Testing and Accountability
"Our office provides accurate and timely data results for all state and local assessments and complies with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and New Hanover County School Board policies."
Testing at a Glance
- Accountability & Reporting
- District Testing Info
- State Testing Info
- Testing Calendars
- Read to Achieve Results
Accountability & Reporting
The New Hanover County Schools Testing and Accountability Department team members promote continuous improvement and accountability along with providing support to the district and individual schools through analysis of assessment results and interpretation of a variety of school performance data. Accurate data and statistically appropriate reports are provided to instructional leaders to sustain efforts to improve student achievement.
The New Hanover County Schools Annual Accountability Report is presented to NHCS Board of Education at the October meeting. This report provides insight into student academic progress and school performance at the district and individual school level. Specific data includes student performance on End-Of-Grade and End-Of-Course assessments, academic growth, School Performance Grades (SPG), and graduation rates.
District Testing Info
Students take different types of assessments throughout each school year. Some assessments are required by the federal or state governments while others are required by the local school district. The information gathered from district assessments serves many purposes such as monitoring programs that impact students' learning, identifying students who need additional academic support and supporting educators in measuring student progress toward content standards, skills, or performance benchmarks. Click on the list below to learn more about specific state required tests.
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State Testing Info
The New Hanover County Schools Testing and Accountability Department ensures that State Board of Education policies and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) guidelines are followed before, during, and after testing. Subsequently, we ensure a high quality data collection process that maintains the integrity of the data used to measure student improvement. Student test results play an increasingly important role in North Carolina's Accountability program and in the U.S. Department of Education. Test results are used as one component in promotion/retention decisions in grades 3 - 8, and also as a component in the High School graduation requirements. Click on the list below to learn more about specific state required tests.
- ACT
- ACT Workkeys
- Advanced Placement Exams (AP)
- Dibels
- International Baccalaureate Tests (IB)
- North Carolina Early Learning Inventory (NC ELI)
- Beginning of Grade 3 Reading Test (BOG3)
- North Carolina End of Grade Tests (EOG)
- North Carolina End of Course Tests (EOC)
- Pre-ACT
ACT
ACT Workkeys
Advanced Placement Exams (AP)
Dibels
International Baccalaureate Tests (IB)
North Carolina Early Learning Inventory (NC ELI)
Beginning of Grade 3 Reading Test (BOG3)
North Carolina End of Grade Tests (EOG)
North Carolina End of Course Tests (EOC)
Pre-ACT
Testing Calendars
Test dates are specific to each school’s calendar and schedule. Click on the links for general
information about test dates. Contact your child’s school for specific test dates.
NHCS 2022 - 2023 Elementary School Testing Calendar
NHCS 2022 - 2023 Middle School Testing Calendar
NHCS 2022 - 2023 High School Testing Calendar
NHCS 2022 - 2023 Elementary School Testing Calendar (Spanish Version)
NHCS 2022 - 2023 Middle School Testing Calendar (Spanish Version)
NHCS 2022 - 2023 High School Testing Calendar (Spanish Version)
Annual Testing Notification (Spanish)
Read to Achieve Results
Read to Achieve Grades 1 & 2 EOY Results
Read to Achieve Grade 3 EOY Results
New Hanover County Schools (650) Read to Achieve Grade 3 End-of-Year (EOY) Results |
G.S. §115C-83.10 requires "each local board of education to publish annually on a website maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education (SBE) by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year:" |
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Number of Students |
Percentage of Students |
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The denominator for calculating the required percentages for rows 1 and 2 is all students in membership at grade 3 for the first day of spring testing. The denominator for this school is 1889. |
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1 |
Demonstrated reading proficiency on the Beginning-of-Grade 3 (BOG3) Reading Test, the End-of-Grade (EOG) Reading Test, or the EOG Reading Retest (i.e., scored Level 3 or higher). |
1029 |
54.5% |
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2 |
Did not demonstrate reading proficiency on the BOG3 Reading Test, the EOG Reading Test, or the EOG Reading Retest |
860 |
45.5% |
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The number and percentage of students exempt from mandatory retention in third grade by category of good cause. Students may be counted in only one of these categories. Denominator for each category in row 3 is row 2. |
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3 |
a. Students who took and passed an alternative assessment approved by the SBE (i.e., State-approved formative and diagnostic assessment system (Amplify DIBELS 8), Read to Achieve Test, or locally determined SBE-approved alternative assessment). |
266 |
30.9% |
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b. English Learner students with less than two school years of instruction in an English as a Second Language [ESL] program. |
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<5% |
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c. Students with disabilities whose current Individualized Education |
175 |
20.3% |
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d. Students who have been previously retained more than once in kindergarten, first, second, or third grades. |
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* |
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e. Students who demonstrated reading proficiency appropriate for third-grade students through a reading portfolio. |
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* |
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New Hanover County Schools (650) Read to Achieve Grade 3 End-of-Year (EOY) Results |
G.S. §115C-83.10 requires "each local board of education to publish annually on a website maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education (SBE) by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year:" |
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Number of Students |
Percentage of Students |
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The denominator for calculating the required percentages for rows 4 and 6 are all students in membership at grade 3 for the first day of spring testing. The denominator for this school is 1889. |
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4 |
The number and percent of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp. This number equals row 2 minus the total of rows 3a through 3e. |
405 |
21.4% |
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The denominator for row 5 is the number of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp from row 4. |
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5 |
The number and percentage of students eligible for priority enrollment who attended reading camp. |
153 |
37.8% |
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6 |
Total number and percentage of students retained for not demonstrating reading proficiency on third-grade standards (students deemed proficient after reading camp are subtracted from this number). Students who are not proficient will be either: [1] retained in a third-grade class, [2] placed in a 3/4 transitional class with a retained label, or [3] placed in a fourth-grade accelerated class with a retained reading label. |
382 |
20.2% |
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7 |
Charter Schools Only: Charter schools must indicate the number and percentage of retained students recorded in number 6 who do not return to the charter school for the upcoming school year. |
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N/A |
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State Board of Education-Approved Alternative Assessments |
Number of Students Who Passed the Alternative Assessment1 |
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1 |
Northwest Evaluation System—Measures of Academic Progress Growth |
N/A |
2 |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—Reading Inventory |
N/A |
3 |
STAR Reading |
N/A |
4 |
Iowa Assessments |
N/A |
5 |
i-Ready |
N/A |
6 |
Imagine Learning—Reading Level Assessment |
N/A |
7 |
Achieve3000 |
N/A |
8 |
Instructure—CASE Benchmark Assessment (previously known as Case 21 Assessment) |
N/A |
9 |
Edmentum—Exact Path Individualize Learning Solution |
N/A |
10 |
Lexia Learning—RAPID Assessment |
N/A |
11 |
Imagine Learning—Galileo English Language Arts/Reading Assessment |
N/A |
12 |
Acadience Reading |
N/A |
13 |
FastBridge—FastBridge aReading |
N/A |
14 |
Imagination Station—Istation's Indicators of Progress (ISIPTM) Reading3 |
N/A |
15 |
Other (Charter Schools Only) |
N/A |