Certain current School Board members praise CMS' great achievements over the last years.
The following facts are intended to serve as a reality check.
Please judge for yourself whether we need to change things,
or should be satisfied with more of the same policies and strategies!
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- Public Opinion about CMS in Charlotte / Mecklenburg County
- Only 35% of surveyed residents rate the quality of public education in CMS good or very good.
- Almost a third give poor or very poor ratings to CMS, worse than the ratings for North Carolina.
- A clear majority of respondents agree strongly that individual schools should have more authority in deciding what should be done to improve student achievement.
- Half of the respondents agree that standardized tests are not a proven idicator of academic improvement.
- Source: CMS School Reform Survey, June/July 2011, conducted by MARKETWISE, INC. for Carolina PR/Educating Change Campaign
- Comparison to neighboring counties:
- 8th-grade Reading at or above grade level:
- Union County: 81%
- Mooresville: 80%
- Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell-Statesville, Lincoln, Newton-Conover, Stanly: over 70%
- CMS: 70%
- 8th-grade Math at or above grade level:
- Mooresville: 94%
- Cabarrus, Union, Newton, Stanly: over 90%
- CMS: 84%
- Graduation Rate - 4-year cohort:
- Fort Mill: 92%
- Newton-Conover, Mooresville, Union, Catawba, Iredell-Statesville: over 80%
- CMS: 70% (lowest of in region of 21 counties except Anson)
- Source: UNCC Urban Institute - Regional Indicators Project, Charlotte 2011, for more details visit http://ri.uncc.edu/indicators/3/education?theme=3&indicator=17&measure=94Žion=0
- Student Achievement in School Year 2010-2011:
- Only 85% of CMS schools made expected or high growth, compared to 94% a year ago.
- End-of-course test results for 2009:
- CMS - At grade level: 75%
- CMS Student Survey 2010:
- "I think I am safe when I am at school" - 76%
- "I like being a student at this school" - 48%
- "School work is interesting" - 15%
- CMS Teacher Survey:
- "My school's discipline policies are effective" - 72%
Down in the 20% range in certain schools.
- "Effective strategies to catch students with weapons" - 66%
Down in the 40% range in certain schools.
- "My principal is an effective leader" - 73%
Down in the 40% range in certain schools.
- Source: CMS survey published in Charlotte Observer, Charlotte 2011, for more details visit http://www.charlotteobserver.com/static/includes/datapages/cmsprofile/sk600579.htm
- Newsweek list of America's Best High Schools:
- This year: Only two made the list (Providence #186, Myers Park #439)
- Last year, CMS had 13 schools on the list.
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