STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

SCIENCE :: TIMELINE
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REVISION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SCIENCE STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

Timeline
In May 2005, the State Board of Education approved this timeline for the implementation and testing schedule of the North Carolina Science Standard Course of Study.

School Year2003-20042004-20052005-20062006-20072007-2008
Curriculum Presented to new curriculum to SBE (December) Transition Year K-8; 9-12 still using 1999 curriculum

Development of Support Materials		 Implementation Year for K-8 2004 curriculum; 9-12 still using 1999 curriculum Monitoring K-8

Implementation 2004 curriculum 9-12		  
Textbooks Textbook Call
(Spring 2004)
Textbook Review
(Summer 2004)		 Textbook
Selection by Schools		 New Textbooks
in Schools		    
EOG Testing Item Writing and Editing Item Tryouts¹
Grades 5 and 8		 Field Test²
EOG Grades 5 and 8		 Pilot Test
EOG Grades 5 and 8		 New EOG Operational Testing at Grades 5 and 8
EOC Testing Current EOC
Operational
Testing aligned
with the 1999
curriculum		 Current EOC
Operational
Testing aligned
with the 1999
curriculum;
Item Writing and
Editing		 Current EOC
Operational
Testing aligned
with the 1999
curriculum;
Item Writing and
Editing		 Statewide EOC
Field Testing
aligned with
the 2004
curriculum
Chemistry,
Physical Science
and Physics,
Sample Field
Testing for
Biology.

EOC
Operational
Testing for
Biology ONLY
aligned with
the 1999
curriculum. 		New EOC
Operational
Testing
aligned with
the 2004
curriculum

1Item tryouts – item tryouts will be treated as field tests to comply with state statutes regarding field testing in schools)

  • item-based
  • does not cover all objectives (science only covers those objectives that are testable and are common to both the old and new curricula.
  • allows for "trying out" of new item types and formats (such as passage-based items, graphs and charts) and test formats.
  • does not result in robust or generalizable statistical information that can be used to equate tests (item calibration)
  • approximately 1,000 students per item

2Field Test

  • form-based
  • covers all objectives (looks just like the "real" test)
  • final item and form calibration (information used for equating)
  • get reliability and validity information for the whole test and the whole curriculum
  • approximately 1,500 students per form