ALA Coastal is a public charter school. As such, we are required to administer state standardized assessments, as required by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. North Carolina does not allow any student to opt-out of required testing unless there are extenuating circumstances, primarily related to serious health conditions. The policy of the SBE (GCS-C-021) requires that all students in the state participate in the testing program.
According to ACCT-021 b: “All eligible students in membership (i.e., enrolled in a school) at grades 3 through 8 and 10 and in high school courses in which an end-of-course assessment is administered shall participate in the state assessment program adopted by the SBE."