Showing posts with label NCHSAA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NCHSAA. Show all posts
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The Probability of Competing in College Athletics
Close to eight million student-athletes compete in high school athletics. I believe the data showing the actual low probability of student-athletes who receive the opportunity to participate in college athletics needs to be consistently communicated by high school coaches, athletic directors, and administrators. The following statistics provide a glimpse:
Monday, March 9, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Friday, November 9, 2012
Key Info Regarding Delay in Reporting Scores
Key information was recently shared with LEA Superintendents and Charter School Directors regarding the delay in reporting scores for the new End-of-Course assessments. Rebecca Garland, Chief Academic Officer and Angela Quick, Deputy Chief Academic Officer, officially sent the information out on October 30, 2012. The following is a summary of key info for districts administering EOC's in January:
"NCDPI is required to establish new academic achievement levels based on the data from the 2012-2013 administration of the newly revised assessments."
"The scores for these assessments will be delayed until October 2013, pending the scaling and standard-setting process...by the State Board of Education."
"In late January 2013, the NCDPI will provide LEA's with a 0-100 score for each EOC assessment to use for calculating the final grade for the course and to make placement and/or graduation decisions."
"Students assessed on the Algbera I/Integrated I, Biology, and English II EOC's during the fall of 2012-2013 should be assigned 'incompletes' until the 0-100 score is available."
"Once the final grade...is determined, the LEA must determine if students are inappropriately enrolled in spring 2013 courses...The new deadline to drop students...is February 28, 2013." (this will be known as the 10/20 Day Rule-normally students cannot be removed from an EOC course after the 10th instructional day of the semester.)
"The NCHSAA will allow students affected by this delay to continue to participate in athletes if they meet all other eligibility requirements."
"Once the score is available...the score must be used as at least 25% of the student's final grade for the course."
More can be found at the Department of Public Instruction's website. This is simply to assist with communication throughout the state.
CS
The opinions shared in this blog belong to Craig Smith and do not represent the school or district in which he works.
"NCDPI is required to establish new academic achievement levels based on the data from the 2012-2013 administration of the newly revised assessments."
"The scores for these assessments will be delayed until October 2013, pending the scaling and standard-setting process...by the State Board of Education."
"In late January 2013, the NCDPI will provide LEA's with a 0-100 score for each EOC assessment to use for calculating the final grade for the course and to make placement and/or graduation decisions."
"Students assessed on the Algbera I/Integrated I, Biology, and English II EOC's during the fall of 2012-2013 should be assigned 'incompletes' until the 0-100 score is available."
"Once the final grade...is determined, the LEA must determine if students are inappropriately enrolled in spring 2013 courses...The new deadline to drop students...is February 28, 2013." (this will be known as the 10/20 Day Rule-normally students cannot be removed from an EOC course after the 10th instructional day of the semester.)
"The NCHSAA will allow students affected by this delay to continue to participate in athletes if they meet all other eligibility requirements."
"Once the score is available...the score must be used as at least 25% of the student's final grade for the course."
More can be found at the Department of Public Instruction's website. This is simply to assist with communication throughout the state.
CS
The opinions shared in this blog belong to Craig Smith and do not represent the school or district in which he works.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
The Proposal in NC & My Thoughts
There have been some hot stove topics recently in the local media dealing with student-athletes. Here are some of my thoughts:
There is a debated discussion right now dealing with high school athletics in North Carolina and whether parochial and charter schools should compete in the same postseason as public schools. Some schools are currently members of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and belong to NCHSAA conferences, thus competing in the same postseason for team and individual state championships. Recently, a proposal was put forth into motion to allow these schools to continue competing in their conferences, but have separate state playoffs (only parochial and charter schools).
The basis for this proposal was due to the fact that parochial and charter schools do not have any attendance boundaries, where public schools have strict attendance boundaries. I can speak from experience: the required paperwork for each student-athlete to verify they indeed live in the correct zone is endless in my previous district.
Is it fair to have these schools compete against each other in state competition? In my high school athletic career, I played at a public school and we would qualify for the Men's Tennis State Tournament and have to compete against Detroit Country Day School and University Ligget, both private schools. One year, in which we finished 4th overall (the previously mentioned two schools finished #1-2), we joked about being state runners-up in the "public school tournament". We were all competing, but definitely were not on a level playing field. Then again, that was public vs private, which we already have the private-school competition.
I also wonder why Magnet schools have not been included in this proposal. If the primary reasoning is attendance, shouldn't Magnet schools be included? Magnet schools pull students from anywhere within their district, regardless of their "home school". In some districts which allow in-district transfer, a student has to sit out for 365 days before competing in athletics. Student-athletes are allowed to play immediately in Magnet schools.
If Magnet Schools are included, then what about schools with International Baccalaureate (IB) programs? These students don't necessarily attend the school closest to their home address. I would hate to think students would chose not to participate in an IB program because of athletics, but it very well could happen.
If this proposal is adopted, it could drastically change high school athletics in North Carolina. I will be very interested to see the result of the proposal and the ongoing discussion that will certainly take place.
Thanks for reading and follow me via Twitter @CSmithGoBlue
CS
The opinions shared in this blog belong to Craig Smith and do not represent the school or district in which he works.
There is a debated discussion right now dealing with high school athletics in North Carolina and whether parochial and charter schools should compete in the same postseason as public schools. Some schools are currently members of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and belong to NCHSAA conferences, thus competing in the same postseason for team and individual state championships. Recently, a proposal was put forth into motion to allow these schools to continue competing in their conferences, but have separate state playoffs (only parochial and charter schools).
The basis for this proposal was due to the fact that parochial and charter schools do not have any attendance boundaries, where public schools have strict attendance boundaries. I can speak from experience: the required paperwork for each student-athlete to verify they indeed live in the correct zone is endless in my previous district.
Is it fair to have these schools compete against each other in state competition? In my high school athletic career, I played at a public school and we would qualify for the Men's Tennis State Tournament and have to compete against Detroit Country Day School and University Ligget, both private schools. One year, in which we finished 4th overall (the previously mentioned two schools finished #1-2), we joked about being state runners-up in the "public school tournament". We were all competing, but definitely were not on a level playing field. Then again, that was public vs private, which we already have the private-school competition.
I also wonder why Magnet schools have not been included in this proposal. If the primary reasoning is attendance, shouldn't Magnet schools be included? Magnet schools pull students from anywhere within their district, regardless of their "home school". In some districts which allow in-district transfer, a student has to sit out for 365 days before competing in athletics. Student-athletes are allowed to play immediately in Magnet schools.
If Magnet Schools are included, then what about schools with International Baccalaureate (IB) programs? These students don't necessarily attend the school closest to their home address. I would hate to think students would chose not to participate in an IB program because of athletics, but it very well could happen.
If this proposal is adopted, it could drastically change high school athletics in North Carolina. I will be very interested to see the result of the proposal and the ongoing discussion that will certainly take place.
Thanks for reading and follow me via Twitter @CSmithGoBlue
CS
The opinions shared in this blog belong to Craig Smith and do not represent the school or district in which he works.
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