PARENT RESOURCES
State Testing Information
CEMCS Testing Calendar 2022-23 (Updated 10/13/22)
NC DPI Testing Information for Parents
Read to Achieve Program Website
Specific Test Information:
- mCLASS – DIBELS 8 / Lectura
- K-4 students
- Assessed three times a year
- The State Board of Education chose this formative/diagnostic assessment to identify potential reading difficulties and inform instruction.
- mCLASS DIBELS 8 assesses reading foundational essentials in the following areas: letter names, phonemic awareness, letter sounds, decoding, word reading, reading accuracy, reading fluency, basic comprehension, oral language, and vocabulary (depending on the grade level)
- Both one to one administration and online format.
- NC ENSI
- North Carolina Early Numeracy Skill Indicator
- K-4 students
- Assessed three times a year
- One to one administration
- Beginning of Grade 3
- 3rd grade students
- State mandated assessment to gather baseline data in ELA for 3rd grade students.
- Online format given in person
- NC Check Ins
- 3rd – 8th grade students
- Given three times a year
- Provides students, teachers, parents, and stakeholders with immediate in-depth action-data and a reliable estimate of students’ current performance on the selected sub-set of content standards
- Online format given in person
- Reading End of Grade Assessment (EOG)
- 3rd – 8th grade students
- State mandated assessment to measure student progress on the ELA North Carolina Standard Course of Study
- Online format given in person
- Math End of Grade Assessment (EOG)
- 3rd – 8th grade students
- State mandated assessment to measure student progress on the Mathematics North Carolina Standard Course of Study
- Online format given in person
- Science End of Grade Assessment (EOG)
- 5th and 8th grade students
- State mandated assessment to measure student progress on the Science North Carolina Standard Course of Study
- Online format given in person
- End of Course Assessment (EOC)
- Students taking advanced courses for high school credit
- State mandated assessment to measure student knowledge of subject related content of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
- Online format given in person
- WIDA Screener
- A language proficiency screener given to new students to help educators identify whether they are English Language Learners (ELLs)
- Both one to one administration and online format
- ACCESS
- Language proficiency assessment taken annually by English Language Learners in grades K-12.
- Online format given in person