This policy has been adopted by the NC State Board of Education, but is still pending codification in the NC administrative code.  all codified rules may be accessed by going to the oah website.

 

 

I.                 End-of-Grade

 

A.     Effective with the 2008–09 school year and beyond:

1.      All public school students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 who score Achievement Level II on the first administration of the end-of-grade reading and/or mathematics assessments and/or their alternate assessment shall be administered Retest 1.  Parents of students who score Achievement Level I must be notified that they may request that their children be administered Retest 1.  The higher of the original or Retest 1 scores will be used for calculating ABCs Performance Composites and AYP results. 

2.      All public school students in grades 5 and 8 who score Achievement Level II on the first administration of the end-of-grade science assessments and/or their alternate assessment shall be administered Retest 1.  Parents of students who score Achievement Level I must be notified that they may request that their children be administered Retest 1.  The higher of the original or Retest 1 scores will be used for calculating ABCs Performance Composites.

Note:  Students identified as limited English proficient (LEP) in their first year in U.S schools who score below Level 4.0 Expanding on the state English language placement reading subtest are exempt from Retest 1 because these students’ scores are not used in state or federal accountability.

          B.   LEAs must ensure that all original administrations and Retest 1 scores are submitted to the NCDPI by the deadline for accountability data submission.  

          C.  Local boards shall establish appropriate review procedures to determine promotion decisions.

         

II.       End-of-Course

 

A.    Effective with the 2009–10 school year and beyond:

           All public school students who score Achievement Level II on the first administration of an end-of-course assessment (i.e., Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Biology, Physical Science, Civics and Economics, U.S. History, and English I) and/or their alternate assessment (i.e., including NCEXTEND2 OCS reading, math, and science and NCEXTEND1 at grade 10) shall be administered Retest 1, and the higher of the original or Retest 1 scores will be used for calculating ABCs Performance Composites and AYP results (where applicable).  Parents of students who score Achievement Level I must be notified that they may request that their children be administered Retest 1.                      

           Note:  Students identified as limited English proficient (LEP) in their first year in U.S. schools who score below Level 4.0 Expanding on the state English language placement reading subtest are exempt from Retest 1 because these students’ scores are not used in state or federal accountability.

          B.   LEAs must ensure that all original administrations and Retest 1 scores are submitted to the NCDPI by the deadline for accountability data submission. 

          C.  Local boards shall establish appropriate review procedures to determine promotion decisions.