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TESTING & ACCOUNTABILITY

Tracee McManus

Director of Student Services

Email:  mcmanust@elkin.k12.nc.us 

Phone:  336-835-3135 Ext 1239

Beth Felts

District Testing Coordinator

Email:  feltsb@elkin.k12.nc.us

Phone:  336-835-3858 Ext 2273

Cell:  336-469-1472

 Elkin City Schools' District Testing Calendar

The Testing & Accountability Department ensures that State Board of Education policies and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) guidelines are followed before, during, and after testing. Subsequently, we ensure a high quality data collection process that maintains the integrity of the data used to measure student improvement.   Student test results play an increasingly important role in North Carolina's Accountability program and in the U.S. Department of Education. Test results are used as one component in promotion and retention decisions in grades 3 - 8, and also as a component in the High School graduation requirements.The Testing & Accountability  Department staff members promote continuous improvement and accountability along with providing support to the system and individual schools through analysis of assessment results and interpretation of a variety of school performance data. Accurate data and statistically appropriate reports are provided to instructional leaders to sustain efforts to improve student achievement.

Testing & Accountability Resources

Explore the links below for helpful test preparation and test taking strategies.  

State Mandated Tests

2023-2024 School Year (Summer, Fall, Spring)


According to 16 NCAC 06D .0307, "(g) LEAs shall, at the beginning of each school year, provide information to students and parents or guardians advising them of the districtwide and State-mandated tests that students will be required to take during that school year. In addition, LEAs shall advise students and parents or guardians of the dates the tests will be administered and how the results from the tests will be used. Also, information provided to parents shall include whether the State Board of Education or the local board of education requires the test(s). (h) LEAs shall report scores resulting from the administration State-mandated tests from the Annual Testing Program to students and parents or guardians no later than 30 days after the test is administered and along with available score interpretation information within 30 days from receipt of the scores and interpretive documentation from the NCDPI."


mClass (DIBELS 8th Edition)

Formative/Diagnostic

ELA/Reading

Online

K–3

Locally determined 

Unique to each individual student


Beginning-of-Grade 3 Test

Summative EOG Grade 3 given at beginning of Grade 3 to identify students who may need additional support to meet Read to Achieve

Reading

Online or Paper 

3

Begins on the 11th day of the school year and continues through the 15th day.

90 minutes


End-of-Grade (EOG) Tests

Summative tests for all students in membership at the specific grade

Reading, Math, and Science 

Online or Paper 

Reading: 3–8

Math: 3–8 

Science: 5 and 8

Final 10 instructional days of the school year

120 minutes


End-of-Grade (EOG) Reading Retest         Grade 3 Only

Requirement of G.S.§115C-83.6 (a) (Read to Achieve) summative reading assessment

Reading

Online or Paper 

Only for grade 3 students who have not satisfied the requirements of the Read to Achieve law (G.S. §115C-83.7)

Final 10 instructional days of the school year

120 minutes


Read to Achieve Test for Grade 3

Requirement of G.S.§115C-83.7(b)(3) (Read to Achieve) Alternative Assessment of reading comprehension approved by the State Board of Education

Reading

Online or Paper 

Only for grade 3 or grade 4 students who have not satisfied the requirements of the Read to Achieve law (G.S. §115C-83.7)

Summer 2022: At the conclusion of reading camp

Fall 2022: Schools offering a 3/4 transitional or 4th grade accerlated class may make the local decision to administer by  November 1, 2022

Spring 2023: Final 10 instructional days of the school year

120 minutes


End-of-Course (EOC) Tests

Summative tests for students enrolled for credit in the course 

NC Math 1, NC Math 3,

English II, and Biology

Online or Paper 

9–12 (North Carolina EOC assessments are administered at the end of the course for Biology, English II, NC Math 1, and NC Math 3. 16 N.C. Admin. Code 06D .0309 specifies that “students who are enrolled for credit in courses in which EOC assessments are required shall take the appropriate EOC assessment at the completion of the course.)

Final 5 instructional days of the semester

Final 10 instructional days of yearlong course

NC Math 1: 180 minutes                            NC Math 3: 180 minutes                         English II: 150 minutes Biology: 120 minutes


NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessments for End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Tests

Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards

Reading, Math, and Science 

Online

Reading: 3–8, and 10

Math: 3–8, and 10

Science: 5, 8 and 10

Final 10 instructional days of the school year

Unique to each individual student


Kindergarten Screener or WIDA Screener (Grades 1–12)

State-designated English Learner (EL) proficiency identification test 

Kindergarten 1st semester: Listening and Speaking

Kindergarten 2nd Semester: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.

Grades 1-12: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing

Online or Paper

K–12

Kindergarten or WIDA Screener within 30 days of initial enrollment

Kindergarten: 40 minutes (Typically, only students who complete all items and tasks for each of the four language domains will take longer than 30 minutes to test.)     

Grades 1–12: 70 minutes


ACCESS for ELLs (Grades 1–12) or Alternate ACCESS for ELLs (Grades K–12)

State-designated English Learner (EL) proficiency test

Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing

Online or Paper

1–12

TBD (Typically January–March)

ACCESS for ELLs ≈ up to 190 minutes depending on writing tier placement

Alternate ACCESS ≈ up to 210 minutes depending on writing tier placement 


PreACT® or College and Career Readiness Alternate Assessment (CCRAA) to the PreACT

College/Career Exploration/Readiness

English, Math, Reading, and Science

Paper

10

Fall: TBD

PreACT: 130 minutes              

CCRAA10: 150 minutes 


ACT® WorkKeys—Standard and Accommodated Administrations 

College and Career Skills Assessment

Applied Math, Workplace Documents, and Graphic Literacy

Online or Paper

CTE Concentrators

Fall: TBD

Spring: TBD

165 minutes


ACT® or College and Career Readiness Alternate Assessment (CCRAA) or NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessment 

College/Career Readiness Assessment

English, Math, Reading, and Science

ACT: Online or Paper

CCRAA 11: Online or Paper NCEXTEND1: Paper

ACT: Spring

CCRAA: Spring

NCEXTEND1: Spring

ACT: 175 minutes

CCRAA11: 150 minutes                  NCEXTEND1: Unique to each individual student      


CTE State Assessment (CTESA) Proof of Learning (POL)

Summative/post-assessment (US Dept. Ed., Perkins V Program Quality Indicator)

CTE

Online or Paper

9–12

Final 5 instructional days of the semester or final 10 instructional days of the school year (yearlong courses)

120 minutes


CTE Performance-based Measurement (PBM) Proof of Learning (POL)

Summative/Performance (US Dept. Ed., Perkins V Program Quality Indicator)

CTE

Performance-based (semester long)

9–12

Students work, supervised, all semester and turn in PBM on date determined by instructor.

Does not impact the testing window


CTE Credential Proof of Learning (POL)

Summative/Vendor defined (US Dept. Ed., Perkins V Program Quality Indicator)

CTE

Credentialing entity determined

9–12

Students take credentials, at any point during the semester, when they are ready to be assessed.

Does not impact the testing window


CTE Local Proof of Learning (POL)

Summative/post-assessment OR Performance (US Dept. Ed., Perkins V Program Quality Indicator)

CTE

Locally determined

9–12

Students take assessment, supervised work, or credential, at any point during the semester, when they are ready to be assessed.

Does not impact the testing window