Moving the Middle to the Top: A Kids Count Report on Middle School Students

Recently the Education Oversight Committee released its first-ever report on the middle grades. The report reviews the difficulties faced by middle schools, especially those with large numbers of low income students, in achieving the high standards demanded by the Education Accountability Act and No Child Left Behind. By the middle grades, the close relationship of report card ratings with poverty or affluence of the students is a stable and troubling reality challenging the “high success for all” expectations of the Education Accountability Act and No Child Left Behind law.

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Individual counties:

Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley Calhoun Charleston Cherokee Chester

Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood

Hampton Horry Jasper Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee Lexington Marion Marlboro McCormick

Newberry Oconee Orangeburg Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Union Williamsburg York