ASSESSMENT BRIEFS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

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Assessment Briefs for End-of-Grade Mathematics and Reading Comprehension Tests (Grades 3-8)

• Assessment Brief: End-of-Grade Retest 1, April 2009 (pdf, 44kb)


• Assessment Brief: Understanding the Raw Score Ranges by Achievement Level Report
  December 2008 (pdf, 73kb)


• EOG Raw Score Ranges by Achievement Level Reports
  • EOG Reading Edition 3 (pdf, 27kb)
  • EOG Math 2008-09 (pdf, 32kb)
  • EOG Science 2008-09 (pdf, 15kb)


• Assessment Brief: Time Allowed for North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests (pdf, 49kb)
  Information on test administration times for end-of-grade reading comprehension, mathematics, and science tests (February 2008)


• Assessment Brief: North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests (pdf, 145kb)
  Information about the purpose of the assessment; a description of the assessment; and information on how the assessment is scored (March 2007)

 

• Assessment Brief: Calculator Requirements for End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Assessments (pdf, 77kb)
  Information about the use of calculators for End-of-Grade and End-of-Course state assessments (March 2013)

 

• Assessment Brief: Understanding End-of-Grade Testing: Achievement Levels (pdf, 140kb)
  Information on how achievement levels for end-of-grade tests are established (Spring 1999)

 

• Assessment Brief: Understanding North Carolina Tests: Thinking Skill Level (pdf, 120kb)
  Document provides a description of the thinking skill levels used to classify questions for the North Carolina Testing Program (Summer 1999)

   

• Assessment Brief: Research Update on End-of-Grade Testing: Assessment of Reading Comprehension (pdf, 53kb)
  Provides trend data from the spring 1993, 1994, and 1995 end-of-grade (reading/mathematics) test administrations (Spring 1997)

 

• Assessment Brief: Research on End-of-Grade Testing: Characteristics of Level I Students (pdf, kb)
  Information on the data from typical Level I students during the 1994 end-of-grade statewide test administration (Spring 1995)

 

• Understanding the Individual Student Report Documents (UISRs)
  A web page containing all of the UISRs for the North Carolina testing program.
  
  

End-of-Grade Test of Science (Grades 5 and 8)

• Assessment Brief: The North Carolina End-of-Grade Test of Science Grades 5 and 8
  (pdf, 56kb)
  Information on the North Carolina End-of-Grade Test of Science for Grades 5 and 8
  (February 2008)

 

• Assessment Brief: Understand North Carolina End-of-Grade Testing (pdf, 145kb)
  Information about the purpose of the assessment; a description of the assessment; and information on how the assessment is scored (March 2007)
  

 

• Assessment Brief: Calculator Requirements for the North Carolina Testing Program
  (pdf, 77kb)
  Information about the use of calculators for assessments in the North Carolina Testing Program (May 2008)
  

   

• Understanding the Individual Student Report Documents (UISRs)
  A web page containing all of the UISRs for the North Carolina testing program.
  
  

End-of-Course Tests

• Interpretive Guide to the WinScan32 Score Reports for North Carolina End-of-Course Assessments (pdf, 545kb)



• Assessment Brief: Understanding the North Carolina End-of-Course English I Multiple-Choice Test (pdf, 34kb)
  Information about the North Carolina End-of-Course English I Test (November 2007)
  


• Assessment Brief: Understanding the North Carolina End-of-Course Tests (pdf, 37kb)
  Information about the North Carolina End-of-Course Tests (December 2005)
  


• Assessment Brief: Understanding the North Carolina End-of-Course Field Tests of Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and English I (pdf, 36kb)
  Information about the End-of-Course Field Tests of Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and English I (December 2005)
  


• Assessment Brief: Calculator Requirements for End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Assessments (pdf, 77kb)
  Information about the use of calculators for End-of-Grade and End-of-Course state assessments (March 2013)
  
  
• Assessment Brief: Understanding End-of-Course Testing: Achievement Levels (pdf, 50kb)
  Document provides information about the development and interpretation of end-of-course achievement levels (Summer 1999)


• Raw Score Ranges by Achievement Level Reports
  • End-of-Course 2008-09 (pdf, 22kb)


• Assessment Brief: Understanding North Carolina Tests: Thinking Skill Level (pdf, 120kb)
  Document provides a description of the thinking skill levels used to classify questions for the North Carolina Testing Program (Summer 1999)
  


• Understanding the Individual Student Report Documents (UISRs)
  A web page containing all of the UISRs for the North Carolina testing program.
  
  
• Assessment Brief: American Diploma Project Algebra II Assessment (pdf, 95kb)
  Document provides information on the background and objectives of the ADP Algebra II
  end-of-course exam (Fall 2009).