The Guilford County Schools Executive Director of Academics, Karen Ellis, said this school year, they are helping teachers meet students at all reading levels. Ellis added that focusing on literacy, especially in third through fifth grade, will help improve reading and proficiency scores.

A 40-year-old former high school counselor has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor while employed by the school district, Colorado officials said.

The accuser, now an adult, testified last week about "six separate and distinct incidents," Grayless said.