Language & Access

Sep 30, 2026 · 11 min read

We Call It a State Test Score. But How Much of It Is English?

North Carolina just released its 2025–26 testing results. Across EOG and EOC assessments, 59.2% of students reached grade-level proficiency, the highest statewide result in the last three years. Biology jumped eleven percentage points in one year.

By Amanda Huber

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Sep 16, 2026 · 5 min read

The Reading Problem We Keep Building Into the Assignment

I have students who can talk to me about a historical event and explain what happened in their own words. They can make connections to something we learned the week before. They can tell me whether they think a ruler made a good decision, defend their opinion, and sometimes bring up something I had not even considered.

By Amanda Huber

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