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Speaker critiques district test results and urges higher outcomes for underserved students
Summary
A public commenter challenged the Wake County Board of Education to address subgroup performance gaps on state standardized tests and urged a goal of raising readiness for college or workforce to 90% across student groups.
A Wake County resident criticized the district's interpretation of state test results at the Jan. 21 board meeting, urging the board to set higher goals for minority and economically disadvantaged students.
"It is not credible to suggest that more than one third of students are just having a bad day," said Joseph Deaton, citing the scale of underperformance across multiple subject areas. Deaton noted subgroup…
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