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N.C. Releases Third Annual School Report Cards

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RALEIGH, N.C. — For a third straight year, children are goinghome with an assessment of their individual schools' academicperformance and staffing.

Gov. Mike Easley said Thursday that the latest school reportcards will add new information, including teacher quality datarequired under the federal No Child Left Behind legislation.

Easley began the program starting in the 2000-01 school year.The latest report cards assess school performance for the 2002-03school year.

The two-page reports include measures of students performance bygrade or subject matter and comparisons with the rest of the schooldistrict and state.

They also show student population, average class size by gradeor course, number of acts of crime reported at the school, andcharts on teaching experience and qualification.

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