5
41.5
13.3
10.8
Male
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
53,790
3,527
307
151
65
98
148
210
315
77
224
122
52
137
24
187
118
27
222
71
857
21
94
36.0
29.4
27.0
19.2
47.7
32.7
40.5
57.6
19.4
22.1
16.1
36.1
9.6
19.7
16.7
20.3
17.8
92.6
29.7
33.8
35.4
<=5.0
8.5
Female
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
51,311
3,303
287
111
58
112
156
181
298
82
215
98
59
147
28
162
98
31
237
49
788
24
82
55.6
46.5
44.3
36.0
69.0
55.4
59.6
80.1
39.9
42.7
33.5
65.3
25.4
34.7
39.3
35.2
41.8
87.1
50.2
42.9
48.2
20.8
13.4
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
83,590
4,234
394
6
107
1
304
391
510
159
2
0
0
0
7
113
1
0
459
120
1,582
45
33
48.6
42.1
39.3
33.3
60.7
*
50.3
67.8
28.6
32.7
*
*
*
*
42.9
33.6
*
*
40.3
37.5
41.8
13.3
9.1
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
19,129
2,565
200
252
0
209
0
0
102
0
435
216
111
284
45
236
214
58
0
0
60
0
143
33.3
30.4
27.5
25.8
*
45.0
*
*
33.3
*
24.4
49.5
18.0
27.5
26.7
24.2
28.5
89.7
*
*
38.3
*
11.2
Targeted Assistance
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
1,676
16
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
34.5
37.5
*
*
37.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Migrant
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
288
9
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
17.7
33.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 29a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA and Ethnicity
Southeast Region
Total
93
State
Southeast Region
Bladen
Brunswick
Carteret
Columbus
Whiteville City
Craven
Cumberland
Alpha Academy**
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
New Hanover
Cape Fear Center**
Onslow
Pamlico
Arapahoe Charter**
Pender
Robeson
CIS Academy**
Sampson
Clinton City
Wayne
Number
Tested
105,231
18,068
505
834
692
567
186
1,095
3,977
12
702
273
113
845
1,704
37
1,618
135
43
630
1,757
38
610
229
1,466
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
39.0
32.5
41.1
50.3
23.6
22.0
35.6
42.8
58.3
35.8
23.4
20.4
32.8
46.7
40.5
48.9
48.1
34.9
42.7
24.4
7.9
31.6
35.8
43.9
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,677
1,003
4
12
7
25
4
6
97
0
1
0
2
2
5
1
19
2
1
0
760
33
13
6
3
Percent At
or Above
Level III
28.4
25.6
*
16.7
28.6
16.0
*
50.0
34.0
*
*
*
*
*
20.0
*
36.8
*
*
*
25.3
9.1
30.8
33.3
*
Asian
Number
Tested
1,874
138
0
2
4
0
2
13
46
0
1
1
0
4
16
1
26
1
0
1
6
0
0
1
13
Percent At
or Above
Level III
57.2
63.8
*
*
*
*
*
61.5
80.4
*
*
*
*
*
50.0
*
53.8
*
*
*
83.3
*
*
*
30.8
Black
Number
Tested
31,366
6,428
272
181
50
243
84
371
1,831
10
239
141
64
433
440
3
396
40
1
174
508
2
198
107
640
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.2
29.3
23.5
29.8
38.0
14.0
15.5
24.0
35.9
60.0
24.7
18.4
15.6
26.3
26.6
*
41.2
37.5
*
39.1
16.3
*
23.7
29.9
33.0
Hispanic
Number
Tested
5,649
898
12
27
4
13
2
23
231
0
138
21
3
30
32
0
75
4
2
23
73
1
85
14
85
Percent At
or Above
Level III
30.9
32.6
16.7
33.3
*
7.7
*
30.4
43.7
*
28.3
9.5
*
20.0
37.5
*
50.7
*
*
17.4
13.7
*
29.4
21.4
36.5
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
3,041
736
10
26
33
9
5
49
255
1
15
6
4
12
53
5
113
2
1
13
51
2
23
6
42
Percent At
or Above
Level III
47.3
45.5
30.0
53.8
36.4
33.3
*
53.1
51.0
*
26.7
*
*
25.0
41.5
40.0
55.8
*
*
61.5
15.7
*
39.1
50.0
54.8
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
White
Number
Tested
61,515
8,840
207
586
593
277
89
631
1,508
1
308
104
40
363
1,154
27
985
86
38
419
357
0
290
95
682
Percent At
or Above
Level III
54.8
47.4
45.4
44.9
52.3
33.2
30.3
40.6
49.0
*
48.4
33.7
32.5
41.3
55.0
44.4
51.5
54.7
39.5
44.9
36.7
*
37.2
43.2
54.8
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 29b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students,
Southeast Region
Total
Number
Tested
94
State
Southeast Region
Bladen
Brunswick
Carteret
Columbus
Whiteville City
Craven
Cumberland
Alpha Academy**
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
New Hanover
Cape Fear Center**
Onslow
Pamlico
Arapahoe Charter**
Pender
Robeson
CIS Academy**
Sampson
Clinton City
Wayne
105,231
18,068
505
834
692
567
186
1,095
3,977
12
702
273
113
845
1,704
37
1,618
135
43
630
1,757
38
610
229
1,466
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.5
39.0
32.5
41.1
50.3
23.6
22.0
35.6
42.8
58.3
35.8
23.4
20.4
32.8
46.7
40.5
48.9
48.1
34.9
42.7
24.4
7.9
31.6
35.8
43.9
Number
Tested
53,790
9,214
268
440
367
319
96
531
2,083
5
343
137
70
431
855
19
803
68
19
340
867
16
303
112
722
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
36.0
29.0
23.9
30.2
37.6
15.0
15.6
23.5
32.0
40.0
28.3
17.5
14.3
24.1
36.4
26.3
34.7
44.1
36.8
33.5
17.4
*
21.5
27.7
34.5
Number
Tested
51,311
8,825
236
394
325
248
90
562
1,888
7
355
136
43
414
848
18
805
67
24
290
886
22
307
117
743
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
55.6
49.5
42.4
53.3
64.6
34.7
28.9
47.0
54.6
71.4
43.4
29.4
30.2
41.8
57.1
55.6
63.0
52.2
33.3
53.4
31.4
13.6
41.7
43.6
53.2
Number
Tested
83,590
8,177
233
827
620
1
0
168
983
0
381
248
0
174
1,702
37
1,610
134
43
198
2
0
2
0
814
Percent At
or Above
Level III
48.6
46.8
43.3
41.0
50.6
*
*
57.1
58.1
*
31.8
19.8
*
40.8
46.7
40.5
49.1
48.5
34.9
43.9
*
*
*
*
48.6
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
Percent At
or Above
Level III
19,129
9,641
171
0
71
565
185
920
2,993
12
315
25
113
615
0
0
0
0
0
432
1,750
0
597
229
648
33.3
33.0
24.0
*
47.9
23.7
22.2
31.6
37.7
58.3
41.0
60.0
20.4
33.2
*
*
*
*
*
42.1
24.4
*
32.3
35.8
38.0
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
1,676
92
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
54
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
34.5
5.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
<=5.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
7.9
*
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Migrant
Number
Tested
288
81
1
0
0
13
2
11
2
0
11
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
11
7
0
12
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
17.7
18.5
*
*
*
*
*
36.4
*
*
18.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
27.3
14.3
*
16.7
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 30a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA and Ethnicity
Central Region
Total
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
State
Central Region
95
Alamance-Burlington
Lakeside School**
River Mill Academy**
Clover Garden**
Caswell
Chatham
Chatham Charter**
Woods Charter**
Durham
Carter Community**
Kestrel Heights**
Research Triangle**
Omuteko Gwamaziima**
Ann Atwater**
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Imani Institute**
Greensboro Academy**
Guilford Charter**
Harnett
Johnston
Lee
Provisions Academy**
Nash-Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
Orange
Orange Charter**
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Person
Randolph
Asheboro City
Rockingham
Bethany Community**
Vance
Vance Charter**
Wake
Exploris**
Magellan**
Sterling Montessori**
Franklin Academy**
East Wake Academy**
SPARC Academy**
Quest Academy**
Warren
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**
Wilson
S.B. Howard**
105,231
32,517
1,710
2
24
44
263
551
11
16
2,167
15
50
63
6
21
612
739
4,981
44
78
23
1,421
1,951
684
13
1,415
62
549
21
866
485
1,445
322
1,132
30
627
22
8,535
59
66
21
44
50
23
13
251
16
943
31
45.5
50.5
42.5
*
50.0
40.9
43.3
53.5
27.3
50.0
41.2
20.0
30.0
44.4
*
14.3
36.9
46.4
51.9
22.7
42.3
52.2
43.1
49.6
43.9
7.7
37.6
30.6
52.1
47.6
74.6
46.8
43.3
37.0
46.8
33.3
29.2
36.4
62.0
86.4
93.9
66.7
61.4
56.0
<=5.0
*
36.3
31.3
43.8
25.8
American Indian
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
1,677
196
7
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
14
0
0
1
0
0
4
3
32
3
0
0
13
8
5
0
6
2
3
0
3
3
9
2
3
0
2
0
42
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
11
15
0
0
28.4
32.7
14.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
14.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
37.5
*
*
*
23.1
37.5
20.0
*
16.7
*
*
*
*
*
33.3
*
*
*
*
*
54.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
27.3
26.7
*
*
Asian
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
1,874
701
16
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
46
0
0
0
0
0
5
2
185
0
1
0
7
3
2
0
10
1
3
0
56
1
12
6
4
0
3
0
324
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
57.2
69.6
56.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
63.0
*
*
*
*
*
20.0
*
50.3
*
*
*
71.4
*
*
*
30.0
*
*
*
76.8
*
33.3
50.0
*
*
*
*
84.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Black
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
31,366
10,992
454
0
5
0
114
126
2
1
1,262
15
35
38
6
12
234
303
2,115
38
5
17
442
418
165
9
727
37
122
0
131
169
75
46
284
2
406
2
2,418
9
4
2
2
10
20
0
176
1
506
27
30.2
34.0
27.5
*
40.0
*
36.0
37.3
*
*
31.5
20.0
22.9
42.1
*
8.3
23.5
32.0
36.9
23.7
*
52.9
34.2
35.9
33.9
11.1
25.3
27.0
36.1
*
48.9
40.8
36.0
10.9
34.2
*
22.9
*
39.4
66.7
*
*
*
40.0
<=5.0
*
35.2
*
30.2
25.9
Hispanic
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
5,649
2,010
149
0
0
0
3
69
1
0
150
0
1
2
0
0
44
28
208
0
1
1
106
199
106
1
62
1
21
0
51
15
93
72
39
0
26
0
491
0
4
1
0
2
0
0
8
0
52
3
30.9
32.6
22.1
*
*
*
*
30.4
*
*
25.3
*
*
*
*
*
27.3
21.4
37.0
*
*
*
31.1
33.2
36.8
*
32.3
*
33.3
*
43.1
26.7
30.1
26.4
35.9
*
23.1
*
36.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
12.5
*
42.3
*
Multi-Racial
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
3,041
1,010
47
0
2
0
9
17
0
0
78
0
4
4
0
0
18
17
188
1
2
1
66
51
16
0
13
4
17
0
45
8
29
12
27
0
6
0
291
5
0
1
0
1
2
0
7
0
20
1
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
47.3
53.1
42.6
*
*
*
55.6
58.8
*
*
56.4
*
*
*
*
*
44.4
52.9
51.1
*
*
*
40.9
43.1
50.0
*
23.1
*
41.2
*
71.1
62.5
44.8
33.3
48.1
*
33.3
*
62.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
14.3
*
50.0
*
White
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
61,515
17,565
1,037
2
17
44
133
335
8
15
614
0
10
18
0
9
307
385
2,248
2
69
4
787
1,271
389
3
588
17
382
21
579
288
1,226
183
774
28
183
20
4,954
44
56
15
42
36
0
13
49
0
360
0
54.8
62.2
51.9
*
47.1
40.9
48.9
64.5
37.5
53.3
62.2
*
70.0
44.4
*
22.2
48.2
59.7
67.9
*
43.5
*
50.1
57.0
49.9
*
53.9
41.2
58.6
47.6
83.4
51.0
44.9
48.1
51.9
35.7
43.2
40.0
74.3
88.6
94.6
73.3
64.3
58.3
*
*
49.0
*
62.5
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 30b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 7, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students,
Central Region
Total
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
State
Central Region
96
Alamance-Burlington
Lakeside School**
River Mill Academy**
Clover Garden**
Caswell
Chatham
Chatham Charter**
Woods Charter**
Durham
Carter Community**
Kestrel Heights**
Research Triangle**
Omuteko Gwamaziima**
Ann Atwater**
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Imani Institute**
Greensboro Academy**
Guilford Charter**
Harnett
Johnston
Lee
Provisions Academy**
Nash-Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
Orange
Orange Charter**
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Person
Randolph
Asheboro City
Rockingham
Bethany Community**
Vance
Vance Charter**
Wake
Exploris**
Magellan**
Sterling Montessori**
Franklin Academy**
East Wake Academy**
SPARC Academy**
Quest Academy**
Warren
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal**
Wilson
S.B. Howard**
105,231
32,517
1,710
2
24
44
263
551
11
16
2,167
15
50
63
6
21
612
739
4,981
44
78
23
1,421
1,951
684
13
1,415
62
549
21
866
485
1,445
322
1,132
30
627
22
8,535
59
66
21
44
50
23
13
251
16
943
31
45.5
50.5
42.5
*
50.0
40.9
43.3
53.5
27.3
50.0
41.2
20.0
30.0
44.4
*
14.3
36.9
46.4
51.9
22.7
42.3
52.2
43.1
49.6
43.9
7.7
37.6
30.6
52.1
47.6
74.6
46.8
43.3
37.0
46.8
33.3
29.2
36.4
62.0
86.4
93.9
66.7
61.4
56.0
<=5.0
*
36.3
31.3
43.8
25.8
Male
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
53,790
16,583
864
1
5
26
140
280
5
8
1,116
6
27
30
3
13
320
383
2,486
24
37
11
718
983
379
10
719
33
292
8
434
241
773
164
612
13
304
12
4,337
27
30
15
28
20
13
6
125
7
483
12
36.0
40.8
31.6
*
40.0
38.5
33.6
40.4
20.0
37.5
32.9
16.7
22.2
23.3
*
15.4
25.9
33.4
42.8
8.3
32.4
36.4
32.7
39.8
32.5
*
27.8
21.2
41.8
25.0
67.3
34.9
32.0
32.9
35.8
7.7
23.7
33.3
53.1
77.8
93.3
66.7
64.3
50.0
7.7
*
24.0
28.6
33.1
16.7
Female
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
51,311
15,894
845
1
19
18
123
271
6
8
1,048
9
22
33
3
8
291
354
2,494
20
41
12
703
966
305
3
691
29
257
13
432
242
672
157
520
17
322
10
4,178
32
36
6
16
30
10
7
126
9
460
19
55.6
60.6
53.6
*
52.6
44.4
54.5
67.2
33.3
62.5
50.2
22.2
40.9
63.6
*
12.5
49.1
60.2
61.1
40.0
51.2
66.7
53.8
59.4
58.0
*
47.6
41.4
63.8
61.5
81.9
59.1
56.3
41.4
59.8
52.9
34.5
40.0
71.3
93.8
94.4
66.7
56.3
60.0
*
*
48.4
33.3
55.0
31.6
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Percent At or
Percent At or
Number
Number
Above Level
Above Level
Tested
Tested
III
III
83,590
28,673
1,702
0
24
44
213
398
11
16
2,160
3
50
63
0
21
609
738
4,021
0
53
23
11
1,931
342
0
1,385
62
548
4
866
485
1,431
322
1,097
30
610
22
8,041
58
65
21
44
50
23
13
251
0
812
0
48.6
52.0
42.7
*
50.0
40.9
49.3
58.5
27.3
50.0
41.1
*
30.0
44.4
*
14.3
36.9
46.5
57.1
*
41.5
52.2
18.2
49.8
50.9
*
37.8
30.6
52.2
*
74.6
46.8
43.5
37.0
46.9
33.3
29.8
36.4
62.3
86.2
93.8
66.7
61.4
56.0
<=5.0
*
36.3
*
46.1
*
19,129
2,763
0
2
0
0
0
147
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
867
44
0
0
1,190
0
337
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
128
29
33.3
36.8
*
*
*
*
*
42.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
29.6
22.7
*
*
43.3
*
37.4
7.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
30.5
27.6
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
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Targeted Assistance
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
1,676
661
0
0
0
0
50
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
85
0
0
0
217
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
267
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
34.5
36.9
*
*
*
*
18.0
*
*
*
*
16.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
31.8
*
*
*
43.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
39.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
31.3
*
*
Migrant
Percent At or
Number
Above Level
Tested
III
288
131
7
0
0
0
0
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
23
18
9
0
9
0
1
0
0
0
11
0
13
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
17.7
16.8
*
*
*
*
*
14.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
21.7
22.2
*
*
22.2
*
*
*
*
*
18.2
*
30.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
2003-04
North Carolina Writing Assessment
State-Level Summary Statistics
Grade 10
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Grade 10
Results of
the Writing
Assessment
at Grade 10
Students in the tenth grade were asked to write an "informational" definition
response to the following prompt:
Read the following quotes about integrity, which is the firm adherence to a code of
special moral or artistic values.
____________________________________________________________________
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against
yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of
truth and love.
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
So live that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers
Having integrity…means being completely true to what is inside you…to what you
know is right…what you feel you must do, regardless of the immediate cost of
sacrifice…to be honorable and to behave decently.
Samuel Golden, 1960
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is
dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, 1759
____________________________________________________________________
Write a speech for your high school graduating class on the meaning of integrity.
You may use the ideas presented above, your own experiences, observations, and/or
readings.
Contracted readers scored 88,633 public school responses for grade 10 after the
2003-04 writing assessment. The scores show that 52.5 percent of the tenth graders
wrote well enough to score at or above Level III. About .6 percent of the tenth
graders in the 2003-04 writing assessment received the highest scores in Level IV
and 9.4 percent received the lowest scores in Level I. In 2003-04, 1.3 percent of the
papers had problems which made them non-scorable. Non-scorable papers receive
Achievement Level I ratings and are included in the state results as Level I scores.
The average weighted content score for tenth graders taking the writing assessment
in 2003-04 was 8.2 on a scale of four to sixteen. The average conventions score was
2.8 on a scale of zero to four. The average Total Writing Score was 11.1 of a
possible 20.
Observations The 2003-04 writing assessment at grade 10 was an informational definition prompt
about the “meaning of integrity” with the response required in the form of a speech.
When analyzing the content scores for Grade 10, 80.0 percent of the student
Observations responses were scored 1s or 2s while 19.0 percent scored a 3 (the content scale is 199
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
(continued)
4). Regarding conventions for Grade 10, 6.0 percent of the students received a score
of 0 while 49.0 percent of the students received a score of 2 (the convention scale is
0-2). An observation from the writing assessment at grade 10 is that the increases
seen at grade 10 were due in large part to more student success in the application of
conventions.
The following observations were noted:
Content
prompt was accessible to all students
only 1.3 percent of students received a non-scorable response
•
•
Student responses that were less successful tended to include the following
characteristics:
•
•
•
•
•
prone to platitudes
more time thanking family and friends than discussing meaning of integrity
over-reliance on the prompt material
not enough sufficient support and elaboration on the given stimulus
circular logic - the quote would be stated, the student would then paraphrase
the quote, and then move on to the next quote, showing no real development of
ideas
Conventions
When present, errors tended to include:
•
•
faulty mechanics
punctuation and spelling.
Performance Gender
of Subgroups Approximately 59.6 percent of the female students scored at or above Level III
compared to 45.1 percent for male students.
at Grade 10
Ethnicity
About 60.0 percent of White students scored at or above Level III compared to 59.4
percent of the Asian students, 51.7 percent of Multi-Racial students, 38.9 percent of
Black students, 36.4 percent of American Indian students, and 31.9 percent of
Hispanic students.
There were 88,633 tenth grade public school student responses scored by two
independent readers. The inter-rater reliability rates (agreement rates) of the readers
are shown in Table 31. The 70.0 percent criterion rate for perfect agreement based
upon industry standards was exceeded and the resolutions required were few.
Performance
of Subgroups
Table 31.
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at Grade 10
(continued)
Tenth Grade Reader Agreement Statistics
Perfect
Adjacent
Total Public
Agreement
Agreement
School Papers
Percent
Percent
Content
88,633
71.3
28.2
Conventions 88,633
70.6
29.0
Resolution
Required
Percent
0.5
0.4
The following pages, and Appendix D, present data for the Grade 10 writing
assessment administered since a new scoring model was piloted in March 2003.
Figure 7 indicates that an impressive increase in the percent of students scoring at or
above Achievement Level III occurred between the pilot year and the current year
(12.6% increase from 2002-03 to 2003-04). Table 34, a table of Achievement Levels
by subgroup, demonstrates that females outperformed males as in Grade 4 and Grade
7. Also, White and Asian students performed at a higher level than the American
Indian, Black, and Hispanic subgroups as in Grade 4 and Grade 7. Table 36, the
frequency summary, shows that a very small number of tenth graders reached
Achievement Level IV (less than 1.0%), while almost 52.0 percent of the students
received a III, approximately 38.0 percent received a II, and 9.4 percent received the
lowest Achievement Level.
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Figure 7. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1991-92 to 2003-04,
Distribution of Writing Levels,
Grade 10
100
90
102
Percent of Students
80
70
60
50
52.5
39.9
40
30
20
10
0
2002-03
1
Notes: 1The writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
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2003-04
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Figure 8. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1991-92 to 2003-04,
Distribution of Writing Levels,
Grade 10
100
90
80
38.9
1.0
0.6
6.4
15.6
12.2
10.0
16.7
14.7
10.3
17.7
20.4
24.3
18.8
4.6
6.3
7.9
10
9.4
14.7
9.9
9.0
7.5
20
21.7
20.5
17.3
30
37.5
35.9
40.1
43.3
43.6
32.2
32.9
41.3
38.1
37.8
34.5
39.6
31.0
33.0
39.4
33.3
32.9
38.6
103
34.2
40
33.2
50
43.5
51.9
60
35.5
Percent of Students
70
0
Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV
Writing Levels
1991-92
1
2001-02
1992-932
2002-03
1993-94
2003-04
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1
1999-00
2000-01
Notes: 1No writing assessment was administered in grade 10 during the 2001-02 school year.
2
The bold vertical lines between years indicate that the writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
Prior to 2001-02, the writing assessment administered at grade 10 was an English II end-of-course test administered at the end of English II courses which are
typically offered at grade 10.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Figure 9. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Percent of Students At or Above Level III,
Grade 10, by Gender and Ethnicity
68.2%
White Female
67.2%
Asian Female
58.9%
Multi-Racial Female
*N=1,103
Asian Male
*N 1 025
52.6%
White Male
51.7%
44.7%
Black Female
44.0%
Multi-Racial Male
*N=1,026
42.2%
American Indian Female
*N=609
37.0%
Hispanic Female
State Percent
*N=1,902
32.3%
Black Male
*N=11,243
30.7%
American Indian Male
*N=610
27.2%
Hispanic Male
*N=1,947
52.5%
State
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Percent of Students
Notes: *N counts equal the number of students tested.
When summed, gender/ethnicity N counts may not match the state N counts because a gender/ethnicity category may not have been
coded on some student answer sheets.
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Table 32. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Statewide Number of Students Tested, Taking Alternate Assessments, and Number Not Tested,
Grade 10
Not Tested
Category
Membership1
105
Total
Female
Male
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Limited English Proficient (LEP)
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injury
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
99,483
49,630
49,853
1,307
2,064
29,169
4,549
1,369
61,025
1,027
685
199
149
2,157
12,282
800
133
2,052
5,608
82
52
1,466
61
35
170
50
84
15
269
1,405
Percent of
Membership
Number
Tested2
Percent
Tested3
Number
Percent
Alternate
Alternate
Assessments Assessments
774
0.8
322
0.6
451
0.9
10
0.8
31
1.5
314
1.1
138
3.0
4
0.3
275
0.5
41
4.0
23
3.4
6
3.0
12
8.1
157
7.3
610
5.0
9
1.1
7
5.3
164
8.0
21
0.4
2
2.4
0
0.0
14
1.0
4
6.6
2
5.7
72
42.4
49
98.0
66
78.6
0
0.0
200
74.3
2
0.1
Number
Absent
Percent
Absent
100.0
88,633
89.1
10,076
10.1
49.9
44,908
90.5
4,400
8.9
50.1
43,458
87.2
5,944
11.9
1.3
1,221
93.4
76
5.8
2.1
1,922
93.1
111
5.4
29.3
23,869
81.8
4,986
17.1
4.6
3,860
84.9
551
12.1
1.4
2,136
156.0
*
*
61.3
55,326
90.7
5,424
8.9
1.0
1,172
114.1
*
*
0.7
742
108.3
*
*
0.2
163
81.9
30
15.1
0.1
273
183.2
*
*
2.2
1,749
81.1
251
11.6
12.3
7,758
63.2
3,914
31.9
0.8
495
61.9
296
37.0
0.1
91
68.4
35
26.3
2.1
466
22.7
1,422
69.3
5.6
4,515
80.5
1,072
19.1
0.1
70
85.4
10
12.2
0.1
39
75.0
13
25.0
1.5
1,116
76.1
336
22.9
0.1
29
47.5
28
45.9
0.0
23
65.7
10
28.6
0.2
44
25.9
54
31.8
0.1
2
4.0
*
*
0.1
5
6.0
13
15.5
0.0
26
173.3
*
*
0.3
17
6.3
52
19.3
1.4
820
58.4
583
41.5
0.0
1
Notes: "Membership" is the total number of students on the 2003-04 Masterbuild data file.
2
"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing assessment.
3
"Percent Tested" may exceed 100.0 percent due to coding differences between the Masterbuild file and student test documents for the North Carolina
Writing Assessment.
*These data represent coding on the 2003-04 test documents. Data for the alternate assessments came from the AAAI and AAP test documents.
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Table 33. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1991-92 to 2003-04,
Distribution of Achievement Levels Across Years,
Grade 10
Achievement Levels
Grade 10
Number
Tested
Level 1
Level II
Level III
Level IV
1991-92
69,582
30,296
43.5
23,799
34.2
12,308
17.7
3,179
4.6
1992-93
72,101
25,592
35.5
27,220
37.8
14,730
20.4
4,559
6.3
1993-94
72,789
24,197
33.2
25,103
34.5
17,703
24.3
5,786
7.9
1994-95
78,384
17,000
21.7
31,064
39.6
25,258
32.2
5,020
6.4
1995-96
79,951
16,399
20.5
24,800
31.0
26,269
32.9
12,483
15.6
1996-97
79,662
13,777
17.3
26,258
33.0
29,881
37.5
9,746
12.2
1997-98
81,261
11,922
14.7
31,995
39.4
29,204
35.9
8,140
10.0
1998-99
81,563
8,066
9.9
27,156
33.3
32,680
40.1
13,661
16.7
1999-00
82,418
7,441
9.0
27,150
32.9
35,712
43.3
12,115
14.7
2000-01
86,034
6,448
7.5
33,192
38.6
37,512
43.6
8,882
10.3
2001-02 1
*
*
*
*
*
2002-03 2
84,093
15,815
18.8
34,701
41.3
32,705
38.9
872
1.0
2003-04
88,633
8,311
9.4
33,793
38.1
46,010
51.9
519
0.6
Notes: 1No writing assessment was administered in grade 10 during the 2001-02 school year.
2
The writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
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Table 34. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Characteristics and Performance by Achievement Level,
Grade 10
Category
All Students
Female
Male
Not Coded
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Not Coded
Not Exceptional
Academically/Intellectually Gifted
AIG Reading
107
AIG Mathematics
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Learning Disabled-Reading
Learning Disabled-Mathematics
Learning Disabled-Written Expression
Learning Disabled-Other
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injured
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
1
Number
Tested1
88,633
44,908
43,458
267
1,221
1,922
23,869
3,860
2,136
55,326
299
69,441
10,882
8,040
7,753
7,758
495
91
466
4,515
3,038
1,577
3,560
108
70
39
1,116
29
23
44
2
5
26
Percent2
100.0
50.7
49.0
0.3
1.4
2.2
26.9
4.4
2.4
62.4
0.3
78.3
12.3
9.1
8.7
8.8
0.6
0.1
0.5
5.1
3.4
1.8
4.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Number
At or
Above
Percent
At or
Above
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Level III
46,529
26,786
19,605
138
445
1,142
9,274
1,233
1,104
33,185
146
35,543
9,324
7,024
6,671
1,418
61
29
*
699
447
229
546
9
13
11
259
6
5
17
*
1
12
Level III
52.5
59.6
45.1
51.7
36.4
59.4
38.9
31.9
51.7
60.0
48.8
51.2
85.7
87.4
86.0
18.3
12.3
31.9
<=5.0
15.5
14.7
14.5
15.3
8.3
18.6
28.2
23.2
20.7
21.7
38.6
*
20.0
46.2
Level I
8,311
2,745
5,539
27
210
191
2,890
955
184
3,848
33
5,830
98
63
73
2,304
190
25
*
1,380
1,008
520
1,103
34
18
8
271
7
10
8
*
4
1
Level I
9.4
6.1
12.7
10.1
17.2
9.9
12.1
24.7
8.6
7.0
11.0
8.4
0.9
0.8
0.9
29.7
38.4
27.5
*
30.6
33.2
33.0
31.0
31.5
25.7
20.5
24.3
24.1
43.5
18.2
*
80.0
3.8
Level II
33,793
15,377
18,314
102
566
589
11,705
1,672
848
18,293
120
28,068
1,460
953
1,009
4,036
244
37
*
2,436
1,583
828
1,911
65
39
20
586
16
8
19
*
0
13
Level II
38.1
34.2
42.1
38.2
46.4
30.6
49.0
43.3
39.7
33.1
40.1
40.4
13.4
11.9
13.0
52.0
49.3
40.7
*
54.0
52.1
52.5
53.7
60.2
55.7
51.3
52.5
55.2
34.8
43.2
*
0.0
50.0
Level III
46,010
26,486
19,386
138
443
1,113
9,220
1,222
1,097
32,771
144
35,288
9,073
6,811
6,477
1,407
61
28
*
698
444
227
545
9
13
10
255
6
5
16
*
1
12
Level III
51.9
59.0
44.6
51.7
36.3
57.9
38.6
31.7
51.4
59.2
48.2
50.8
83.4
84.7
83.5
18.1
12.3
30.8
*
15.5
14.6
14.4
15.3
8.3
18.6
25.6
22.8
20.7
21.7
36.4
*
20.0
46.2
Level IV
519
300
219
0
2
29
54
11
7
414
2
255
251
213
194
11
0
1
*
1
3
2
1
0
0
1
4
0
0
1
*
0
0
Level IV
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.0
0.2
1.5
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.7
0.7
0.4
2.3
2.6
2.5
0.1
0.0
1.1
*
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
0.4
0.0
0.0
2.3
*
0.0
0.0
Notes: "Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
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Table 34. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Characteristics and Performance by Achievement Level,
Grade 10 (continued)
Category
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
Not Coded
Limited English Proficient
LEP less than 2 years
LEP greater than 2 years
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Number
Tested1
Percent2
Number
At or
Above
Percent
At or
Above
Level III
Level III
*
34.9
44.2
12.6
12.0
13.0
52.7
28.7
20.2
46.5
17
820
552
1,749
733
1,016
86,888
742
163
273
0.0
0.9
0.6
2.0
0.8
1.1
98.0
0.8
0.2
0.3
*
286
244
220
88
132
45,810
213
33
127
9
26
28
121
0
134
37
7
502
2
2,389
6
13
309
5,431
4,415
568
8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
2.7
0.0
0.0
0.3
6.1
5.0
0.6
0.0
2
5
8
48
*
*
9
3
64
*
181
*
4
37
827
606
47
2
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Number
At
Percent
At
Level I
Level I
*
15.2
14.3
46.5
50.9
43.3
9.2
17.8
29.4
24.5
Level II
Level III
*
34.5
43.8
12.6
12.0
13.0
52.1
28.6
20.2
46.2
Level IV
*
409
229
716
272
444
33,053
397
82
79
Level II
*
49.9
41.5
40.9
37.1
43.7
38.0
53.5
50.3
28.9
Level III
*
125
79
813
373
440
8,025
132
48
67
Level IV
*
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.4
2
5
10
23
*
*
16
1
194
*
1,086
*
4
134
1,885
1,592
311
2
22.2
19.2
35.7
19.0
*
*
43.2
14.3
38.6
*
45.5
*
30.8
43.4
34.7
36.1
54.8
25.0
5
16
10
50
*
*
12
3
244
*
1,122
*
5
138
2,719
2,217
210
4
55.6
61.5
35.7
41.3
*
*
32.4
42.9
48.6
*
47.0
*
38.5
44.7
50.1
50.2
37.0
50.0
*
283
242
220
88
132
45,296
212
33
126
*
3
2
0
0
0
514
1
0
1
Accommodations
Braille Edition
108
Large Print Edition
Assistive Technology Devices
Keyboarding Devices
Cranmer Abacus
Dictation to Scribe
Interpreter/Transliterator Signs/Cues Test
Magnification Devices
Student Marks Answers in Test Book
Accommodation Notification Form
Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud (in English)
Braille Writer/Slate and Stylus (and Braille Paper)
Hospital/Home Testing
Multiple Testing Sessions
Scheduled Extended Time
Testing in a Separate Room
English/Native Language Dictionary/Electronic Translator
One Test Item Per Page Edition
22.2
19.2
28.6
39.7
*
<=5.0
24.3
42.9
12.7
*
7.6
*
30.8
12.0
15.2
13.7
8.3
25.0
2
3
8
46
*
*
9
3
62
*
180
*
4
36
822
599
47
2
22.2
11.5
28.6
38.0
*
*
24.3
42.9
12.4
*
7.5
*
30.8
11.7
15.1
13.6
8.3
25.0
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
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0
2
0
2
*
*
0
0
2
*
1
*
0
1
5
7
0
0
0.0
7.7
0.0
1.7
*
*
0.0
0.0
0.4
*
0.0
*
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
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Table 35. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Average Score,
Grade 10
Category
109
All Students
Female
Male
Not Coded
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Not Coded
Not Exceptional
Academically/Intellectually Gifted
AIG Reading
AIG Mathematics
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Learning Disabled-Reading
Learning Disabled-Mathematics
Learning Disabled-Written Expression
Learning Disabled-Other
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injured
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf/Blind
Number
1
Tested
88,633
44,908
43,458
267
1,221
1,922
23,869
3,860
2,136
55,326
299
69,441
10,882
8,040
7,753
7,758
495
91
466
4,515
3,038
1,577
3,560
108
70
39
1,116
29
23
44
2
5
26
Average Total
2
Percent
100.0
50.7
49.0
0.3
1.4
2.2
26.9
4.4
2.4
62.4
0.3
78.3
12.3
9.1
8.7
8.8
0.6
0.1
0.5
5.1
3.4
1.8
4.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Average
Weighted
Writing Score Content Score
11.1
8.2
11.5
8.5
10.6
8.0
11.0
8.2
10.0
7.6
11.4
8.5
10.4
7.9
9.3
7.2
11.1
8.2
11.5
8.5
10.9
8.1
11.1
8.2
13.1
9.5
13.3
9.6
13.2
9.5
8.6
6.9
7.7
6.1
9.0
7.1
6.8
5.7
8.5
6.8
8.4
6.7
8.3
6.7
8.5
6.8
8.2
6.6
9.0
7.0
9.7
7.7
9.1
7.1
9.0
7.5
7.8
6.1
10.2
7.9
*
*
5.8
4.4
11.0
8.4
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
Average
Conventions
Score
2.8
3.1
2.6
2.8
2.4
2.9
2.5
2.1
2.9
3.1
2.8
2.8
3.7
3.7
3.7
1.8
1.7
1.9
1.1
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
2.0
1.9
2.0
1.5
1.7
2.3
*
1.4
2.6
Number
Percent
Non-scorable Non-scorable
1,153
1.3
354
0.4
793
0.9
6
0.0
22
0.0
50
0.1
387
0.4
217
0.2
29
0.0
445
0.5
3
0.0
788
0.9
10
0.0
5
0.0
5
0.0
343
0.4
45
0.1
5
0.0
42
0.0
170
0.2
118
0.1
69
0.1
139
0.2
6
0.0
1
0.0
1
0.0
44
0.0
1
0.0
2
0.0
3
0.0
*
*
1
0.0
0
0.0
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Table 35. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Average Score,
Grade 10 (continued)
Category
110
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Section 504
Not Coded
Limited English Proficient
LEP less than 2 years
LEP greater than 2 years
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Accommodations
Braille Edition
Large Print Edition
Assistive Technology Devices
Keyboarding Devices
Cranmer Abacus
Dictation to Scribe
Interpreter/Transliterator Signs/Cues Test
Magnification Devices
Student Marks Answers in Test Book
Accommodation Notification Form
Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud (in English)
Braille Writer/Slate and Stylus (and Braille Paper)
Hospital/Home Testing
Multiple Testing Sessions
Scheduled Extended Time
Testing in a Separate Room
English/Native Language Dictionary/Electronic Translator
One Test Item Per Page Edition
Number
1
Tested
Average Total
Percent2
Average
Weighted
Writing Score Content Score
2.9
2.6
10.0
7.7
10.3
7.8
7.2
5.9
6.7
5.5
7.5
6.1
11.1
8.3
9.7
7.4
8.7
6.6
10.4
8.2
Average
Conventions
Score
0.4
2.4
2.5
1.3
1.2
1.4
2.9
2.2
2.1
2.3
Number
Percent
Non-scorable Non-scorable
8
0.0
20
0.0
12
0.0
218
0.2
118
0.1
100
0.1
1,105
1.2
15
0.0
8
0.0
12
0.0
17
820
552
1,749
733
1,016
86,888
742
163
273
0.0
0.9
0.6
2.0
0.8
1.1
98.0
0.8
0.2
0.3
9
26
28
121
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
9.2
9.7
8.5
9.9
7.8
7.8
7.3
7.8
1.4
2.0
1.3
2.1
0
1
2
11
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
134
37
7
502
2
2,389
6
13
309
5,431
4,415
568
8
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
2.7
0.0
0.0
0.3
6.1
5.0
0.6
0.0
6.9
8.0
11.1
7.9
*
7.3
7.7
9.2
7.6
8.2
8.0
6.6
9.5
6.9
6.4
8.3
6.4
*
6.0
6.3
7.2
6.1
6.6
6.5
5.5
7.5
0.0
1.5
2.9
1.5
*
1.3
1.3
2.0
1.4
1.6
1.6
1.1
2.0
7
3
0
25
*
169
0
0
22
323
283
80
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
*
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.0
Notes: 1"Number Tested" is the number of students who took the writing test.
2
"Percent" is calculated based on the number tested in the "All Students" category.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
The total for "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 36. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Distribution of Scale Scores,
Grade 10
TOTAL NUMBER
OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF
STUDENTS WITH
SCORES
NUMBER OF NONSCORABLE PAPERS
88,633
HIGH SCORE 20
87,480
LOW SCORE
4
1,153
MEAN
11.2
STANDARD
DEVIATION
2.7
VARIANCE
7.2
PERCENTILES
90
75
50 (MEDIAN)
25
10
SCALE
SCORE
14.47
12.60
11.59
9.72
7.60
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
ACH
LEV
WRITING
SCORE
FREQUENCY
CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
PERCENT
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
IV
20
18
17
78
419
22
88633
88555
88136
0.09
0.47
0.02
III
16
15
14
13
12
6161
1839
10575
3399
24036
88114
81953
80114
69539
66140
6.95
2.07
11.93
3.83
27.12
99.41
92.46
90.39
78.46
74.62
11
10
9
8
3017
21659
3607
5510
42104
39087
17428
13821
3.40
24.44
4.07
6.22
47.50
44.10
19.66
15.59
7
6
5
4
NS
1735
2911
1121
1391
1153
8311
6576
3665
2544
1153
1.96
3.28
1.26
1.57
1.30
9.38
7.42
4.14
2.87
1.30
II
I
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99.91
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2003-04
North Carolina Writing Assessment
Grade 10
Copies of Grade 10
Sample Student Responses
The North Carolina Writing Assessment Scoring Model is comprised of a content component
with a 1-4 score scale and a conventions component with a 0-2 score scale. To report a total
writing scale score for each student, the score is computed by combining the content and
conventions scores using the following model:
Total Writing Assessment Score = sum of the (content component scores from two independent
readers multiplied by 2) + the sum of the (conventions component scores from two independent
readers multiplied by 1).
The following pages provide copies of sample student responses from grade 10. The total content
score, total conventions score, total writing score, achievement level, and annotated explanations
of the scores are provided for each response.
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Total Writing Score:
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Content Annotation:
The topic is vague. The definition is unclear (Integrity is something everyone in this
world could use a little bit of.). There was an attempt at organization (Not only integrity
means to be true and honest but it also means say what you mean and speak with power
and Love.), but within paragraphs ideas are not connected, are presented in a random
fashion, and are even confusing at times (The world outside needs more love and power
and without integrity there is no way of doing that. Samuel Johnson also said that
knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful). The response does attempt to
support with quotes but this is also confusing because there are not specific details. (Last
but not least Avoid using words to speak against yourself or gossip about others. Gossip
is something that has been going on for years and will continue to go on.). Precise
vocabulary and sentence fluency are not demonstrated. Score of 1.
Conventions Annotation:
The response demonstrates minimal control and receives a score of “1.” There are some
sentence formation errors, mostly in the introduction and near the conclusion
(Reguardless of the cost or sacrifice be honerable and behave decently…So when
someone tells you to cheer up have a little integrity try it, it might work...Not only
integrity means to be…). Usage errors included wrong homophone (hard on you to…).
Mechanics errors included missing commas (Not only integrity means to be true and
honest but also it means…), random capitalization of the letter “a,” and spelling errors
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This causes a major lapse in the connection and progression of
ideas throughout the paper. Support and elaboration in the 3rd
paragraph are general and undeveloped; details are list-like in
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Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
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Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
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III
Content Annotation:
The response exhibits major lapses in focus in the 2nd and 4th paragraphs. There is an
attempt at organization, but no relationship is established among ideas. The introduction
mentions standing strong to the moral and artistic values, yet this is the only idea in the
three body paragraphs that is stated in the introduction. The other two ideas; using
integrity, and past leaders who exemplified integrity are not in the introduction. This
causes a major lapse in the connection and progression of ideas throughout the response.
Support and elaboration in the 3rd paragraph are general and undeveloped; details are listlike in presentation (Many of us are familiar with the great Hindu religious leader,
Mahtma Gandi, whose teachings showed great integrity in that you should voice your
opinion no matter the circumstances or cost. Also Jesus Christ showed integrity as well,
he suffered a crucifixion and sacrificed his life in order to stand strong to his beliefs.
Martin Luther King, Jr. showed his integrity in his “I Have A Dream” speech by stating
his opinion and beliefs even if their was a price to be paid.). Vocabulary is imprecise and
sentences are minimally complete. Score point of 2.
Conventions Annotation:
This response demonstrates reasonable control of conventions and receives a score of
“2.” Sentences are missing words (we also open it up to the beginning of a new…we are
saying things out confusion). Usage errors include incorrect homophones (even if their
was a price). Mechanics are sound.
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conclusion are not connected to the body of the paper. There is
some precise vocabulary (chaos, entitled, legacy). Sentence
fluency is skillful (The boycott of the public buses eventually got
so big that the bus companies let people sit on a first come first
seNe basis, regardless of color, because their profits were
decreasing).
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conventions and receives a score of "2.' While there is a
sentence formation error (...firm adherence to a code of special
moral or artistic), most ~en~ences are formed correctly. Usage
is clean throughout the réspollse: Mechanics errors include
missing commas (So the boycott) and a misspelled word
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Grade 10 Sample Student Response #3
Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
12
4
Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
16
III
Content Annotation:
The topic is generally clear and maintains focus rather well. The organizational structure
establishes relationships among ideas, but there are some minor lapses (Unfortunately,
Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot in his hotel room…). There is a progression of ideas,
and both the examples of King and Parks are developed evenly and completely with
specific details (These people carpooled, rode bicycles, and even walked to school, work
or the grocery store.). However, this level of development is not present throughout the
response. The response is not unified because the introduction and conclusion are not
connected to the body of the response. There is some precise vocabulary (chaos, entitled,
legacy). Sentence fluency is skillful (The boycott of the public buses eventually got so
big that the bus companies let people sit on a first come first serve basis, regardless of
color, because their profits were decreasing.). Score point of 3.
Conventions Annotation:
The response demonstrates reasonable control of conventions and receives a score of “2.”
While there is a sentence formation error (…firm adherence to a code of special moral or
artistic.), most sentences are formed correctly. Usage is clean throughout the response.
Mechanics errors include missing commas (So the boycott) and a misspelled word
(sucessful).
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examples can be tied to a wide range of audience members
(teens, parents and teachers). The topic stays clear, and the
focus is maintained throughout the response. The
organizational structure establishes relationships among ideas
and the paragraphs form an effective beginning, middle, and
end. While support and elaboration are related to and
supportive of the subject, vocabulary and sentence fluency are
even more skillful, and this control is maintained throughout
(Serving fiercely as personifications in a va tors of integrity, they
refuse to disavow their morals. ... The only way to reaffirm your
devotion to your morals, whether they are political,' financial,
artistic, or others, is to put them into practice and to prove good
works by them, for you must always temper worldly knowledge
with integrity).
CONVENTIONS- The paper demonstrates reasonable control
and receives a score of "2." Sentence formation is adequately
demonstrated (My eldèrs havé âlways told me that integrity is
the most important trait used in being a good person in today's
world, but I did not believe them until recently). Usage and
mechanics are all reasonably controlled, with a few minor errors
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Grade 10 Sample Student Response #4
Total Content Score:
Total Conventions Score:
16
4
Total Writing Score:
Achievement Level:
20
IV
Content Annotation:
This response shows audience awareness, and the examples can be tied to a wide range of
audience members (teens, parents, and teachers). The topic stays clear, and the focus is
maintained throughout the response.
The organizational structure establishes
relationships among ideas and the paragraphs form an effective beginning, middle, and
end. While support and elaboration are related to and supportive of the subject,
vocabulary and sentence fluency are even more skillful, and this control is maintained
throughout (Serving fiercely as personifications in avators of integrity, they refused to
disavow their morals…The only way to reaffirm your devotion to your morals, whether
they are political, financial, artistic, or others, is to put them into practice and to prove
good works by them, for you must always temper worldly knowledge with integrity.)
Score point of 4.
Conventions Annotation:
The response demonstrates reasonable control and receives a score of “2.” Sentence
formation is adequately demonstrated (My elders have always told me that integrity is the
most important trait used in being a good person in today’s world, but I did not believe
them until recently). Usage and mechanics are reasonably controlled, with a few minor
errors such as a misspelled word (wistle-blowers).
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2003-04
North Carolina Writing Assessment
Grade 10
Regional by LEA Performance
Tables 37 through 44 provide the number of students tested and the percent of students at or
above Achievement Level III for each of the LEAs by region (former six Technical Assistance
Centers configurations). Performance by ethnicity, gender, Title I and Migrant students is also
provided for each LEA.
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Table 37. North Carolina Testing Program, Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III, by LEA,
Grade 10
State
2000 State
1999 State
2001 State
2004 State
1997 State
1996 State
1998 State
2003 State
1995 State
1994 State
1993 State
Percent†
78
77
...
74
...
71
70
...
Raleigh Charter HS**
Franklin Academy**
Clay
68
67
66
...
Asheville City
Thomas Jefferson**, Transylvania, Watauga
Mount Airy City, Wake
64
63
62
...
Henderson, Woods Charter**
Ashe
Alleghany, Avery, Person, Surry, Winston-Salem/Forsyth
60
59
58
57
56
55
54
53
52
51
50
49
48
47
46
45
44
43
42
41
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
...
Cherokee
Burke, Caldwell, Chatham, Moore, Onslow
Buncombe, Lincoln Charter**
Asheboro City, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Roanoke Rapids City
Durham, Lee, Orange, Polk, Wilson
Carteret, Davie, Elkin City, Guilford, Pender, Rockingham
Alamance-Burlington, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
Catawba, Duplin, Gaston, Iredell-Statesville, Mitchell
Alexander, Scotland
Currituck, Granville, Johnston, Macon, Stanly
Community Partners High**, Mooresville City, Newton-Conover City, Pitt, Stokes, Union, Wayne
Cabarrus, Edenton/Chowan, Franklin, Kings Mountain City, Northampton
Cleveland, Craven, Harnett, Haywood, New Hanover, Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
Beaufort, Brunswick, Jones, Sampson
Clover Garden**, Gates, Graham, Hickory City
Randolph
Caswell, East Wake Academy**, Jackson, Kestrel Heights**, Richmond
Columbus, Nash-Rocky Mount
Edgecombe, Kannapolis City, Thomasville City, Yadkin
Bertie, Madison, Martin, River Mill Academy**, Rowan-Salisbury, Shelby City, Whiteville City, Wilke
Anson, Camden
Clinton City
Hyde, Lincoln
Hertford, Lexington City, Montgomery
McDowell
Bladen, Hoke, Swain
Halifax, Washington, Yancey
Greene, Weldon City
Lenoir
Rutherford, Vance
Robeson
27
...
25
...
23
22
...
20
...
16
15
14
13
...
11
10
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7
<=5
Notes:
2004 LEA Performance
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Gray Stone Day**
New Century School**, Pamlico
C.G. Woodson**, Perquimans
Warren
J.H. Baker Jr High**
Laurinburg Homework**
Laurinburg Charter**
Lakeside School**
Tyrrell
Crossroads Charter**, Provisions Academy**
Kennedy Charter**
Cape Lookout Marine**
Crossnore Academy**, Grandfather Academy**
†
Percents are rounded to the nearest whole percent.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than
or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete charter school name
can be found in the Appendix.
Beginning in 2003, data are reported using the revised standard and are generated using the new scoring model.
Data for 2003 are from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program.
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Table 38. North Carolina Testing Program, Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Average Total Writing Score, by LEA,
Grade 10
State
Mean Score†
12.9
12.7
12.5
...
12.0
11.9
11.7
11.5
11.3
2004 State
11.1
11.0
10.9
2003 State
10.7
10.5
10.3
10.1
10.0
9.9
9.7
9.5
9.3
9.1
9.0
8.9
8.7
8.5
...
8.1
...
7.5
...
6.7
*
2004 LEA Performance
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Clay
Gray Stone Day**, Raleigh Charter HS**
Ashe, Avery, Elkin City, Mount Airy City
Asheville City, Henderson, Moore, Person, Surry, Wake, Watauga, Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Alleghany, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Franklin Academy**, Transylvania, Woods Charter**
Buncombe, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Chatham, Lincoln Charter**, Northampton, Onslow, Pender, Thomas Jefferson**
Wilson
Alamance-Burlington, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Durham, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank, Gaston, Granville
Kings Mountain City, Lee, Macon, Mitchell, Orange, Polk, Roanoke Rapids City, Rockingham
Cabarrus, Carteret, Davie, Duplin, Edenton/Chowan, Guilford, Mooresville City, Newton-Conover City, Stokes
Alexander, Asheboro City, Catawba, Cleveland, Haywood, Johnston, Scotland
Brunswick, Community Partners High**, Craven, Currituck, Edgecombe, Franklin, Iredell-Statesville, Jones
Kestrel Heights**, New Hanover, Pitt, Richmond, Rocky Mount Prep Sch**, Sampson, Stanly, Union, Wayne
Beaufort, Caswell, Columbus, Graham, Harnett, Kannapolis City, Thomasville City
Bertie, Camden, Gates, Jackson, Lexington City, Madison, McDowell, Montgomery, Nash-Rocky Mount, Randolph
River Mill Academy**, Shelby City, Whiteville City
Anson, Clinton City, East Wake Academy**, Hertford, Hickory City, Rowan-Salisbury, Wilkes, Yadkin
Clover Garden**, Hyde, Lincoln, Martin
C.G. Woodson**, Hoke, J.H. Baker Jr High**, Weldon City, Yancey
Bladen, Greene, Swain, Vance, Washington
Halifax, Lenoir, Robeson
Rutherford
Lakeside School**, Perquimans, Warren
Provisions Academy**
Crossroads Charter**
Kennedy Charter**, Laurinburg Homework**, Pamlico
New Century School**
Laurinburg Charter**
Tyrrell
Crossnore Academy**
Cape Lookout Marine**
Grandfather Academy**
Notes: †Scale scores are rounded up to the nearest two-tenths of a point.
*Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete charter school name
can be found in the Appendix.
Beginning in 2003, data are reported using the revised standard and are generated using the new scoring model.
Data for 2003 are from the pilot test administration.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
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Table 39a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA and Ethnicity
Western Region
Total
Number
Tested
State
Western Region
Buncombe
American Indian
Percent At
or Above
Level III
Number
Tested
Asian
Percent At
or Above
Level III
Number
Tested
Black
Percent At
or Above
Level III
Number
Tested
Hispanic
Percent At
or Above
Level III
Number
Tested
Multi-Racial
Percent At
or Above
Level III
Number
Tested
White
Percent At
or Above
Level III
Number
Tested
Percent At
or Above
Level III
88,633
6,526
52.5
52.1
1,221
79
36.4
31.6
1,922
50
59.4
66.0
23,869
354
38.9
36.2
3,860
180
31.9
36.7
2,136
89
51.7
48.3
55,326
5,755
60.0
53.8
59.7
131
1,721
58.2
13
53.8
20
80.0
103
44.7
48
37.5
33
51.5
1,495
Asheville City
259
68.0
1
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3
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71
45.1
8
62.5
11
81.8
165
77.0
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271
59.8
7
14.3
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3
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2
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255
62.0
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97
70.1
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94
69.1
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80
46.3
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42.9
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45.8
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526
48.3
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42.9
1
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*
501
48.9
Henderson
854
63.5
3
*
5
80.0
33
42.4
67
40.3
7
71.4
737
66.6
Jackson
222
43.7
15
26.7
1
*
2
*
3
*
2
*
198
45.5
Macon
259
51.4
0
*
4
*
3
*
2
*
1
*
249
51.4
Madison
162
41.4
0
*
0
*
0
*
2
*
1
*
159
41.5
McDowell
461
35.6
1
*
10
30.0
13
23.1
7
28.6
5
*
425
36.7
Mitchell
197
53.3
1
*
1
*
1
*
1
*
0
*
192
53.6
Polk
148
56.1
0
*
0
*
7
14.3
7
28.6
5
40.0
129
60.5
Rutherford
666
31.1
0
*
2
*
102
18.6
17
5.9
10
40.0
535
33.8
21
66.7
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
1
*
19
68.4
Swain
119
35.3
21
23.8
0
*
2
*
3
*
2
*
91
38.5
Transylvania
Yancey
280
183
66.8
33.9
2
1
*
*
1
0
*
*
8
1
62.5
*
4
1
*
*
4
1
*
*
261
178
67.8
33.7
Thomas Jefferson**
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheet
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
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Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 39b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Western Region
Total
Number
Tested
132
State
Western Region
Buncombe
Asheville City
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Thomas Jefferson**
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
88,633
6,526
1,721
259
271
97
80
526
854
222
259
162
461
197
148
666
21
119
280
183
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.5
52.1
58.2
68.0
59.8
70.1
46.3
48.3
63.5
43.7
51.4
41.4
35.6
53.3
56.1
31.1
66.7
35.3
66.8
33.9
Number
Tested
43,458
3,215
845
135
136
40
44
245
446
99
126
94
242
85
72
312
5
63
143
83
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.1
43.2
50.9
60.0
47.1
70.0
36.4
37.1
56.3
30.3
42.9
31.9
29.8
32.9
48.6
20.2
20.0
33.3
57.3
15.7
Number
Tested
44,908
3,294
870
124
132
57
36
281
405
123
132
67
218
112
76
354
16
56
137
98
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
59.6
60.8
65.3
76.6
73.5
70.2
58.3
58.0
71.9
54.5
59.1
53.7
42.2
68.8
63.2
40.7
81.3
37.5
76.6
48.0
Number
Tested
86,888
6,484
1,719
259
268
97
80
523
853
222
252
162
461
197
148
666
0
119
276
182
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.7
52.1
58.2
68.0
59.3
70.1
46.3
48.6
63.5
43.7
50.8
41.4
35.6
53.3
56.1
31.1
*
35.3
66.3
34.1
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
742
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
28.7
71.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
71.4
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
163
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
Migrant
Number
Tested
20.2
66.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
66.7
*
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheet
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
273
6
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
46.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 40a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA and Ethnicity
Northwest Region
Total
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
133
State
Northwest Region
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Grandfather Academy**
Crossnore Academy**
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Hickory City
Newton-Conover City
Davidson
Lexington City
Thomasville City
Davie
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
C.G. Woodson**
Iredell-Statesville
Mooresville City
Stokes
Surry
Elkin City
Mount Airy City
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
88,633
13,876
333
96
217
156
4
14
1,029
891
1,184
324
198
1,297
156
135
403
3,031
13
1,295
314
536
596
83
138
340
657
436
52.5
55.5
51.7
61.5
63.1
62.2
*
*
59.0
59.0
53.0
45.7
50.0
54.3
37.2
41.5
54.8
62.2
23.1
52.7
50.3
49.4
62.2
55.4
65.9
67.4
40.9
42.2
American Indian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
1,221
48
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
3
1
1
5
0
2
1
12
0
9
0
3
1
0
0
1
1
0
36.4
47.9
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
60.0
*
*
*
58.3
*
55.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Asian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
1,922
356
17
0
1
0
0
0
98
8
87
20
13
8
8
2
1
31
0
37
10
3
4
1
2
5
0
0
59.4
53.7
23.5
*
*
*
*
*
54.1
62.5
58.6
25.0
30.8
75.0
37.5
*
*
74.2
*
59.5
50.0
*
*
*
*
60.0
*
*
Black
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
23,869
2,008
25
0
2
1
0
1
74
63
83
79
28
27
75
72
50
1,015
13
232
46
28
15
6
14
6
34
19
38.9
42.0
20.0
*
*
*
*
*
56.8
49.2
37.3
19.0
32.1
37.0
38.7
34.7
42.0
48.7
23.1
34.1
28.3
21.4
46.7
*
50.0
33.3
23.5
21.1
Hispanic
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
3,860
631
14
5
6
3
1
0
26
19
52
20
23
26
27
17
22
177
0
69
4
4
48
3
7
1
23
34
31.9
29.3
21.4
40.0
*
*
*
*
38.5
57.9
23.1
20.0
21.7
26.9
14.8
23.5
40.9
29.4
*
34.8
*
*
39.6
*
42.9
*
21.7
14.7
Multi-Racial
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
2,136
208
1
0
0
1
0
0
15
14
12
7
4
10
8
8
3
71
0
12
4
11
7
1
0
4
11
4
51.7
47.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
46.7
42.9
58.3
28.6
*
30.0
75.0
62.5
*
59.2
*
33.3
*
36.4
42.9
*
*
*
18.2
*
White
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
55,326
10,606
273
90
206
150
3
13
814
786
940
197
128
1,219
38
34
326
1,721
0
933
250
487
521
72
115
323
588
379
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
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60.0
59.9
58.2
63.3
64.6
63.3
*
*
60.7
60.2
55.7
61.9
60.2
55.4
42.1
61.8
58.3
73.5
*
58.6
54.8
51.7
65.5
61.1
68.7
68.1
43.2
46.2
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 40b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Northwest Region
Total
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
134
State
Northwest Region
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Grandfather Academy**
Crossnore Academy**
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Hickory City
Newton-Conover City
Davidson
Lexington City
Thomasville City
Davie
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
C.G. Woodson**
Iredell-Statesville
Mooresville City
Stokes
Surry
Elkin City
Mount Airy City
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
88,633
13,876
333
96
217
156
4
14
1,029
891
1,184
324
198
1,297
156
135
403
3,031
13
1,295
314
536
596
83
138
340
657
436
52.5
55.5
51.7
61.5
63.1
62.2
*
*
59.0
59.0
53.0
45.7
50.0
54.3
37.2
41.5
54.8
62.2
23.1
52.7
50.3
49.4
62.2
55.4
65.9
67.4
40.9
42.2
Male
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
43,458
6,952
156
41
110
89
2
4
522
452
588
161
93
633
71
73
212
1,529
5
660
156
276
285
45
77
160
312
240
45.1
48.0
41.7
39.0
58.2
55.1
*
*
55.7
52.4
43.9
41.6
40.9
45.3
28.2
41.1
51.4
56.4
*
41.7
40.4
43.8
52.6
44.4
59.7
56.9
30.4
32.9
Female
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
44,908
6,907
175
55
107
67
2
10
507
437
594
163
105
663
85
62
190
1,497
8
632
158
260
311
38
61
180
344
196
59.6
63.0
60.6
78.2
68.2
71.6
*
*
62.3
65.7
62.1
49.7
58.1
62.7
44.7
41.9
58.9
68.0
37.5
64.4
60.1
55.4
71.1
68.4
73.8
76.7
50.6
53.6
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
86,888
13,774
333
95
214
155
0
0
1,025
891
1,177
304
197
1,293
156
135
403
3,028
0
1,292
314
533
590
83
138
340
646
432
52.7
55.7
51.7
62.1
64.0
62.6
*
*
59.1
59.0
53.2
47.7
50.3
54.4
37.2
41.5
54.8
62.2
*
52.8
50.3
49.7
62.2
55.4
65.9
67.4
41.3
42.6
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
742
40
0
0
0
0
4
14
0
0
0
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28.7
10.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
15.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Targeted Assistance
Percent At or
Number Above Level
Tested
III
163
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20.2
23.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
23.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Migrant
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
273
13
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
3
1
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
46.5
23.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
60.0
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 41a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA and Ethnicity
Southwest Region
Total
135
State
Southwest Region
Anson
Cabarrus
Kannapolis City
Cleveland
Kings Mountain City
Shelby City
Gaston
Hoke
Lincoln
Lincoln Charter**
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Kennedy Charter**
Crossroads Charter**
Montgomery
Moore
Richmond
Rowan-Salisbury
Scotland
Laurinburg Charter**
Laurinburg Homework**
Stanly
Gray Stone Day**
Union
Number
Tested
88,633
19,629
315
1,500
234
615
310
178
2,137
304
816
19
7,188
10
54
279
819
481
1,367
410
13
19
698
43
1,820
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.5
51.1
40.0
49.3
42.3
48.1
49.4
41.0
52.9
34.5
38.4
57.9
57.1
10.0
11.1
36.9
59.3
44.3
40.7
52.0
15.4
15.8
50.6
76.7
50.1
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,221
165
3
4
0
0
1
0
9
34
2
0
22
0
1
0
10
16
2
46
0
3
5
0
7
Percent At
or Above
Level III
36.4
45.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
55.6
41.2
*
*
72.7
*
*
*
60.0
25.0
*
43.5
*
*
40.0
*
42.9
Asian
Number
Tested
1,922
528
9
21
3
3
10
4
36
2
5
0
348
0
1
9
1
4
15
3
0
0
33
0
21
Percent At
or Above
Level III
59.4
53.0
33.3
57.1
*
*
40.0
*
55.6
*
20.0
*
57.2
*
*
33.3
*
*
40.0
*
*
*
18.2
*
57.1
Black
Number
Tested
23,869
5,534
180
201
75
124
69
83
405
158
70
1
2,895
9
49
81
169
175
256
161
13
10
100
0
250
Percent At
or Above
Level III
38.9
37.0
32.2
35.3
29.3
38.7
40.6
26.5
34.1
25.3
22.9
*
41.2
*
10.2
28.4
43.8
37.1
25.8
44.1
15.4
20.0
33.0
*
28.4
Hispanic
Number
Tested
3,860
888
3
68
17
3
6
3
60
16
57
1
432
0
0
26
28
6
48
3
0
0
14
1
96
Percent At
or Above
Level III
31.9
29.8
*
25.0
35.3
*
33.3
*
33.3
25.0
22.8
*
34.5
*
*
34.6
39.3
50.0
10.4
*
*
*
35.7
*
17.7
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
2,136
398
4
31
9
11
8
0
33
16
12
0
178
0
2
0
17
9
21
7
0
0
9
0
31
Percent At
or Above
Level III
51.7
51.0
*
51.6
33.3
45.5
37.5
*
42.4
50.0
25.0
*
61.2
*
*
*
82.4
22.2
28.6
28.6
*
*
11.1
*
48.4
White
Number
Tested
55,326
12,048
116
1,173
130
473
215
88
1,586
78
666
17
3,267
1
1
163
593
269
1,024
189
0
6
537
42
1,414
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheet
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
Percent At
or Above
Level III
60.0
59.1
52.6
53.0
50.8
50.5
54.0
54.5
58.6
47.4
41.6
52.9
73.8
*
*
41.7
64.1
50.2
46.0
61.9
*
16.7
57.0
78.6
56.1
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 41b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Southwest Region
Total
Number
Tested
136
State
Southwest Region
Anson
Cabarrus
Kannapolis City
Cleveland
Kings Mountain City
Shelby City
Gaston
Hoke
Lincoln
Lincoln Charter**
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Kennedy Charter**
Crossroads Charter**
Montgomery
Moore
Richmond
Rowan-Salisbury
Scotland
Laurinburg Charter**
Laurinburg Homework**
Stanly
Gray Stone Day**
Union
88,633
19,629
315
1,500
234
615
310
178
2,137
304
816
19
7,188
10
54
279
819
481
1,367
410
13
19
698
43
1,820
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.5
51.1
40.0
49.3
42.3
48.1
49.4
41.0
52.9
34.5
38.4
57.9
57.1
10.0
11.1
36.9
59.3
44.3
40.7
52.0
15.4
15.8
50.6
76.7
50.1
Number
Tested
43,458
9,647
160
719
105
296
154
81
1,058
141
417
10
3,504
4
28
138
421
228
690
196
10
13
343
19
912
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.1
43.8
36.9
40.5
35.2
40.9
37.0
35.8
46.4
28.4
30.9
40.0
49.8
*
10.7
29.0
50.6
35.1
34.2
45.4
20.0
23.1
41.4
68.4
43.9
Number
Tested
44,908
9,930
154
780
128
317
156
97
1,071
163
399
9
3,657
6
26
141
395
250
673
214
3
6
354
24
907
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
59.6
58.2
43.5
57.6
48.4
54.9
61.5
45.4
59.4
39.9
46.1
77.8
64.1
*
11.5
44.7
69.1
52.4
47.1
57.9
*
*
59.3
83.3
56.3
Number
Tested
86,888
19,483
314
1,497
233
615
310
178
2,128
303
816
19
7,172
0
0
276
815
480
1,358
410
0
0
697
43
1,819
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.7
51.4
40.1
49.4
42.5
48.1
49.4
41.0
53.0
34.7
38.4
57.9
57.1
*
*
37.3
59.6
44.4
40.9
52.0
*
*
50.6
76.7
50.1
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
742
98
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
10
53
0
0
0
0
0
13
19
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
28.7
12.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
10.0
9.4
*
*
*
*
*
15.4
15.8
*
*
*
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
163
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At or
Above Level
III
Migrant
Number
Tested
20.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
273
13
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
3
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
46.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 42a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA and Ethnicity
Northeast Region
137
State
Northeast Region
Beaufort
Bertie
Camden
Edenton/Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe
Gates
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids City
Weldon City
Hertford
Hyde
Martin
Northampton
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Tyrrell
Washington
Total
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
88,633
52.5
5,827
45.4
498
47.0
198
40.9
118
39.8
165
48.5
286
51.0
368
53.8
498
41.8
136
45.6
348
33.6
184
56.5
81
33.3
260
37.3
40
37.5
293
41.3
212
48.6
411
53.5
158
23.4
1,394
50.1
38
13.2
141
34.0
American Indian
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
1,221
36.4
48
43.8
1
*
1
*
1
*
0
*
1
*
2
*
0
*
2
*
25
40.0
2
*
0
*
4
*
0
*
1
*
0
*
2
*
1
*
5
20.0
0
*
0
*
Asian
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
1,922
59.4
40
52.5
1
*
1
*
2
*
0
*
3
*
1
*
0
*
1
*
0
*
4
*
0
*
1
*
0
*
1
*
0
*
3
*
1
*
21
52.4
0
*
0
*
Black
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
23,869
38.9
2,710
34.9
193
35.2
160
36.9
25
24.0
72
33.3
24
45.8
15
40.0
280
32.1
51
33.3
311
33.1
38
42.1
76
31.6
205
32.7
13
46.2
154
29.9
172
44.2
174
43.1
73
16.4
551
37.2
13
15.4
110
30.0
Hispanic
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
3,860
31.9
113
28.3
17
17.6
2
*
0
*
1
*
9
33.3
10
40.0
15
20.0
0
*
0
*
2
*
0
*
2
*
1
*
6
50.0
1
*
4
*
1
*
39
33.3
2
*
1
*
Multi-Racial
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
2,136
51.7
100
38.0
7
42.9
4
*
1
*
4
*
4
*
6
33.3
9
44.4
1
*
3
*
1
*
4
*
4
*
2
*
5
20.0
4
*
9
22.2
5
*
24
45.8
2
*
1
*
White
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
55,326
60.0
2,810
56.5
279
56.6
29
72.4
89
44.9
88
61.4
245
51.4
333
55.0
194
57.2
81
54.3
8
25.0
137
60.6
1
*
44
59.1
24
37.5
125
55.2
35
62.9
219
63.5
77
32.5
752
60.8
21
14.3
29
51.7
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 42b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Northeast Region
Total
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
138
State
Northeast Region
Beaufort
Bertie
Camden
Edenton/Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe
Gates
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids City
Weldon City
Hertford
Hyde
Martin
Northampton
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Tyrrell
Washington
88,633
5,827
498
198
118
165
286
368
498
136
348
184
81
260
40
293
212
411
158
1,394
38
141
52.5
45.4
47.0
40.9
39.8
48.5
51.0
53.8
41.8
45.6
33.6
56.5
33.3
37.3
37.5
41.3
48.6
53.5
23.4
50.1
13.2
34.0
Male
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
43,458
2,815
227
81
54
77
143
198
208
68
162
86
36
118
19
141
102
209
73
726
27
60
45.1
37.7
39.2
27.2
37.0
41.6
45.5
43.9
27.9
36.8
25.9
48.8
27.8
25.4
26.3
38.3
45.1
40.7
16.4
43.8
14.8
23.3
Female
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
44,908
3,000
268
117
64
88
142
170
289
67
184
98
44
141
20
152
110
202
85
667
11
81
59.6
52.7
53.0
50.4
42.2
54.5
57.0
65.3
51.6
53.7
40.8
63.3
36.4
47.5
45.0
44.1
51.8
66.8
29.4
57.0
9.1
42.0
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
86,888
5,807
498
198
118
165
286
367
497
136
347
184
81
255
40
293
210
411
158
1,385
38
140
52.7
45.5
47.0
40.9
39.8
48.5
51.0
53.7
41.9
45.6
33.7
56.5
33.3
37.3
37.5
41.3
49.0
53.5
23.4
50.0
13.2
34.3
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
742
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28.7
33.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
40.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Targeted Assistance
Percent At or
Number Above Level
Tested
III
163
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Migrant
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
20.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
273
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
46.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 43a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA and Ethnicity
Southeast Region
Total
139
State
Southeast Region
Bladen
Brunswick
Carteret
Cape Lookout Marine**
Columbus
Whiteville City
Craven
Cumberland
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
New Hanover
Onslow
Pamlico
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Clinton City
Wayne
Number
Tested
88,633
15,604
370
637
623
44
460
179
928
3,771
545
157
71
642
1,603
1,514
158
470
1,438
510
195
1,289
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.5
47.7
35.1
46.5
54.6
6.8
42.6
41.3
48.3
53.7
53.0
33.1
46.5
31.5
48.4
58.5
24.7
54.5
30.4
46.9
39.0
49.9
American Indian
Number
Tested
1,221
759
4
7
3
1
22
0
2
83
1
0
0
0
8
17
0
2
591
11
5
2
Percent At
or Above
Level III
36.4
31.6
*
57.1
*
*
31.8
*
*
49.4
*
*
*
*
37.5
64.7
*
*
27.6
54.5
40.0
*
Asian
Number
Tested
1,922
206
1
4
6
0
2
1
10
105
0
0
0
4
17
32
2
0
4
1
0
17
Percent At
or Above
Level III
59.4
57.8
*
*
83.3
*
*
*
50.0
60.0
*
*
*
*
64.7
71.9
*
*
*
*
*
35.3
Black
Number
Tested
23,869
5,148
177
156
48
14
177
69
274
1,622
180
74
48
319
349
331
54
114
418
133
97
494
Percent At
or Above
Level III
38.9
38.5
25.4
33.3
39.6
*
37.9
29.0
35.4
46.3
41.1
20.3
50.0
24.1
29.8
51.4
14.8
47.4
24.9
42.1
33.0
43.5
Hispanic
Number
Tested
3,860
681
11
13
11
1
10
3
24
242
66
10
2
19
29
69
1
15
47
36
11
61
Percent At
or Above
Level III
31.9
36.9
18.2
46.2
36.4
*
40.0
*
33.3
46.3
30.3
10.0
*
15.8
27.6
59.4
*
33.3
<=5.0
22.2
9.1
42.6
Multi-Racial
Number
Tested
2,136
566
7
15
11
1
8
2
37
223
4
3
0
12
36
115
3
2
35
10
3
39
Percent At
or Above
Level III
51.7
50.2
*
26.7
36.4
*
50.0
*
43.2
57.8
*
*
*
33.3
27.8
54.8
*
*
34.3
50.0
*
64.1
White
Number
Tested
55,326
8,199
170
442
542
27
239
104
578
1,489
293
70
21
287
1,159
948
98
337
340
303
79
673
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheet
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
Percent At
or Above
Level III
60.0
55.3
48.2
51.8
56.3
11.1
46.9
49.0
55.5
62.2
65.5
48.6
42.9
40.8
55.1
60.7
31.6
58.2
45.9
49.5
51.9
54.8
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 43b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Southeast Region
Total
Number
Tested
140
State
Southeast Region
Bladen
Brunswick
Carteret
Cape Lookout Marine**
Columbus
Whiteville City
Craven
Cumberland
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
New Hanover
Onslow
Pamlico
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Clinton City
Wayne
88,633
15,604
370
637
623
44
460
179
928
3,771
545
157
71
642
1,603
1,514
158
470
1,438
510
195
1,289
Male
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.5
47.7
35.1
46.5
54.6
6.8
42.6
41.3
48.3
53.7
53.0
33.1
46.5
31.5
48.4
58.5
24.7
54.5
30.4
46.9
39.0
49.9
Number
Tested
43,458
7,569
170
293
320
30
229
89
447
1,880
240
79
25
327
754
725
75
225
700
255
80
626
Female
Percent At
or Above
Level III
45.1
40.3
24.1
39.6
44.7
<=5.0
34.9
32.6
40.0
47.1
45.8
30.4
36.0
22.6
44.3
51.3
18.7
46.2
25.3
32.2
31.3
40.4
Number
Tested
44,908
7,975
198
339
299
14
226
90
480
1,880
302
78
46
314
848
787
83
245
733
237
115
661
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
or Above
Level III
59.6
54.5
44.4
52.5
64.5
14.3
50.0
50.0
56.0
60.3
58.3
35.9
52.2
40.8
52.1
65.1
30.1
62.0
35.2
60.3
44.3
59.0
Number
Tested
86,888
15,025
366
594
616
0
451
177
928
3,730
545
157
71
635
1,599
1,511
158
327
1,414
267
195
1,284
Percent At
or Above
Level III
52.7
47.6
35.0
46.0
54.7
*
43.0
41.8
48.3
54.0
53.0
33.1
46.5
31.5
48.5
58.4
24.7
45.3
30.2
47.6
39.0
49.8
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Number
Tested
742
288
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
37
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
242
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
28.7
41.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
21.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
45.9
*
*
Targeted Assistance
Number
Tested
163
44
0
0
0
44
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Percent At or
Above Level
III
20.2
6.8
*
*
*
6.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
Prepared by the NCDPI Division of Accountability Services/North Carolina Testing Program
Migrant
Number
Tested
273
156
1
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
142
0
7
0
0
Percent At
or Above
Level III
46.5
70.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
75.4
*
28.6
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 44a. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA and Ethnicity
Central Region
Total
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
American Indian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
Asian
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
Black
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
Hispanic
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
Multi-Racial
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
White
Percent At
Number
or Above
Tested
Level III
88,633
52.5
1,221
36.4
1,922
59.4
23,869
38.9
3,860
31.9
2,136
51.7
27,176
56.4
122
50.0
743
67.0
8,115
41.0
1,367
31.7
775
56.5
Alamance-Burlington
1,530
54.1
9
55.6
26
61.5
367
36.0
120
20.8
34
50.0
Lakeside School**
7
14.3
0
*
0
*
4
*
0
*
0
*
River Mill Academy**
22
40.9
2
*
0
*
3
*
0
*
1
*
Clover Garden**
13
46.2
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
Caswell
222
43.7
0
*
1
*
100
40.0
2
*
4
*
Chatham
554
58.7
3
*
2
*
124
47.6
50
26.0
13
46.2
Woods Charter**
22
63.6
0
*
0
*
1
*
1
*
1
*
Durham
1,872
55.8
4
*
51
70.6
926
46.0
109
19.3
87
58.6
Kestrel Heights**
9
44.4
0
*
0
*
6
33.3
1
*
1
*
Franklin
510
49.2
1
*
2
*
187
36.4
18
22.2
5
80.0
Granville
523
50.9
2
*
6
33.3
188
43.1
19
36.8
12
25.0
Guilford
4,551
54.5
18
27.8
187
53.5
1,653
39.8
164
30.5
155
52.9
Harnett
1,061
47.5
9
33.3
5
*
272
36.4
53
35.8
43
53.5
Johnston
1,472
50.7
10
80.0
8
75.0
281
38.1
109
27.5
34
38.2
Lee
614
55.9
1
*
6
66.7
148
42.6
92
29.3
10
60.0
Provisions Academy**
9
11.1
0
*
0
*
4
*
1
*
2
*
Nash-Rocky Mount
1,179
42.8
3
*
11
54.5
621
31.2
33
18.2
22
40.9
Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
21
47.6
0
*
1
*
12
33.3
0
*
1
*
Orange
443
56.4
3
*
2
*
82
42.7
12
75.0
9
33.3
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
835
77.8
3
*
87
79.3
93
50.5
43
51.2
45
73.3
New Century School**
24
25.0
1
*
0
*
8
37.5
0
*
0
*
Person
410
61.5
3
*
2
*
141
53.9
6
16.7
7
71.4
Randolph
1,142
45.4
5
80.0
11
36.4
52
26.9
68
26.5
13
46.2
Asheboro City
286
56.6
2
*
11
54.5
28
32.1
42
21.4
7
42.9
Rockingham
996
54.5
6
33.3
2
*
205
41.0
30
36.7
17
35.3
Vance
449
31.2
2
*
4
*
285
24.2
12
8.3
7
57.1
Wake
7,182
66.2
22
63.6
315
74.0
1,711
48.3
336
42.9
214
65.9
J.H. Baker Jr High**
10
20.0
0
*
0
*
6
16.7
0
*
0
*
Franklin Academy**
31
71.0
0
*
0
*
3
*
1
*
1
*
East Wake Academy**
18
44.4
0
*
0
*
5
80.0
0
*
0
*
Raleigh Charter HS**
105
74.3
0
*
0
*
5
20.0
3
*
2
*
Community Partners High**
24
50.0
0
*
0
*
0
*
2
*
2
*
Warren
262
22.1
11
27.3
0
*
199
20.6
0
*
9
22.2
Wilson
768
55.5
2
*
3
*
395
44.6
40
30.0
17
64.7
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0 percent, are not displayed
The ethnic categories may not sum to total number tested because ethnic category may not have been coded on some student answer sheet
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix
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State
Central Region
141
55,326
15,912
972
3
16
13
112
358
19
678
1
294
296
2,372
678
1,024
353
2
488
7
335
561
15
249
992
195
733
138
4,501
4
26
13
95
20
41
308
60.0
65.9
64.8
*
37.5
46.2
46.4
67.6
68.4
73.6
*
58.5
58.4
66.8
52.4
56.7
68.3
*
58.8
71.4
59.7
84.7
20.0
65.9
47.7
67.7
59.8
44.9
74.5
*
69.2
30.8
76.8
50.0
29.3
72.7
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
Table 44b. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 2003-04,
Grade 10, by LEA, Gender, Title I, and Migrant Students
Central Region
Total
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
142
State
Central Region
Alamance-Burlington
Lakeside School**
River Mill Academy**
Clover Garden**
Caswell
Chatham
Woods Charter**
Durham
Kestrel Heights**
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Harnett
Johnston
Lee
Provisions Academy**
Nash-Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Prep Sch**
Orange
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
New Century School**
Person
Randolph
Asheboro City
Rockingham
Vance
Wake
J.H. Baker Jr High**
Franklin Academy**
East Wake Academy**
Raleigh Charter HS**
Community Partners High**
Warren
Wilson
88,633
27,176
1,530
7
22
13
222
554
22
1,872
9
510
523
4,551
1,061
1,472
614
9
1,179
21
443
835
24
410
1,142
286
996
449
7,182
10
31
18
105
24
262
768
52.5
56.4
54.1
14.3
40.9
46.2
43.7
58.7
63.6
55.8
44.4
49.2
50.9
54.5
47.5
50.7
55.9
11.1
42.8
47.6
56.4
77.8
25.0
61.5
45.4
56.6
54.5
31.2
66.2
20.0
71.0
44.4
74.3
50.0
22.1
55.5
Male
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
43,458
13,264
780
4
7
6
103
295
14
879
4
244
249
2,207
529
711
283
4
565
10
241
428
11
207
584
137
473
199
3,493
7
11
7
53
16
138
365
45.1
49.3
45.4
*
42.9
50.0
36.9
49.8
64.3
50.1
*
39.8
42.6
47.1
36.7
42.2
44.9
*
37.9
50.0
50.6
71.3
18.2
52.2
40.1
48.2
49.3
25.6
60.0
28.6
63.6
42.9
69.8
37.5
18.1
45.5
Female
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
44,908
13,803
748
3
15
7
117
256
8
979
5
265
274
2,340
529
761
326
5
609
11
201
407
13
203
555
148
521
250
3,632
3
20
11
51
8
123
399
59.6
63.2
63.1
*
40.0
42.9
50.4
69.1
62.5
61.0
40.0
57.7
58.4
61.5
58.6
58.6
65.3
20.0
47.5
45.5
63.7
84.8
30.8
70.9
51.4
64.9
59.1
35.6
72.3
*
75.0
45.5
80.4
75.0
26.8
64.7
Not Served by Title I
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
86,888
26,315
1,525
0
22
13
222
530
21
1,791
9
479
521
4,463
1,050
1,459
604
0
1,172
21
442
835
24
404
1,136
286
980
446
6,917
0
31
18
102
24
1
767
52.7
56.8
54.2
*
40.9
46.2
43.7
60.9
66.7
55.7
44.4
48.9
51.1
55.2
47.9
50.8
56.8
*
43.1
47.6
56.6
77.8
25.0
61.6
45.5
56.6
54.8
31.4
65.9
*
71.0
44.4
76.5
50.0
*
55.5
Schoolwide Title I
Program
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
742
303
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
261
0
28.7
23.1
*
14.3
*
*
*
*
*
50.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
11.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
20.0
*
*
*
*
22.2
*
Targeted Assistance
Percent At or
Number Above Level
Tested
III
163
85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20.2
15.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
15.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Migrant
Percent At
Number or Above
Tested
Level III
273
83
5
0
0
0
0
23
0
1
0
1
1
2
9
8
10
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
13
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Notes: *Performance data are not reported when number tested is fewer than five. Performance data that are less than or equal to 5.0 percent, or greater than or equal to 95.0, percent are not displayed.
The gender, Title I, and Migrant categories may not sum to total number tested because these categories may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
**Denotes a charter school. For reporting purposes the charter school name has been abbreviated; the complete name can be found in the Appendix.
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46.5
16.9
20.0
*
*
*
*
8.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
11.1
12.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
30.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Report of Student Performance in Writing, Grades 4, 7, and 10, 2003-04
2003-04
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Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (AAAI)-Writing
Grades 4, 7, and 10
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Table 45. North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (AAAI), 2003-04,
Statewide Student Performance in Writing
Category
All Students
Number of
Students1
Percent of
All
Students2
Percent at
Level I
Percent at
Level II
Percent at
Level III
4,254
100.0
52.8
34.5
10.6
Percent at
Level IV
1.1
Percent At Percent Percent Not
or Above Achieving Achieving
Growth
Growth
Level III
11.7
83.3
16.4
Gender
Female
1,628
38.3
53.3
33.7
10.9
1.2
12.1
85.0
15.0
Male
2,623
61.7
52.5
35.0
10.4
1.0
11.4
82.4
17.3
23.1
Ethnicity
American Indian
134
3.1
40.3
31.3
27.6
0.0
27.6
76.1
Asian
186
4.4
50.0
37.6
9.1
1.6
10.8
90.9
9.1
Black
1,314
30.9
48.4
35.5
13.1
1.9
15.0
84.2
15.4
Hispanic
1,508
35.4
57.7
33.2
7.8
0.6
8.4
84.4
15.6
38
0.9
50.0
31.6
15.8
2.6
18.4
92.1
7.9
1,073
25.2
53.4
35.0
9.4
0.7
10.2
80.1
19.6
Not Exceptional3
1,573
37.0
56.2
33.4
8.6
0.8
9.4
85.4
14.6
All Students with Disabilities
2,677
62.9
50.8
35.2
11.7
1.3
13.0
82.2
17.5
Multi-Racial
White
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
109
2.6
37.6
36.7
22.9
1.8
24.8
85.3
13.8
69
1.6
53.6
40.6
4.3
0.0
4.3
87.0
13.0
Educable Mentally Disabled
1,451
34.1
51.3
35.9
10.7
0.8
11.4
83.6
16.1
Specific Learning Disabled3
444
10.4
34.9
44.6
17.8
2.7
20.5
87.6
12.2
Learning Disabled-Reading
486
11.4
38.5
43.4
16.3
1.6
17.9
85.8
14.0
Learning Disabled-Mathematics
312
7.3
38.1
45.2
14.7
1.3
16.0
88.5
11.2
Learning Disabled-Written Expression
451
10.6
36.1
43.9
17.7
1.8
19.5
86.7
13.1
Learning Disabled-Other
28
0.7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Speech-Language Impaired
24
0.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
7
0.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
185
4.3
55.7
29.2
13.0
1.1
14.1
84.3
15.7
Orthopedically Impaired
25
0.6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Traumatic Brain Injured
11
0.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
152
3.6
54.6
34.9
8.6
0.7
9.2
76.3
23.0
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf-Blind
2
0.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
48
1.1
72.9
20.8
4.2
0.0
4.2
72.9
27.1
2
0.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
136
3.2
83.8
13.2
0.0
2.9
2.9
50.7
49.3
Section 504
12
0.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Not Coded
3
0.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Limited English Proficient
1,563
36.7
56.9
33.1
8.3
0.7
9.0
84.9
15.1
Not Served by Title I
2,291
53.9
55.9
34.3
8.0
0.7
8.8
83.8
16.1
Schoolwide Title I Program
1,838
43.2
48.9
34.5
14.1
1.5
15.6
82.2
17.5
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Targeted Assistance
57
1.3
59.6
40.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
89.5
10.5
188
4.4
49.5
32.4
14.4
0.5
14.9
88.3
11.7
4
2,171
51.0
52.6
34.7
11.1
0.8
12.0
84.0
15.9
7
1,721
40.5
53.4
34.0
10.2
1.3
11.4
83.7
16.0
10
359
8.4
51.5
35.7
9.2
1.7
10.9
78.3
21.7
Migrant
Grade
Notes: 1Number of students with complete information for assigned grade, assessed grade, level, and growth indicator.
2
"Percent of All Students" within a category may not add up to 100.0 percent due to rounding or blanks
3
Inconsistencies in numbers reported are due to errors in coding on student answer sheets.
*Data are not reported for categories with fewer than thirty students.
When summed, subgroup N counts may not match the "All Students" N count because of incomplete coding on some student answer sheets.
The total of "All Students with Disabilities" includes Section 504 but not those in the "Not Coded" category.
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Figure 10. North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (AAAI), 2003-04,
Student Participation in Writing,
by Gender and Ethnicity
Black Male
20.4%
*N=869
Hispanic Male
19.4%
*N=826
White Male
16.5%
*N=702
Hispanic Female
16.0%
*N=682
Black Female
*N=445
10.5%
White Female
*N=369
8.7%
Asian Male
*N=107
2.5%
American Indian Male
2.1%
*N=91
Asian Female
1.9%
*N=79
1.0%
American Indian Female
*N=43
Multi-Racial Male
*N=28
0.7%
Multi-Racial Female
0.2%
*N=10
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Percent Participation
Notes: When summed, gender/ethnicity N counts may not match the state N counts because a gender/ethnicity category
may not have been coded on some student answer sheets.
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2003-04
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Alternate Assessment Portfolio (AAP)-Writing
Grades 4, 7, and 10
147
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Table 46. North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio (AAP), 2003-04
Statewide Student Performance at Each Achievement Level, Percent Achieving Growth,
and Percent Not Achieving Growth
Percent
at
Category
All Students
Gender
Females
Males
Not Coded
Ethnicity
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Multi-Racial
White
Not Coded
All Students with Disabilities
Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled
Hearing Impaired
Educable Mentally Disabled
Specific Learning Disabled
Speech-Language Impaired
Visually Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Orthopedically Impaired
Traumatic Brain Injured
Autistic
Severely/Profoundly Mentally Disabled
Multihandicapped
Deaf-Blind
Trainable Mentally Disabled
Not Coded
Limited English Proficient (LEP)
Not Served by Title I
Schoolwide Title I Program
Targeted Assistance
Migrant
Notes
Percent of
Number
1
of Students All Students Level I
Percent
at
Writing
Percent Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
at
at
At or Above Achieving Not Achieving
Level II
Level III Level IV
Level III
Growth
Growth
1,422
100.0
20.1
16.2
22.5
39.2
61.7
97.5
1.8
538
882
2
37.8
62.0
0.1
22.1
18.9
*
17.7
15.3
*
19.9
24.1
*
38.3
39.8
*
58.2
63.9
*
97.4
97.5
*
1.9
1.7
*
16
19
614
51
31
678
13
1,421
2
6
127
4
2
1
39
8
10
292
175
238
3
514
1
29
1,077
338
0
6
1.1
1.3
43.2
3.6
2.2
47.7
0.9
99.9
0.1
0.4
8.9
0.3
0.1
0.1
2.7
0.6
0.7
20.5
12.3
16.7
0.2
36.1
0.1
2.0
75.7
23.8
0.0
0.4
*
*
21.5
19.6
6.5
19.9
*
20.1
*
*
16.5
*
*
*
20.5
*
*
19.2
27.4
22.3
*
17.9
*
*
20.1
20.7
*
*
*
*
16.0
13.7
22.6
16.2
*
16.2
*
*
14.2
*
*
*
23.1
*
*
13.7
14.3
16.8
*
17.7
*
*
16.7
14.2
*
*
*
*
22.0
31.4
22.6
23.0
*
22.5
*
*
23.6
*
*
*
17.9
*
*
26.0
20.6
22.3
*
21.2
*
*
22.3
23.4
*
*
*
*
37.9
35.3
48.4
39.5
*
39.3
*
*
44.1
*
*
*
38.5
*
*
39.0
34.9
37.0
*
42.0
*
*
38.9
40.8
*
*
*
*
59.9
66.7
71.0
62.5
*
61.8
*
*
67.7
*
*
*
56.4
*
*
65.1
55.4
59.2
*
63.2
*
*
61.2
64.2
*
*
*
*
97.4
100.0
100.0
97.3
*
97.5
*
*
97.6
*
*
*
100.0
*
*
96.9
97.1
97.1
*
98.6
*
*
97.5
97.9
*
*
*
*
1.8
0.0
0.0
1.9
*
1.8
*
*
0.8
*
*
*
0.0
*
*
2.1
2.9
2.5
*
1.2
*
*
1.8
1.8
*
*
1
"Percent of All Students" within a category may not add up to 100.0 percent due to rounding or blanks.
*No scores are reported for groups with fewer than thirty students.
Data are not collected for Section 504 or Specific Learning Disabled students by subject.
When summed, subgroup N counts may not match the "All Students" N count because of incomplete coding on some student answer sheets.
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Appendices
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Appendix A
Grade Levels and Types of Writing by Year
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Appendix A
North Carolina, believing that an emphasis on writing instruction was needed and that the
measurement of writing would enhance instruction, began a statewide writing assessment program
in 1983-84. Since that time, students' writing skills have improved as evident by test results,
comments from university personnel, and business leaders. Changes in the program have occurred
over time as illustrated below.
Grade Levels and Types of Writing by Year
Year
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
Grade 4
Grade 6
Descriptive
Expository
Expository
Descriptive
Expository
Descriptive
Expository
Descriptive
Expository
Descriptive
Expository
Grade 7
Grade 8
Persuasive
Expository
Persuasive
Expository
Persuasive
Expository
Persuasive
Expository
Persuasive
Expository
Grade 9
Persuasive
Expository
Grade 10
Expository
Expository
Expository
Expository
Expository
Expository
Expository
Expository
1997-98 Narrative
Expository
Expository
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative
Expository
Expository
Expository
Expository
Argumentative
Expository
Expository
Expository
2003-04 Narrative
Argumentative
Informational
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative
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Appendix B
Annual Writing Assessment,
1992-93 to 2003-04 Percent of Students Scoring At or
Above Level III,
Grade 4
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Figure 11. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1992-93 to 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III,
Grade 4
100
90
68.8
70
60
52.9
51.5
48.6
51.7
55.2
57.6
46.8
50
38.6
30
38.7
34.4
40
24.0
159
Old Scoring Model
20
New Scoring Model
10
0
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
Notes: 1The bold vertical line between years indicates that the writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
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2002-03
1
2003-04
Appendix B
Percent of Students
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Appendix C
Annual Writing Assessment,
1995-96 to 2003-04 Percent of Students Scoring At or
Above Level III,
Grade 7
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Figure 12. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1995-96 to 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III,
Grade 7
100
90
70
70.3
59.4
60
71.9
73.2
62.9
62.5
54.9
50
45.5
40
40.9
30
20
Old Scoring Model
New Scoring Model
10
0
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
1
Notes: 1The bold vertical line between years indicates that the writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
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2003-04
Appendix C
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Percent of Students
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Appendix D
Annual Writing Assessment,
1991-92 to 2003-04 Percent of Students Scoring At or
Above Level III,
Grade 10
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Figure 13. North Carolina Testing Program
Annual Writing Assessment, 1991-92 to 2003-04,
Percent of Students Scoring At or Above Level III,
Grade 10
100
90
70
56.8
60
48.5
50
46.0
53.9
52.5
38.6
40
30
49.7
58.0
32.3
22.3
39.9
26.8
Old Scoring Model
20
New Scoring Model
10
0
1
2
1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
Notes: 1No writing assessment was administered in grade 10 during the 2001-02 school year.
2
The bold vertical lines between years indicate that the writing standard, scale, and scoring model changed effective with the 2002-03 school year.
Prior to 2001-02, the writing assessment administered at grade 10 was an English II end-of-course test administered at the end of English II courses which are
typically offered at grade 10.
The data from 2002-03 are reported from the pilot test administration.
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Appendix D
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Percent of Students
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Appendix E
List of North Carolina Charter Schools, 2003-04
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North Carolina Tests of Computer Skills, 2003-04
List of North Carolina Charter Schools, 2003-04
A Child's Garden School (K-5)
Alpha Academy (6-9)
American Renaissance Charter School (K-5)
American Renaissance Middle School (6-8)
Ann Atwater Community School (4-9)
Arapahoe Charter School (K-8)
Arts Based Elementary (K-4)
ArtSpace Charter School (formerly named Cheshire) (K-7)
Bethany Community Middle School (6-8)
Bethel Hill Charter School (K-6)
Brevard Academy (K-8)
Bridges Charter School (K-8)
Cape Fear Center for Inquiry (K-8)
Cape Lookout Marine Science High School (9-12)
Carter Community Charter School (K-9)
Casa Esperanza Montessori (K-4)
Charter Day School (K-5)
Chatham Charter School (K-8)
CIS Academy (6-8)
Clover Garden (K-10)
Community Partners Charter High School (9-12)
Crossnore Academy (1-12)
Crossroads Charter High (9-12)
Dillard Academy (K-3)
East Wake Academy (K-12)
East Winston Primary School (K-6)
Engelmann School of the Arts and Sciences (K-5)
Evergreen Community Charter School (K-8)
Exploris Middle School (6-8)
Forsyth Academies (K-8)
Francine Delany New School for Children (K-8)
Gaston College Preparatory (GCP) (5-7)
Grandfather Academy (K-12)
Gray Stone Day School (9-11)
Greensboro Academy (K-8)
Guilford Charter School (formerly Guilford-SABIS) (K-8)
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal (K-8)
Healthy Start Academy Charter Elementary School (K-6)
Highland Charter Public School (K-2)
Hope Elementary School (K-5)
Imani Institute Charter School (6-8)
John H. Baker Jr. High School (9-12)
Kennedy Charter School (6-12)
Kestrel Heights School (6-10)
Lake Norman Charter School (5-8)
Lakeside School (6-12)
Laurinburg Charter School (9-12)
Lincoln Charter School (K-11)
Magellan Charter School (4-8)
Maureen Joy Charter School (K-6)
Metrolina Regional Scholars' Academy (K-8)
Millennium Charter Academy (K-5)
Mountain Discovery Charter (K-6)
New Century School (9-12)
Omuteko Gwamaziima (K-8)
Orange Charter School (K-8)
Phoenix Academy (K-6)
Piedmont Community School (K-8)
PreEminent Charter School (K-8)
Provisions Academy (6-12)
Quality Education Academy (3-8)
Queen's Grant Community Schools (K-5)
Quest Academy (K-8)
Raleigh Charter High School (9-12)
Research Triangle Charter Academy (K-8)
River Mill Academy (formerly River Mill Charter) (K-12)
Rocky Mt. Prep. Sch. (formerly Rocky Mount Charter) (K-10)
Rowan Academy (K-5)
Sallie B. Howard School (K-8)
Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School (STARS) (K-5)
SPARC Academy (K-8)
Sterling Montessori Academy (K-8)
Success Institute (K-8)
Sugar Creek Charter School (K-8)
Summit Charter School (K-8)
The Academy of Moore County (formerly MAST) (6-8)
The Carter G. Woodson School of Challenge (K-12)
The Central Park School for Children (K-2)
The Children's Village Academy (K-6)
The Community Charter School (K-5)
The Downtown Middle School (5-8)
The East Winston Primary School (K-6)
The Franklin Academy (K-10)
The Laurinburg Homework Center Charter School (8-12)
The Learning Center (K-5)
The Mountain Community School (K-8)
The New Dimensions School (K-5)
The Woods Charter School (K-12)
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (6-12)
Tiller School (K-6)
Torchlight Acad. (formerly N.E. Raleigh Charter Acad.) (K-5)
Union Academy (K-7)
Vance Charter School (K-8)
Washington Montessori-A Public Charter School (K-6)
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