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Testing Information

2024-2025 Testing Dates

  • September 11th - 3rd Grade Reading BOG
  • October 22nd - 4th Grade RTA Test
  • October 24th - Grades 3-5 NC ELA Check-in #1
  • October 28th-30th - 3rd Grade CogAT 
  • December 5th - 5th Grade Earth Science NC Check-in
  • December 11th - Grades 3-5 Math NC Check-in #1
  • January 13th-March 14th - ACCESS Test Window
  • January 14th - Grades 3-5 ELA Check-in #2
  • February 18th - 5th Grade Physical Science NC Check-in
  • February 25th - 3rd Grade Math NC Check-in #2
  • March 13th - Grades 4-5 Math NC Check-in #2
  • March 18th - Grades 3-5 ELA Check-in #3
  • April 3rd - 5th Grade Life Science NC Check-in
  • April 9th - 3rd Grade Math NC Check-in #3
  • April 24th - Grades 4-5 Math NC Check-in #3
  • May 23rd - Grades 3-5 Reading EOG
  • May 28th - Grades 3-5 Math EOG
  • May 29th - Grade 5 Science EOG
  • May 29th - Grade 3 RTA Test
  • May 27th-June 5th - EOG Make-ups

District Testing Information

aimswebPlus
Subject/Type: Universal Screener for Reading and Math
Required or Optional:  Required
Who takes it?  Students in grades K-8 are screened three times each year in math and students in grades 6-8 are screened three times each year in reading.
Administration Platform:  Online
What is it and why is it important? aimswebPlus™ is an online assessment, data management, and reporting system for the screening and progress monitoring of foundational math and reading skills for students in Kindergarten through Grade 8  
How are the results used?  The results help teachers identify strengths and weaknesses in foundational reading and math skills so they can plan for remediation and acceleration.
 
DIBELS
Subject/Type: Reading
Required or Optional:  Required
Who takes it?  Students in grades 4-5
Administration Platform:  Online
What is it and why is it important?  DIBELS ® (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) is a set of measures that assesses the acquisition of literacy skills. The short (one minute) fluency measures can be used to monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills.
How are the results used?  Teachers can use DIBELS results to help them design their overall instructional reading plan. While individual scores help teachers know who is struggling with a specific skill, the results of the group help teachers plan for whole group instruction.
 
NC Check-ins
Subject/Type: Benchmark assessments for all EOGs and EOC courses
Required or Optional:  Required
Who takes it?  All students in grades 3-8 and students enrolled in NC Math 1, English 2, Biology, and NC Math 3
Administration Platform:  Online
What is it and why is it important?  NC Check-Ins are interim assessments aligned to North Carolina grade-level content standards.  The end-of-grade (EOG) tests share a common question bank with the NC Check-Ins, which then exposes NC Check-In students to similar question types and rigor found on the EOGs.
How are the results used?  Teachers use these results to reflect on students’ learning progression of standards covered during instruction and to help support student learning.

State Testing Information

North Carolina Early Learning Inventory (NC ELI)
Subject/Type:  Kindergarten Entry
Required or Optional:  Required
Who takes it?  All Kindergarten students
Administration Platform: Paper/Pencil
What is it and why is it important?  The NC ELI measures kindergarten readiness in literacy, math, physical, personal and social skills.
How are the results used?  The results provide a baseline of student strengths and challenges and informs instruction for Kindergarten teachers.
 
Beginning of Grade 3 Reading Test (BOG3)
Subject/Type:  Reading
Required or Optional:  Required
Who takes it?  All students in grade 3
Administration Platform:  Online
What is it and why is it important?  The BOG3 test is the state’s mandated assessment to collect baseline data in reading.
How are the results used?  Results are used by the state to measure student growth between the beginning and end of the third grade year.
 
North Carolina End of Grade Tests (EOG)
Subject/Type:  Reading, Math, and Science
Required or Optional:  Required
Who takes it?  All students in grades 3-8
Administration Platform:  Online
What is it and why is it important?  The EOG assessments are state-mandated tests that measure students’ mastery of state standards in Reading, Mathematics and Science.
How are the results used?  The scores on these assessments are only one indicator of students' achievement. Students' scores on these assessments should always be considered along with all other information the teacher provides about students.