Columbus County Schools (240) 2020–21 

Read to Achieve Grade 3 End-of-Year (EOY) Results 

G.S. §115C-83.10 requires “each local board of education to publish annually on a website maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education (SBE) by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year:” 

 

Number of Students 

Percentage of Students 

The denominator for calculating the required percentages for rows 1–2 is all students in membership at grade 3 for the first day of spring testing. The denominator for this school is 375. 

1

Demonstrated reading proficiency on the Beginning-of-Grade 3 (BOG3) Reading Test, the End-of-Grade (EOG) Reading Test, or the EOG Reading Retest (i.e., scored Level 3 or higher). 

116

30.9%

2

Did not demonstrate reading proficiency on the BOG3 Reading Test, the EOG Reading Test, or the EOG Reading Retest 

259

69.1%

The number and percentage of students exempt from mandatory retention in third grade by category of good cause. Students may be counted in only one of these categories. Denominator for each category in row 3 is row 2. 

3

a.       Students who took and passed an alternative assessment approved by the SBE (i.e., State-approved formative and diagnostic assessment system, Read to Achieve Test, or locally determined SBE-approved alternative assessment). 

52

20.1%

b.       English Learner students with less than two (2) school years of instruction in an English as a Second Language [ESL] program. 

*

*

c.       Students with disabilities whose current Individualized Education Program (IEP) indicates the use of the NCEXTEND1 alternative assessment, have at least a two (2) school-year delay in educational performance, or have received intensive reading interventions for at least two (2) school years. 

15

5.8%

d.       Students who have been previously retained more than once in kindergarten, first, second, or third grades. 

*

*

e.       Students who demonstrated reading proficiency appropriate for third-grade students through a reading portfolio. 

*

*

 

 

 

Columbus County Schools (240) 2020–21 

Read to Achieve Grade 3 End-of-Year (EOY) Results 

G.S. §115C-83.10 requires “each local board of education to publish annually on a website maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education (SBE) by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year:” 

 

Number of Students 

Percentage of Students 

The denominator for calculating the required percentages for rows 4 and 6 are all students in membership at grade 3 for the first day of spring testing. The denominator for this school is 375. 

4

The number and percent of students eligible for priority enrollment in Reading Camp. This number equals row 2 minus the total of rows 3a through 3e. 

192

51.2%

The denominator for row 5 is the number of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp from row 4. 

5

The number and percentage of students eligible for priority enrollment who attended Reading Camp. 

102

53.1%

 

6

Total number and percentage of students retained for not demonstrating reading proficiency on third-grade standards (students deemed proficient after reading camp are subtracted from this number). Students who are not proficient will be either: [1] retained in a third-grade class, [2] placed in a 3/4 transitional class with a retained label, or [3] placed in a fourth-grade accelerated class with a retained reading label. 

168

44.8%

 

7

Charter Schools Only: Charter schools must indicate the number and percentage of retained students recorded in number 6 who do not return to the charter school for the upcoming school year. 

N/A

N/A

 

State Board of Education-Approved Alternative Assessments 

Number of Students

Who Passed the Alternative Assessment1

1 

Acadience Reading 

N/A

2 

Achieve 3000 

N/A

3 

Amplify—mClass Text Reading and Comprehension (TRC) 

N/A

4 

Certica Solutions—CASE Benchmarks Assessment  

N/A

5 

Edmentum—Exact Path Individualize Learning Solution 

N/A

6 

FastBridge—Formative Assessment System for Teachers 

N/A

7 

Imagination Station—Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIPTM) Reading 

*

8 

Imagine Learning—Galileo English Language Arts/Reading Assessment 

N/A

9 

Imagine Learning—Reading Level Assessment 

N/A

10 

Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) 

N/A

11 

i-Ready 

N/A

12 

Lexia Learning—RAPID Assessment 

N/A

13 

Northwest Evaluation System (NWEA) —Measures of Academic Progress 

N/A

14 

Reading Inventory 

N/A

15 

STAR Reading 

N/A

16 

Other (Charter Schools Only) 

N/A

 

1The number of students who passed each alternative assessment is denoted in this column. If the approved alternative assessment was not used, N/A is shown. If the number of students who passed the alternative assessment is fewer than 10 students, an asterisk (*) is shown. 

 

Note: Privacy policies dictate that for less than 10 students, the specific number and percentage should not be given. An * indicates that the student population number and percentage is too small to report the value. The percentage and number of students are not shown if the percentage is greater than 95 percent (>95) or less than 5 percent (<5).