North Carolina Statewide Testing Calendar July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

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Subject

Testing Window

Summer School 2005

 

 

 

NC Grade 3 Pretest—Reading Only—Year-Round Schools

First three weeks of school

NC Alternate Assessment Portfolio (NCAAP): Year-Round Schools 1

Development begins within first 30 calendar days of enrollment

NC Competency Tests – Reading or Verbal and Mathematics

One locally established date during summer school

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Multiple-Choice (1998 Curriculum)

June 6 – July 8, 2005 (Testing Window)

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Performance – Senior Retest Only (1998 Curriculum)

June 6 – July 8, 2005 (Testing Window)

NC EOC Multiple-Choice Tests (Summer Session Courses)

Last week of session

 

 

Subject

Testing Window

First Semester 2005 (Fall)

 

 

 

NC Grade 3 Pretest – Reading Only

First three weeks of school

NC Alternate Assessment Portfolio (NCAAP) 1

Baseline data collection must be completed by October 1, 2005

NC Checklist of Academic Standards (NCCLAS) 2

To be announced by the NCDPI

IDEA English Language Proficiency Tests
(IPT) 3

Initial assessment required within 30 days of enrollment

NC Competency Tests – Reading or Verbal and Mathematics

One locally established date

NC Competency Tests 4– Reading or Verbal and Mathematics – Last Month Seniors Only

Locally established date for seniors graduating at the end of 1 st semester

North Carolina Online Test of Computer Skills (2004 Curriculum) 5

October 17, 2005 – January 13, 2006 (Primary Testing Window)

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Multiple-Choice (1998 Curriculum)

October 3 – November 11, 2005 (Testing Window)

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Performance (1998 Curriculum)

October 3 – November 11, 2005 (Testing Window)

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Multiple-Choice 4 (1998 Curriculum)– Last Month Seniors Only

Locally established date for seniors graduating at the end of 1 st semester

NC Tests of Computer Skills –Performance 4 (1998 Curriculum) – Last Month Seniors Only

 

To be announced by the NCDPI

NC EOC Multiple-Choice Tests: (4 x 4/Semester Courses)

Last week of course

 

 

Subject

Testing Window

Second Semester 2006 (Spring)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NC Alternate Assessment Portfolio (NCAAP) 1

Assessors continue to collect data through April 19, 2006 and finalize portfolios 6

IDEA English Language Proficiency Tests
(IPT) 3

February 1 – March 24, 2006
(All Subtests at Grades 1– 2 and Writing at Grades 3–12)

February 1 – April 30, 2006
(Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking Subtests at Kindergarten)

February 1 – April 30, 2006
(Reading, Listening, and Speaking Subtests at Grades 3–12)

NC Checklist of Academic Standards (NCCLAS) 2

To be announced by the NCDPI

NCEXTEND2 2 for Reading at Grades 3–8; Mathematics at Grades 3–8; Writing at Grades 4 and 7

To be announced by the NCDPI

North Carolina Online Test of Computer Skills (2004 Curriculum) 5

March 20 – June 16, 2006 (Secondary Testing Window)

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Multiple-Choice (1998 Curriculum)

February 1– March 10, 2006 (Testing Window)

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Performance (1998 Curriculum)

February 1– March 10, 2006 (Testing Window)

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Multiple-Choice 4 (1998 Curriculum) – Last Month Seniors Only

Locally established date during last month of school

NC Tests of Computer Skills – Performance 4 (1998 Curriculum) – Last Month Seniors Only

To be announced by the NCDPI

 

NC Writing Assessment at Grades 4, 7, and 10

March 7, 2006

NC Competency Tests – Reading or Verbal and Mathematics

One locally established date

NC Competency Tests 4 – Reading or Verbal and Mathematics – Last Month Seniors Only

Locally established date during the last month of school

NC High School Comprehensive Test – Reading and Mathematics (for Grade 10 students who have not taken Algebra I and/or English I)

Last three weeks of April 2006

NC EOG Multiple-Choice: Grades 3–8 Reading and Mathematics

Last three weeks of the school year

NC EOC Multiple-Choice Tests: (Traditional Year-Long Courses)

Last two weeks of the course

NC EOC Multiple-Choice Tests: (4 x 4/ Semester Courses)

Last week of the course

 

1 NCAAP (North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio) development begins within the first 30 calendar days of the student entering the class for a year-long process at grades 3–8 and 10. Baseline data collection must be completed by October 1, 2005 .

2 The North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (NCAAAI) has been discontinued. New alternate assessments, NCCLAS and NCEXTEND2, are under development.

3State Board policy mandates that all language minority students be assessed using the state-identified English language proficiency test (IPT) upon initial enrollment. All students identified as limited English proficient, based upon their IPT scores, must be administered the IPT at grades 1 and 2 and writing at grades 3–12 during the annual testing window of February 1– March 24, 2006. All students identified as limited English proficient, based on their IPT scores, must be administered the IPT Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking Subtests at Kindergarten and the Reading, Listening, and Speaking Subtests at Grades 3–12 during the annual testing window of February 1 – April 30, 2006.

4 Seniors who have failed to meet the requirements must be given an opportunity to retake the test during the last month of school.

5 Effective for students entering the eighth grade for the first time in the 2005-06 school year and beyond, the online test of computer skills will be administered to fulfill the computer skills proficiency graduation requirement.

6 Completed NCAAPs (North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio) must be shipped to the NCDPI’s designated contractor NO LATER THAN April 28, 2006 .