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Anson County releases 2023–24 performance review showing gains but persistent proficiency gaps
Summary
District leaders reported gains in several grades and subjects — notably English II and several math grades — while warning that proficiency remains low in many grades and that targeted interventions are needed to remove schools from the statelow-performing list.
Anson CountyBoard of Education heard a district performance review and a series of school presentations outlining gains in student growth alongside continuing proficiency shortfalls.
Doctor Roseborough, the districtexecutive director for curriculum, instruction and assessment, told the board the district saw "remarkable" improvement in some areas, citing English II growth from about 39% to 58.6% and significant math gains in grades 3, 5 and 6. She said MATH6 rose from 18.9% proficiency in 2022–23 to 46.8% in 2023–24.
"There is nowhere to go but up," Roseborough said as she reviewed the 2023–24 data. She noted other bright spots — grades 4 and 6 reading and English II — but added that most grade levels remain below the 50th percentile benchmark the district uses as a target.
School leaders who presented earlier in the meeting described similar patterns at the school level: measurable growth on state check-ins but low proficiency rates that, taken together, keep multiple schools on the statelow-performing list. One principal noted that while many students met expected growth, that progress "is not going to move the needle where I need it to be" when proficiency remains low.
District and school officials described concrete steps they are taking to accelerate proficiency: narrower class sizes for core instruction by splitting groups and adding veteran teachers; expanded tutoring and interventions (including new reading and math interventionists for grades 3–6); routine data conferences for teachers; early diagnostic screening; and the use of targeted software (SuccessMaker) for 20–30 minutes of daily remediation.
Roseborough said the district will strengthen curriculum and assessment strategy, provide more collaboration structures for teachers and principals, and focus on curriculum implementation. She highlighted purchases intended to support hands-on science instruction and cited plans to pair early-college and high-school science teachers to improve biology outcomes.
The review also flagged challenges in college-and-career readiness: only 29.5% of students reached a silver-level WorkKeys certificate or better, a metric Roseborough said the district must improve by strengthening CTE pathways tied to regional workforce needs.
Board members discussed the sharp transition gap between grades 6 and 7 and recommended longitudinal staff development and cross-grade planning to address curriculum and vocabulary discontinuities. The meeting recessed to closed session at the end of the public presentation portion.
The district supplied multiple data points during the presentation but did not propose a board vote at the meeting; Roseborough said the district would continue implementing the new curriculum and monitoring progress.
