ASSESSMENT BRIEFS ARCHIVES

North Carolina Pretest – Grade 3

• Understanding the North Carolina Pretest - Grade 3, June 2004 (pdf, 68kb)
• Understanding Testing: North Carolina Pretest--Grade 3, Spring 1999 (pdf, 19kb)

North Carolina End-of-Grade Test (EOGs) Grades 3-8

• Understanding North Carolina End-of-Grade Testing, March 2004 (pdf, 142kb)
• Understanding End-of-Grade Achievement Levels, Spring 1999 (pdf, 35kb)
• Understanding Testing at Grades 3-8, Summer 1999 (pdf, 26kb)
• Understanding Testing at Grades 3-8: Background Summer 1999 (pdf, 38kb)
  Contains general information about state tests at grades 3-8 including end-of-grade tests, writing assessments, and open-ended assessments
• Research on End-of Grade Testing: Assessment of Reading , Spring, 1995
• Research on End-of-Grade Testing: Characteristics of Level I Students, Spring, 1995
• Understanding End-of-Grade Testing: The Parent/Teacher Report, Fall 1994
• Understanding End-of-Grade Testing: Developmental Scale Scores, Fall 1994
• Understanding End-of-Grade Testing: Background, Fall 1994

North Carolina Writing Assessment at Grades 4, 7, and 10

• North Carolina Writing Assessments: Grades 4 & 7, October 2000
• North Carolina Writing Assessments: Grades 4 & 7, Fall 1999 (pdf, 121kb)
• Understanding Testing at Grades 3-8: Background, Summer 1999 (pdf, 38kb)
  Contains general information about state tests at grades 3-8 including end-of-grade tests, writing assessments, and open-ended assessments
• NC Writing Assessments Grades 4,7, and 10, Winter 1999

North Carolina Test of Computer Skills

• Online Test of Computer Skills Feasibility Study, September 2003 HTML | PDF
• North Carolina Tests of Computer Skills and Proficiency Graduation Requirements, January 2001
• North Carolina Tests of Computer Skills and Proficiency Graduation Requirements , February 2000 (pdf, 18kb)
• Understanding Testing: North Carolina Tests of Computer Skills Assessment, Summer 1999 (Acrobat)
• Understanding Testing: North Carolina Test of Computer Skills, Spring 1996 /remark find document

North Carolina End-of-Course Tests (EOCs)

• Understanding the North Carolina End-of Course Tests, May 2004 (pdf, 53kb)
• Understanding the North Carolina End-of-Course Field Test of Civics and Economics and U.S. History, October 2004 (pdf, 37kb)
• North Carolina End-of-Course Test of English II (Grade 10 Writing Assessment) , November 1999 (pdf, 29kb)
• Understanding End-of-Course Testing: Scores and Standards, Fall 1999 (pdf, 30kb)
• Understanding EOC Testing: Achievement Levels., Summer 1999 (pdf, 44kb)
• Understanding End-of-Course Testing: Scores and Standards, Fall 1995

North CarolinaHigh School Comprehensive Test – Reading and Mathematics

• Understanding the North Carolina High School Comprehensive Test - Reading and Mathematics, May 2004 (pdf, 51kb)
• Understanding Testing: North Carolina High School Comprehensive Test, Spring 1999 (pdf, 15kb)

North Carolina Competency Test of Reading and Mathematics

• Competency Tests of Reading and Mathematics, October 2003 (pdf, 129kb)

North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (NCAAAI)

• The North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory (NCAAAI) Assessment, July 2001 (pdf, 59kb)
• The IDEA Amendments of 1997 and the North Carolina Testing Program, October 2000
• The IDEA Amendments of 1997 and North Carolina Alternate Assessments , February 2000 (pdf, 20kb)

North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio

• The IDEA Amendments of 1997 and the North Carolina Testing Program, October 2000
• The IDEA Amendments of 1997 and North Carolina Alternate Assessments , February 2000 (pdf, 20kb)

Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient

North Carolina Computer Adaptive Testing System (NCCATS)

• NCCATS Accommodation: Test Development and Research Continues, May 2002
• NCCATS Accommodation: General Information, April 2002
• New Accommodation: Preliminary Information About Computerized Adaptive Testing System (DRAFT), March 2001

Miscellaneous

• The 1998 Mathematics Standard Course of Study and North Carolina Mathematics Tests, October 2000
• Calculator Requirements for the North Carolina Testing Program, September 2000 (pdf, 54kb)
• North Carolina Open-Ended Assessments: Grades 4 and 8 , April 2000 (pdf, 123kb)
• Calculators and Assessment: The North Carolina Testing Program , March 2000 (pdf, 120kb)
• Calculators and Assessment: The North Carolina Testing Program , February 2000 (pdf, 24kb)
• Assessment Brief: The 1998 Mathematics Standard Course of Study and North Carolina Mathematics Tests, October 2000
• Understanding North Carolina Tests: Thinking Skill Level, Summer 1999 (pdf, 117kb)
• Understanding Statewide Testing: Glossary - Test Items, Summer 1999 (pdf, 66kb)
• Setting Annual Growth Standards: 'The Formula', September 1996
• Understanding Statewide Testing: Glossary - Test Items, Spring 1995
• Understanding End-of-Grade Testing: Open-Ended Tests, Fall, 1994