The document summarizes North Carolina's plans for transitioning state assessments to online formats between 2012-13 and 2014-15. It indicates that for 2012-13, some End of Grade and End of Course assessments will be online-only, while English and math assessments for grades 3-8 will be paper/pencil only. Starting in 2013-14, more assessments will transition to all online, and the State Board of Education will decide about transitioning the ACT, Algebra I/Integrated I, and Biology to online in future years. The SMARTER Balanced assessments are also slated to replace some state tests starting in 2014-15, pending approval.

1. Summer Institute
Online Assessments:
Updates for 2012-13

2. Assessment Time Line
For School Accountability
Test 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-15 on
Math 3-8 EXTEND2 Online All Online
ELA 3-8 EXTEND2 Online All Online
New State
Developed
English II All Online SBE Decision
Alg I/Int I All Online SBE Decision
Biology All Online
Science 5 & 8 All Online
ACT ACT SBE Decision
Math 3-8*
SMARTER
Balanced
ELA 3-8*
In Development
11th Grade Math*
11th Grade ELA*
*2014-15 implementation of SMARTER
assessments contingent upon board approval of
assessments to replace the State-developed ELA
and Math assessments.

3. 2012-13 Assessment Delivery Format
• Prefer Online Administration but a
paper/pencil version is available
o All NCEXTEND2 (EOG and EOC)
o Science Grades 5 and 8
o English II EOC
o Biology EOC
o Algebra I/Integrated I EOC
• Paper/Pencil Administration only
o General English Language Arts Grades 3-8
o General Mathematics Grades 3-8

4. Resources for Online Assessments
• Online Assessment Tutorial - http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo
• Content Specifications -
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assessment/online/
• New Item Types - http://thismeeting.wikispaces.com/
• General Testing Information -
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/
• Best Practices Guide -
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assessment/guide/

5. Questions
Kayla Siler
Policy and Planning Analyst
kayla.siler@dpi.nc.gov