NC READY testing

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NC READY testing
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READY INITIATIVE

• The READY initiative helps in this support
• School performance
• Informed decisions with data by district, county
  and state
• Testing
• Assessments to better understand student progress
• Student Growth
• Standards to ensure that what the student is
  learning will serve him or her well, regardless
  of the path he or she follows

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NC READY

• You are critical to your childs success.
• Your involvement in your childs education, at
  school and at home, shows your support of the
  teacher, principal, and school.
• That positive support makes your child eager to
• learn, opening the future to endless
  possibilities.

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READY PLAN

• The READY plan is focused on elevating your child
  
• Ensuring he or she is ready for every next step
  from grade to grade, school to school, and after
  graduation

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• The new Common Core State Standards and the
  Essential Standards will become the new Standard
  Course of Study.
• In addition, the READY Accountability Model will
  ensure a more accurate picture of how well
  students are learning, and where we must make
  improvements.

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English Language Arts

• The end-of-grade (EOG) English language arts
  tests at grades 38 are multiple-choice tests.
• The EOG English Language Arts assessments at
  grades 3 8 are available only in paper-and
  pencil format for the 201314 school year.
• The tests are aligned to the Common Core State
  Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts.
• Students read authentic selections and then
  answer questions related to the selections.
• The reading selections are comprised of literary
  and informational selections based on the Common
  Core State Standards.
• Knowledge of vocabulary is assessed indirectly
  through application and understanding of terms
  within the context of the selections and
  questions.

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WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS FOR GRADES 3-5
Domain Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Reading for Literature 32-37 30-34 36-40
Reading for Information 41-45 45-49 37-41
Reading for Foundation Skills NA NA NA
Writing NA NA NA
Speaking and Listening NA NA NA
Language 20-24 19-21 21-25
Total 100 100 100
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Mathematics

• The EOG Mathematics Tests at grades 3 and 4 are
  multiple-choice tests.
• The EOG Mathematics Tests at grades 58 are
  multiple-choice and gridded-response tests.
• The EOG Mathematics Tests at grades 38 are
  available only in paper-and-pencil format for the
  201314 school year.
• All EOG Mathematics Tests are aligned to the
  Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for
  mathematics.
• For grades 38, the Mathematics Tests consist of
  two parts calculator inactive and calculator
  active.
• Students are allowed to use calculators during
  the calculator active part of the test
• Students are not allowed to use calculators
  during the calculator inactive part of the test.

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WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTIONS FOR GRADE 3-5
DOMAIN GRADE 3 GRADE 4 GRADE 5
Operations and Algebraic Thinking 30-35 12-17 5-10
Number and Operations in Base Ten 5-10 22-27 22-27
Number and Operations Fractions 20-25 27-32 47-52
Measurement and Data 22-27 12-17 10-15
Geometry 10-15 12-17 2-7
Total 100 100 100
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Science

• The EOG science tests at grades 5 and 8 are
  aligned to the Essential Standards for Science.
• Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) have the
  option of administering end-of-grade science
  tests in the online or paper-and pencil format
  however, online testing is strongly encouraged.
• The online EOG science test questions are
  multiple-choice and technology enhanced
  questions.
• The paper-and-pencil science tests are
  multiple-choice tests (technology enhanced items
  are found only in the online science assessments).

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WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS FOR GRADE 5
Unifying Concept Grade 5
Forces and Motion 13-15
Matter Properties and change 12-14
Energy Conservation and Transfer 11-13
Earth System, Structures, and Processes 15-17
Structures and Functions of Living organisms 14-16
Ecosystems 14-16
Evolutions and Genetics 13-15
Total 100
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Cognitive Rigor and Item Complexity

• Assessment items will be designed, developed, and
  classified to ensure that the cognitive rigor of
  the operational test forms align to cognitive
  complexity
• Items will require students to not only recall
  information but also apply concepts and skills
  and make decisions

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Revised Blooms

• Remembering- Recall
• Understanding-Explain
• Applying-Use information in a new way
• Analyzing- Distinguish differences
• Evaluating- Justify
• Creating- Create new product or point of view

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