LIST OF COURSES TAKING END-OF-COURSE EXAMS IN 2017-2018
END-OF-COURSE EXAM SPECIFICATIONS FOR 2017-2018
RELEASED END-OF-COURSE EXAMS
The State Board of Education’s Framework for Change: The Next Generation of Assessments and Accountability provides for the modification and improvement of state assessment and accountability policies and practices. As part of this new direction, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Accountability Services Division/North Carolina Testing Program has released one form of the test for each grade level and subject tested in the 2012–13 school year. These materials and the information contained within must not be used for personal or financial gain. Released test forms will not be used as part of routine test administrations provided by school systems
GET THE FACTS: STUDENTS CANNOT "OPT OUT" OF END-OF-YEAR TESTING.
According to the NCDPI, opting out of testing is not permissible under state and federal legislation. High school students enrolled in courses that require an End-of-Course (EOC), Career and Technical Education (CTE) or North Carolina Final Exam (NCFE) assessment, that do not participate due to opting out, will receive a zero (0) for their final exam grade which will count as 25% of their overall final course grade possibly causing them to not receive credit for the course.
NC READY EOC & NCEXTEND2 ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL INFORMATION
The State Board of Education adopted a new methodology for determining achievement levels of students, based on their regular and alternate End-of-Grade (EOG) or End-of-Course (EOC) scores. The implementation of this new methodology began in the 2013-14 school year. Specifically, the State will report the following five achievement levels:
The above table conveys that:
There is a now a proficiency only standard.
Levels 4 and 5 will be used to report Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs)
There is a now a proficiency only standard.
- In the past, Levels 3 and 4 have identified proficiency. Moving forward, Levels 3, 4, and 5 will constitute proficiency.
- However, only Levels 4 and 5 will be considered “College and Career Ready.”
- Therefore, you will have students considered “Proficient” who are not considered college and career ready (students scoring Level 3).
- Cut scores for the new levels 4 and 5 are identical to the old cut scores for levels 3 and 4 on all EOG’s and most EOC’s.
Levels 4 and 5 will be used to report Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs)
- AMO proficiency rates will be reported to the federal government and in School Report Cards using the percent of students that are college and career ready–scoring level 4 or 5.
- The percent of students college and career ready (level 4 and 5) will be different from the percentage of students proficient (Level 3, 4, and 5).