SC Dept of Education Releases Report Cards on Schools (Columbia: 2014, house)

[CarolinaWoman]

The state Education Department released report card letter grades for all of the SC school districts yesterday.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Federal Accountability System

2013 - ESEA / Federal Accountability System - South Carolina Department of Education

York SD#1 = B
Clover SD#2 = A
Rock Hill SD#3 = B
Fort Mill SD#4 = A

In addition they released the 2013 Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) Test Scores.

2013 Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) Test Scores - South Carolina Department of Education

And the 2013 High School Assessment Program Test Scores.

2013 High School Assessment Program Test Scores - South Carolina Department of Education


COLUMBIA, S.C.: SC blames higher goals for drop in schools' grades | Rock Hill Herald Online

[Girl]

Higher goals to blame for drop in scores? Please. Isn't that what we want? To ever be striving to IMPROVE upon prior performance?

I know that's what I'm told at my job. If I did a good job in 2012, they want me to be even better in 2013 by setting more goals for my performance.

[Sanshie]

This is our first "PASS Experience" since moving from GA. It's ridiculous that Fort Mill School District won't yet share the students' individual PASS scores. I'm told we won't see them until the kids start school, then they send the scores home. I really believe they could easily throw them up on Parent Portal.

[CarolinaWoman]

The SC House of Reps passed a bill this year that would require third-graders to be held back if they couldn't read at grade level. State Education Superintendent Mick Zais wants to end social grade promotions. The SC Senate made some changes to the bill.

Every school district will have to base their literacy curriculum off of the plan. It calls for reading programs as early as kindergarten with the focus on finding struggling readers before entering third-grade.

Read To Succeed Act

2013-2014 Bill 516: Read To Succeed Act - South Carolina Legislature Online