News Releases

September 24, 2020
Six South Carolina Schools Receive National Blue Ribbon School Honors: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized six South Carolina schools nominated by State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. The recognition is based on schools' overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

September 11, 2020
South Carolina's Class of 2020 Outperforms Nation on Advanced Placement, SAT Scores Remain Steady Despite COVID-19: The College Board has released national and South Carolina specific results for their SAT and Advanced Placement assessments. South Carolina students again exceeded the nation on eight out of the top ten tested subjects of Advanced Placement exams. 64% of South Carolina public school graduates from the Class of 2020 took the SAT during high school mirroring the Class of 2019.