The North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) is building Web-based curriculum resources in English, math, science, social studies and Spanish utilizing the SAS (News – Alert) Curriculum Pathways.

NCVPS incorporated SAS Curriculum Pathways into the school’s online SAT preparation classes and into a credit-recovery program that isolates concepts a student needs to pass a specific class.

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CARY, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) is using SAS Curriculum Pathways to build Web-based curriculum resources in English, math, science, social studies and Spanish. NCVPS has incorporated SAS Curriculum Pathways into the school’s online SAT preparation classes and into a credit-recovery program that isolates concepts a student needs to pass a specific class.

Fully funded by SAS and offered at no cost to US educators and students, SAS Curriculum Pathways saves NCVPS significant money, time and effort. “It provides teachers with quick curriculum resources and we don’t need to buy another product to create the interactive experiences,” said Dr. Tracy Weeks, Chief Academic Officer for NCVPS. “SAS Curriculum Pathways is a very attractive and effective product – a one-stop shop for course development.’’

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The highest AP score is five, and the lowest score is one. Students who receive a score of a three or higher may earn college credit, Sain said.

Sain also told the board that 12 students in the district took nine different AP courses offered through the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS). Eleven of those students then took AP exams, and seven of them received a score of three or higher.

In terms of the demographics, Sain said that the majority of students in the system who took the AP exams were white. While more than 1,200 white students took AP exams, there were less than 100 students in all other ethnic groups who did.

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Another unexpected cost the school system had this year was paying $80,000 for the N.C. Virtual Public School. The state charged every school system to use the online school, based on the districts’ use of the N.C. Virtual Public School the previous year. Prior to this year, use of the online resource had been free.

Despite the budget constraints placed on the Newton-Conover City Schools, the district was one of 10 in the state that was quizzed recently by a consulting firm about how it had made as much academic progress as it had on less money during the recession.

Overall, Redmond said he felt the school system was in good shape.

“We’re very, very frugal,” he said. “We’re very healthy.”

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