Test | Acronym Stands For | What Grade Levels/Who | What does it assess | How often | Where does it come from? Other notes |
mClass | n/a | All Students K-3 | Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency and Reading Comprehension. | 3 times per year | Nationally normed and standardized, given 1:1 with a teacher. |
NCENSI
| North Carolina Early Numeracy Skills Indicator
| K-1
| Early Numeracy Concepts
| 3 times per year
| The NC ENSI are validated math measures (K-3) for screening and progress monitoring the most critical numeracy concepts. The measures are offered free to all districts and charter schools in North Carolina.
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NWEA MAP Growth | Measures of Academic Progress | 2nd- 8th
| 2-3 Math 4-5 Math & Reading 6-8 Math, Reading, Language
| 3 times per year | Nationally normed and standardized. Adaptive up to college level, online. Measures of Academic Progress (MAP Growth) is a state-aligned, computerized adaptive assessment program that provides Exploris educators with the information they need to improve teaching and learning and to make student-focused, data-driven decisions. |
IXL
| n/a | 2nd- 8th
| Math (2-8) Reading (4-8)
| Weekly for diagnostic progress monitoring.
| Diagnostic provides immediate insights that support your teachers’ daily instruction. Using students’ diagnostic results, IXL creates personalized learning plans for students to close gaps quickly. These results and plans stay up-to-date throughout the year, helping educators differentiate instruction and target their lessons.
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BOG | Beginning of Grade Test | All 3rd Grade Students | Reading | 1 time per year within the first 10 days of school | Standardized, statewide as part of Read to Achieve, multiple choice, 3rd grade curriculum. |
EOG | End of Grade Tests | All Students 3-8 | 3-8 Math and Reading 5, 8 Science
| 1 time per year within the last 10 days of school | Standardized, statewide, multiple choice, open-ended, gridded response for current grade curriculum only |
EOC | End of Course Test | Math 1 & Math 2 Students 7-8
| Math 1 Math 2 | 1 time per year within the last 10 days of school | Standardized, statewide, multiple choice, open-ended, gridded response, high school exam |
WIDA | N/A | Select Students K-8 | English Language Learning assessment for students who do not have English as their primary language | 1 time per year | Includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Assessment administered by ESL teacher |
Scores from these assessments are used in conjunction with other data to plan instruction and provide student support. |
