EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EOCs and EOGs
NC EOG: 3rd Grade – 8th Grade
The NC End-of-Grade tests are aligned to North Carolina State Standards, which define what students should learn each year. The NC EOG reading test and NC EOG math test are given to students in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, and measure how well they are meeting grade-level expectations. Fifth graders and eighth graders also take the NC EOG science test.How NC Standardized Tests Are Scored
The North Carolina EOG, EOC, and NC Competency Test are standards-based, criterion-referenced tests. Students compete only with themselves and are measured by how well they have mastered grade-specific skills. The NC End-of-Grade and NC End-of-Course tests are scored on five performance levels, with Level 1 being the lowest and Level 5 the highest. Students scoring at or above Level 3 are considered to be proficient. Students scoring a level 4 or 5 are considered to be college and career ready.
Parents' Right to Know
Per NC and Federal requirements, HCS students will take districtwide and state-mandated tests this school year. HCS will notify parents of all districtwide and mandated tests via letter. The HCS Testing Calendar is linked on this webpage. Score reports will be available via the PowerSchool Parent Portal and/or paper within 30 days of testing.
N.C. Admin Code 06G .0315 requires all public school students in membership (i.e., enrolled in school) in grades 3 through 8 and high school courses requiring an end-of-course assessment, to participate in the Annual Testing Program. North Carolina does not allow any student to opt out of required state testing. The only exceptions granted are for a limited number of students who meet certain eligibility requirements or have extenuating circumstances primarily related to a significant medical emergency or condition and are unable to participate in specific test administration.
N.C. Admin Code 06D .0309 requires schools to use end-of-course (EOC) tests as “at least twenty percent (20%) of the student’s final grade.” As such, a student’s grade for these courses and overall grade-point-average calculation may be negatively impacted by not taking the required EOC state tests. Schools have the flexibility to use end-of-grade (EOG) test scores as necessary.
All state-mandated tests must be administered in a face-to-face setting.
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2023-2024 EOG Test Dates:
May 15 - May 29: ELA, Math & Science
May 24 - June 7: ELA, Math & Science (LaFayette Year-Round School)
2023-2024 EOC Test Dates:
Fall Semester:
December 14 - 20 (HC Early College)
December 15 - 21 (All other High Schools)
Spring Semester:
May 13 - 17 (HC Early College)
May 22 - 29 (All other High Schools)