High School NC Final Exam
(formerly known as MSLs and Common Exams)
Implementation Plan
Fall 2013
NHCS
Rationale
 The schedule is designed to parallel the secure and
controlled manner in which end-of-grade
assessments are delivered.
 All stakeholders are confident that the data will
accurately measure student learning.
 Quality data for the newly-adopted teacher
effectiveness model is collected.
Required Common Exams
p4
 Math: Math II, Math III, CC Geometry, CC Algebra II,
Advanced Functions and Modeling, Discrete, Pre Calculus
 Science: Earth/Environmental Science, Physical Science,
Chemistry, Physics
 English: English/Language Arts I, English/Language Arts
III, English/Language Arts IV
 Social Studies: World History, Civics and Economics,
U.S. History, American History I, American History II
 Occupational Courses:None
Common Exam Test Administration Manual
 The same manual is used for all assessments.
 Pages 1-3: Teacher Evaluation
 Page 4: General Assessment Information
 Page 5-6:Eligibility and participation
 Page 7:
 Administration time/testing schedule
 Accommodations and Alternate Assessments
Common Exam Test Administration Manual
 Pages 8-12: Testing Materials
 Pages 12-19: Testing Code of Ethics; Test
Administrators and Proctors; Test Security;
Student Emergencies; Testing irregularities;
Scoring
Student Growth for Standards 6
and 8 p.1-3
NC Final Exams
p.4
Eligible Students
p.5
 All students enrolled in courses for which NC Final Exams
are required.
 Students, including seniors, who are exempt from final
exams by local Board of Education policy shall not be
exempt from NC Final Exams.
 Students repeating courses
 LEP students
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LEP students scoring below 4.0 expanding on the reading subtest
of the WIDA ACCESS Placement Test AND are in first year in US
schools are not eligible to be assessed on English I, III, IV
LEP students must participate in other NC Final Exams
Schedule
p.7 Last five days for semester-long courses
Accommodations and Alternate Assessments
p.7-8
and APPENDIX E
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Students with disabilities, including students only receiving
services under Section 504, may receive testing
accommodations for the NC Final Exams
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Students should receive the accommodations they use routinely during their
instructional programs and similar classroom assessments
Special print versions are available for order
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Braille
Large Print (LP)
One Test Item Per Page Edition (OTIPP)
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Requests for special print versions other than Braille, LP, or OTIPP must be
submitted on an Accommodation Notification Form
Requests for special print versions must be placed at least 30 days before the test
date
Alternate Assessments
 Not available for the NC Final Exams
Accommodations and Alternate Assessments
and APPENDIX E
p.7-8
Answer Sheets
English III
p. 8-9
Multiple Choice
ELA I; III
CC Geo/Alg II
AF&M; PreCalc; Discrete
Earth/Env; Physical Science
US History
Multiple choice
and constructed
response
Math II, III
Chemistry; Physics
World; Civics; American I and II
Student constructed responses will be sent to DPI for grading
Test Codes
p. 9 and Appendix A
Materials
p. 10-12
Testing Code of Ethics
p. 12-14 AND APPENDIX F
 Eligibility Issues
 Accommodations Issues
 Security Issues
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Neither students nor teachers may possess cell phones.
 Monitoring Issues
 Procedural Issues
NOTE: Test training MUST include review of the Testing Code of Ethics
Selecting Test Administrators and Proctors
p. 14-15
Scenarios
Test admin:
Teacher of Record
Full time
proctor required
Test admin:
Test admin:
Teacher in same
cluster
Teacher from
different cluster
Full time
proctor required
Roving proctor
NOTE: No stadium-type testing permitted
(one per 3 close rooms)
Emergencies, Irregularities and Misadministrations
p. 16-18
 Emergencies and Breaks
 Reporting Irregularities – School Test Coordinator must
document in OTISS
NEW this year.
 Misadministrations
Implementation Planning
 Stadium–style testing is NOT permitted.
 Review of Accommodations forms are NOT required, but
are recommended.
 Testing department has calculators for check out.
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High schools may request additional calculators form feeder
schools
Grouping
Courses that CANNOT Be Combined for Testing (i.e., these courses must
test alone)
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English Language Arts III cannot be grouped
Grade 8 Social Studies cannot be grouped
U.S. History cannot be grouped
Physical Science cannot be grouped
Earth/Environmental Science cannot be grouped
SCS Algebra II cannot be grouped
Courses Which Can be Grouped (small groups and
makeups only)
You can group:
 English Language Arts I
 English Language Arts IV
You can group:
 Civics and Economics
 World History
 American History I
 American History II
You can group;
 Chemistry
 Physics
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You can group:
Advanced Functions and Modeling
Discrete Mathematics
Precalculus
You can group:
 Comm. Core Geometry
 SCS Geometry
You can group:
 Math II
 Math III
You can group:
 Comm. Core Algebra II
 Comm. Core Integrated Math III
Reporting
ONLY the 100-point converted score may be used as the
exam score; exam score shall count 25% of student’s grade.
(Including English IV)
Roster Verification in EVAAS
FYI: NC School Report Card
(SRC)
Dec 2- 12
Submit
Welcome Letter
Jan 28
Public release
Jan 2-13
Preview period
for LEA and
principals
Jan 30
Send SRC home
with report cards
Jan 21-24
SRC released for
printing
Discussion/Questions