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Wake County committee reviews promotion and retention trends, highlights ninth-grade spike
Summary
District staff told the Student Achievement Committee that Wake County’s non-promotion rate tracks close to the state average, noted a large ninth-grade increase tied to credit accrual, and said Read to Achieve summer camps helped hundreds of third graders reach proficiency.
At a meeting of the Student Achievement Committee of Wake County Public Schools, district staff presented the district’s promotion and retention data and discussed strategies to reduce retention and smooth transitions into high school. Staff emphasized that the district is still waiting on the state’s annual retention report because of a data-system transition but shared internal breakdowns and program outcomes.
Dr. McMillan presented decade-long non-promotion (retention) trends and said the state’s non-promotion rate has generally ranged between about 2.5% and 3%, with Wake County closely tracking the state. He attributed pandemic-era spikes to the disruptions of remote learning and said rates have settled back toward historical averages. “Almost 57 percent of…
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