Spring 2021 Exams

Per the Department of Education, all state made final exams are required to be taken in the physical school building. If a student needs to take a state made exam from the spring semester, they should follow the posted testing schedule. Should a student have any special or extenuating circumstances, please contact Jason Bentzler at 910-350-2089, ext. 73457 or Randall Langley at extension 73594. We will schedule a time for you to come and test.

Exams

Career & Technical Education has traditionally maintained rigor and strong integrity through end of course testing and providing an opportunity for students to show their skills through credential recognition. Every CTE course has a mandated state exam. Many of the courses have pre-test, benchmark and unit tests in addition to the post assessment. All students involved in a CTE course must take an exam.

WorkKeys (ACT) http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services.html

WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system measuring "real world" skills that employers believe are critical to job success. These skills are valuable for any occupation (skilled or professional) and at any level of education. The North Carolina Career Readiness Certificate can be obtained in either a platinum, gold, silver or bronze level. Students in New Hanover County Schools take a battery of tests in three areas: Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information and Locating Information. Testing is given to seniors who have a concentration and/or completer of a Career & Technical Education Cluster/Pathway.

The next Workkeys testing window is in April. Please contact Randall Langley at extension 73594 for more information.

Other Credential Opportunities:

In many of the CTE programs offered at New Hanover County high schools, students may have an opportunity to take industry credential exams at the conclusion of their coursework. Some exams require additional fees not covered by NHCS. Examples:

• Core & Sustainable Construction / Carpentry - NCCER-National Center for Construction Education and Research

• Introduction to Culinary Arts - ServSafe

• Health Science & Early Childhood - First Aid-CPR

• Nursing Fundamentals - CNA-Certified Nursing Assistant

• Microsoft Imagine Academy - Microsoft Office Specialist (2016 Word, Word Expert, PowerPoint, Excel, Excel Expert)

• Adobe Academy - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver

• Drafting - AutoCAD, Inventor

Visit this website for more information on credentialing: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/cte/related-services/certification/

(NCVPS) North Carolina Virtual Public School:

Students interested in taking North Carolina Virtual Public Schools (Online) courses must sign up with their school counselor and/or Assistant Principal who oversee's NCVPS. It is strongly advised to speak to the CTE Facilitator at your school if you plan on taking a CTE-NCVPS. Note: Just like any other CTE course, all VPS courses have a mandatory final exam which is worth 20% of the students final grade in the course. For a comprehensive list NCVPS offerings and course catalogs, check out the NCVPS website.

• Accounting I

• Career Management

• Personal Finance

• Principles of Business & Finance

• Strategic Marketing

• SAS Computer Programming

• SharePoint

• Computer Programing I

• Computer Science Principles

• e-Commerce I- Honors

• BioTech & Agri-Science II (Blended STEM)

• Entrepreneurship I