North Carolina's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) State Plan identifies two sets of schools for comprehensive support and improvement which occurs every three years. Tier Levels were added in the 2022-23 school year to identify schools that were unable to exit. Tier 1 refers to all schools newly identified in the fall of 2022–23. Tier 2 refers to all schools who were previously identified in 2018–19 and reidentified in the fall of 2022–23. 1) CSI Low-Performing (CSI-LP) schools are those schools whose School Performance Grades are in the bottom five percent of all Title I Served schools. For the 2022–23 identification, using 2021–22 data, 56 new schools were identified (Tier 1) and 27 schools were reidentified (unable to exit, Tier 2). 2) CSI Low Graduation Rate (CSI-LG) schools are any schools with a four-year cohort graduation rate lower than 66.7% regardless of Title I status. For the 2022–23 identification, using 2021–22 data, 20 new schools were identified (Tier 1) and 19 schools were reidentified (unable to exit, Tier 2). CSI-LG schools are eligible to be identified as CSI-LP schools. Schools with a CSI identification receive state-level support from the Office of Federal Programs. Schools on the 2022–23 CSI identified schools list are eligible to exit after 4 years, if they meet the required exit criteria.

 

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