EOCEP

EOCEP - Information for examinees

The End of Course Examination Program (EOCEP) is a statewide assessment program of end of course tests for gateway courses awarded units of credit in English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. The EOCEP encourages instruction in the specific academic standards for the courses, encourages student achievement, and documents the level of students’ mastery of the academic standards. (SCDE EOCEP site)

EOCEP examinations are online unless stated otherwise in a student's IEP/504.

EOCEP examination scores count 20 percent in the calculation of the student’s final grade in gateway courses.  

Students, please do the following to prepare for EOC testing:

• Know when you are testing.

• Get to school on time.

• Become familiar with Desmos, the online calculator you will use while taking the Algebra 1 and Biology 1 subject tests.

• Do not possess any electronic or other devices that can be used for communication, timing, creating images, or storing images (such as cell phones and smart watches) in the classroom during testing.  You must turn off and store these items in your book bags.  Place book bags at the front of the testing room.

• Do not use the testing device to create, store, or transmit by any means any documents or images.

• Review the online Tutorials and complete the Online Tools Training for each applicable subject -   Using Google Chrome, go to https://wbte.drcedirect.com/SC/portals/sc/ .  The Tutorials link is in white at the bottom left of the web page.  The Online Tools Training link is in white in the bottom middle of the web page.  Make sure you select the applicable subject and applicable version of the test you will be taking on test day.

• Make sure your Chromebook is fully-functional and fully-charged prior to test day.  If students have any functional issues with their school-assigned Chromebooks, they must resolve them prior to their scheduled test day or they will be scheduled for makeup testing.

• Bring your Chromebook charger, just in case, with you to your testing session.

• Make sure your Chromebook has the newest Chrome OS version.

  • • Log on to the Chromebook

    • Click the three dots in the top right corner of the Chrome browser

    • Choose Help

    • Choose About Google Chrome OS (Run Check for Update if the version is not up-to-date)

    • Power off the device

Student Responsibilities for Maintaining Test Security (from EOCEP TAM):

• The test taker is obligated to respect the confidentiality and/or copyright of South Carolina test materials.

• All test materials are the property of the SCDE or the contractor, and theft of test materials, or compromising the security or confidentiality of test materials, through any means, such as copying, videoing, and sharing content in any way is unacceptable.

• No one may reproduce, copy, record, distribute, broadcast or share and part of the materials presented to them during a test session.

• No one may disseminate, in any form, material that is similar in nature to the test.

• Students have the responsibility to protect test security by refusing to share any details of the test content to others.

• Students should be be aware of improper test-taking behavior, such as cheating or producing any type of recording or documentation of the test items, and the consequences of misconduct.

Failure to honor these responsibilities may compromise the validity of the test score interpretation for the test taker and for others.  Consequences for the theft of items or test materials could include receiving a zero on the test, not receiving a test score, suspension or expulsion from school, criminal investigation and possible criminal charges, and other civil or legal sanctions.  Test takers should be informed that analyses of score patterns may be conducted to detect breaches of security, cheating or other improper behavior.

Resources:

End-of-Course Assessment Program (EOCEP) - SC Department of Education