‘Opportunity Culture®’ Schools in Guilford County Bested Overall District Improvement in Reading and Math

From News and Record, October 12, 2019, by Jessie Pounds

Nine local schools that added a new staffing model for teachers last academic year saw student performance on key subjects improve more than Guilford County Schools as a whole, state test data show.

Taken together, the schools that implemented “Opportunity Culture®” last year improved more than the district as a whole in both reading and math at the fourth-, sixth- and seventh-grade levels. For third, fifth and eighth grades, the schools improved more than the district in one but not both subjects. Read the full article…

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