Greenville County Schools Improve / Report Card System to Change
The
SC state report cards are back in with Greenville County District logging in
substantial improvement over last year. Greenville has indeed shown an
effort to collaborate and innovate their systems in order to prepare students
for career and college readiness. But the system of measuring progress in
the schools will be changing, to merge the South Carolina and federal
systems. Since the federal program “No Child Left Behind” was implemented,
the schools have been getting two report cards, which have led to differing
results. The new report cards will add weight to the federal tests, which
are more rigorous and easier to interpret. We can expect those new report
cards in 2015.
From
the recent SC report cards, Greenville County received the highest award in
Absolute Rating with a score of Excellent. It also showed improvement in
Growth, with a score of Good, which is up from last year’s Average rating and
indicates that local policies for change are working. On-time graduation
hit its highest score ever with 81.7%. Overall, almost all (86 of 88) the
districts received an Excellent, Good, or Average rating.
Market Update
The
market in our area has continued to remain active, even though the Spring and
Summer season is over. Inventory of homes has been increasing a bit after
Labor Day, but the strong demand is snapping up the good homes fairly
quickly. Through October, the number of closed transactions has risen 28%
over last year, and the median price has increased to $161,900.If
you would like to know what your home is worth, click here
for an instant property value.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM OUR FAMILIES TO YOURS!
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