Assessment & Accountability

SC Ready Overview

The South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessments (SC READY) program is a statewide assessment in English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, science and social studies administered to students in grades 3–8 as required by the Education Accountability Act (EAA). The EAA was amended in 2018 to shorten testing by reducing the number of grade levels tested in social studies to grades 5 and 7 and for science to grades 4, 6, and 8.

For the 2023–24 school year, Proviso 1.74 of the 2023–24 General Appropriations Bill suspended testing of grade 8 in science and grades 5 and 7 in social studies. As a result, students will be assessed in grades 4 and 6 in science. SC READY social studies will not be assessed in grades 3-8 during the 2023–24 school year.

SC READY Assessment items measure student performance on the South Carolina College-and Career-Ready Standards. SC READY English language Arts (ELA) items are aligned with the 2015 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for English Language Arts; the mathematics items are aligned with the 2015 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Mathematics. The Spring 2023–2024 Grades 4 and 6 Science Assessment will assess the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards 2021.

The SC READY test items are aligned to the standards for each subject and grade level. Standards specify what schools are expected to teach and what students are expected to learn. Academic standards also include indicators that are statements of the specific cognitive processes and the content knowledge and skills that students must demonstrate to meet the grade-level standards. SC READY test items are written to assess the content knowledge and skills described in the academic standards and indicators.

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