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Billingsville receives high praise for scores: Increase in percentage of students at or above grade level on tests.

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| September 23, 2007 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Lyttle

Sep. 23--There were no special titles for Billingsville Elementary School this year -- no "Honor School of Excellence" or "School of Distinction" title.

Instead, the school's staff and students will have to settle for plenty of praise.

"What Billingsville has accomplished is remarkable," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman said earlier this month, after the release of state ABC test scores from last spring showed 50.8 percent of the school's students scored at or above grade level.

That is an increase from 39.3 percent the previous year.

"The recognition is much-needed, because we've been…

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