Susan Fang

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Early College at Guilford: #17 of 100

East Chapel Hill High: #77 of 100

Raleigh Charter High: #20 of 100

High School Performance Composite Growth Recognition Performance Recognition

Apex High 90.6 Expected Growth School of Excellence

Athens Drive High 80.9 Not Met No Recognition

Broughton High 82.6 Expected Growth School of Distinction

Cary High 85.3 High Growth School of Distinction

Enloe High 77 Not Met No Recognition

Fuquay-Varina High 80.8 High Growth School of Distinction

Garner High 68.7 Not Met No Recognition

Green Hope High 94.6 High Growth School of Excellence

Holly Springs High 84.7 High Growth School of Distinction

Knightdale High 66.7 Expected Growth School of Progress

Leesville Road High 86.1 Expected Growth School of Distinction

Middle Creek High 82.2 High Growth School of Distinction

Millbrook High 73.1 Expected Growth School of Progress

Panther Creek High 89 High Growth School of Distinction

Sanderson High 83.4 High Growth School of Distinction

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August 6, 2009 - The Wake County Public School System saw an increasing number of schools achieve School of Excellence and School of Distinction in 2008-09, according to the ABCs of Public Education released today by the NC State Board of Education.

In 2008-09, WCPSS had 12 schools named School of Excellence or Honor School of Excellence and 50 named School of Distinction. That compares with four Honor Schools of Excellence and 26 Schools of Distinction for 2007-08.

Honor Schools of Excellence in 2008-09 include:

• Adams Elementary,
• Apex Middle,
• Davis Drive Elementary,
• Davis Drive Middle,
• Highcroft Elementary,
• Lufkin Road Middle,
• Mills Park Elementary,
• Morrisville Elementary,
• Salem Middle and
• Turner Creek Elementary.

Schools of Excellence in 2008-09 include:

• Apex High and
• Green Hope High.

WCPSS had 8 percent of its schools achieve School of Excellence in 2008-09 compared with 5.1 percent statewide. WCPSS had 33 percent of its schools achieve School of Distinction in 2008-09 compared with 20.4 percent statewide.

Under the state ABCs of Public Education, a school earns recognition as an Honor School of Excellence when 90 percent of students are successful on state testing, the school’s state testing results show that it met or exceeded expected growth and the school met the federal No Child Left Behind standard of Adequate Yearly Progress.

Schools are recognized as Schools of Excellence when 90 percent of students are successful on state testing, the school’s state testing results show that it met or exceeded expected growth, but the school does not achieve Adequate Yearly Progress.

Schools of Distinction have more than 80 percent of students scoring proficient on state assessments and meeting growth standards.

Other state recognitions
This year, WCPSS had 68 schools named School of Progress and 12 Priority Schools. Last year, WCPSS had 89 schools named School of Progress and 19 Priority Schools.

The state ABCs of Public Education recognizes schools that have more than 60 percent of students successful on state testing and meeting growth standards as Schools of Progress. WCPSS had 43 percent of its schools named School of Progress compared with the state’s 43 percent.

Priority Schools have more than 50 percent of students successful on state testing. This year, WCPSS had 7.7 percent of its schools named Priority Schools compared with the state’s 14.7 percent.

Performance Composite Measure and Retesting
The performance composite measure indicates the percentage of students who scored proficient on End-of-Grade or End-of-Course tests.

Student retest results were included in the performance composite portion of the state ABCs model for the first time in 2008-09 in response to recommendations of the NC Blue Ribbon Commission on Testing and Accountability - a representative group of educators, legislators, business leaders and other citizens who advised the State Board of Education on needed changes to the state's accountability program in 2007. This year, students who earned a Level II grade on the End-of-Grade tests were retested and the students' highest scores were used in the accountability model. Students must earn a Level III or IV to earn a proficient score on End-of-Grade tests. Students earning a Level I score were given the option to retest, but were not required to retest.

As a result, percent of students proficient comparisons are not truly comparable with previous years. Therefore, caution should be exercised when making comparisons across years.

WCPSS and Growth Standards
WCPSS had 138 of 156 schools make high growth or expected growth during the 2008-09 school year compared with 127 of 151 schools make high growth or expected growth for 2007-08.

Growth is calculated by averaging the academic growth of all the students in a school and comparing it to the growth students were expected to make. If the average gain is equal to or greater than the expectation, then the school is said to have “met its growth target.” If 60 percent of the students in the school meet their individual growth targets, then the school is deemed to have met “high growth.”

Retest results were not included in the growth calculations. State education officials need several years' worth of performance data that includes retest results before retesting can be incorporated into academic growth measures.

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The Cary Town Council on Thursday night approved an incentives package for a new division of Deutsche Bank AG, sealing a deal that promises bring to a new technology development center and 319 new jobs to the Wake County town.

Cary will pay $75,000 in cash to DB Global Technology, the newly formed subsidiary of Germany-based Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB). In return, the global financial services company will set up its new center in Cary.

The Cary incentives are a pittance compared to what the state of North Carolina promised as part of a deal in which Deutsche Bank agreed to invest $6.7 million and create the 319 new jobs in Wake County over the next five years.

The state's Economic Investment Committee voted Aug. 13 to award DG Global Technology a Job Development Investment Grant valued at $9.4 million over the course of 11 years if the company meets job -creation, investment and wage requirements.

The new jobs are to pay an average wage of $88,213, plus benefits, according to the governor's office - well above the Wake County average of $43,160.

"We are extremely excited at the prospect of opening a professional IT development center in the Research Triangle, which is home to some of the most highly skilled technology talent," said Anthony P. McCarthy, global chief information officer for Capital Markets Technology at Deutsche Bank.

The deal with Deutsche Bank follows similar recruitment successes with financial services firms Fidelity Investments and Credit Suisse, which have also opened operations in the Research Triangle Park area in the past five years and were awarded JDIG grants.

"This new center is a great fit for North Carolina. We are a strong international competitor in both the information technology and financial sectors," Perdue said. "Our reputation for excellence in these areas, combined with a dedicated workforce and a top business climate, continues to attract quality global companies such as Deutsche Bank."

JDIGs are awarded to new and expanding businesses and industrial projects whose benefits exceed the costs to the state and that otherwise would not be undertaken in North Carolina. The state claims that since awarding the first JDIG in 2003, the grants have created commitments for more than 30,000 jobs and almost $6 billion in investments in North Carolina.