EOC: ENGLISH II

North Carolina English II EOC Exam Overview

It counts for 25% of your final grade. The English II EOC has the potential to significantly lower your overall grade, but it also has the power to improve your grade.

Important information about the English II EOC exam:

It normally has 7 passages (poems, informational, fictional)

It has an average passage length of 5 pages.

There are 68 questions on the English II EOC. The exam will have multiple choice questions (around 60), short answer constructed response questions (4 questions that account for approximately 25-36% of the exam grade), and technology enhanced questions

The score levels range from 1-5 (Scores of 3 and above are proficient)

Scale Sore and % Correct Achievement Level Converted Exam Score

165-171 (88%-100%) 5 93-96

152-161 (63%-87%) 4 83-92

148-151 (57%-62%) 3 77-82

141-147 (43%-56%) 2 67-73

134-138 (0-425) 1 53

Percentage of items on the test

Reading for Literature

30-34%

Reading for Information

32-38%

Writing (constructed responses)

14-18%

Language (grammar in constructed responses, vocabulary, and understanding of figurative language)

14-18%

Source: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/technotes/elatestspecs16.pdf