• Testing and Assessment Office 

    The WS/FCS Testing and Assessment Office is responsible for the training, distribution, administration, monitoring, and reporting for federal and state-mandated assessments, including: Beginning-of-Grade 3 (BOG3), End-of-Grade (EOG), End-of-Course (EOC), ACT, WorkKeys, PreACT, WIDA Screener, NC Check-Ins, ACCESS for ELLs, and other required testing.

    • Family Guide to Assessment (English Version, Spanish Version) (This document was produced by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.)

    • Released Test Forms:

    Released items may be used by school systems to help acquaint students with items. These materials must not be used for personal or financial gain. Released items and assessments are copyrighted by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and cannot be uploaded to third party applications. Released items may be accessed through the secure browser, NCTest apps for Chromebook and iPad, and via https://data.ncsu.edu/nctest/Destination.html by clicking on the NCTest Released Items icon.
     
    Printable released test forms with answer keys are available through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's website. At this time, the released forms for the North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests of Reading may not include all of the reading selections for print because the NCDPI is finalizing the copyright requests for these tests. Due to budget constraints and the reluctance of copyright holders to grant printing rights via a website, the NCDPI has obtained permissions only for web viewing of these selections. The download or use of these copyrighted materials is restricted by applicable license agreements obtained by the NCDPI and copyright law (Title 17, United States Code).
      • End-of-Course (EOC) Released Forms (Biology, English II, NC Math 1, NC Math 3) are available here. 
      • End-of-Grade (EOG) Released Forms (Grades 3 - 8 Reading and Math, Grades 5 & 8 Science) are available here.
      • NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessment Released Items (Grades 3 - 8 Reading and Math, Grades 5 & 8 Science) are available here.
     
    Additional technical information about state-mandated assessments is available on the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's website. The "test specification" documents provide information about the number of test questions, types of test questions, standards being assessed, etc.