KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aug. 7--More North Carolina public schools are meeting state test standards, but it's uncertain whether the improvement is due to better teaching or to a change in how schools are evaluated. Results released this morning show 82 percent of schools met goals this past academic year on the state's ABCs of Public Education program. That is up from 71.9 percent the prior year. Because of the gain, more teachers whose schools met expectations will be eligible for bonuses. But the state Board of Education cut the size of individual bonuses today by 30 percent because of limited funds. The improvement coincides with the State Board of Education's decision to exclude new state end-of-grade reading exams in determining which elementary and middle schools receive bonuses. Only math exams counted for...
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