TURNAROUND OF
LOWEST-ACHIEVING SCHOOLS

Turnaround of Lowest-Achieving Schools targets bolstered support and educational opportunities for all students. Turnaround activities will be targeted to the schools in the bottom 5 percent of performance; high schools with a graduation rate below 60 percent; and local districts with aggregate performance composites below 65 percent. These improvements can happen with:

• A focus on local capacity building
  
  
• Customized approaches to local setting and needs
  
  
• Early college high schools
  
  
• Redesigned schools
  
  
• Charter schools
  
  
• NC School of Science and Mathematics partnership
  
  
• District-level magnet schools
  
  
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-themed high schools