Given to all eighth grade students and to any high school student who has not passed the required competency. It is administered twice during the school year. We must establish specific dates within each state-designated window. Administered to all students in grades 4 and 7.
Students write an essay of a designated type on a specified topic.
Administered to all students in grades 4 and 8. Students respond to reading, math and content area questions with short written answers, diagrams and explanations of how they arrived at their answers. Schools set dates within the window. This is a brief test of student aptitude. NC Competency Tests Final exam schedule or one week prior Tests in reading and math.