NC superintendent unveils 2016-17 school report cards with new features

In addition to being accessible on mobile devices, the report now features information about Career and Technical Education – what courses are offered and the number of industry-recognized credentials students have earned – and a student-readiness indicator that shows the percentage of students entering a school’s lowest grade who were proficient in both reading and math at the end of the previous year.

The report cards are provided for all North Carolina public schools, including charter and alternative schools. While many parents and caregivers will receive a printed version of the report card for their child’s school, the website contains additional data and information about the indicators that are difficult to capture in a printed document.

In a statement, Johnson said the website "is a resource for parents and educators that provides the transparency they need into the characteristics and performance of our public schools in an easy-to-use format."

"As a parent, I believe this is the kind of information the public needs about our schools, in an accessible format we can all understand," he said. "As a former ninth-grade teacher, I am particularly excited to launch the student-readiness indicator, which shows how prepared students are when they enter a school."

Johnson unveiled the new website at the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools district leadership meeting Tuesday.

The North Carolina School Report Cards have been produced annually since 2001 to provide information about local schools, districts and overall state data.