Sunlight on N.C. Testing
This is big news — North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction has posted the test forms and answer keys for its End of Grade and End of Course standardized test program:
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/releasedforms
The program has suffered from its inception from two practices – the tests are only standardized to North Carolina, and DPI makes a regular practice of adjusting results for tests already administered. Everyone looks great at the end, until you start comparing EOG and EOC results with pesky outside standards like ITBS, NAEP, the ACT, or international test instruments.
What they also don’t tell you is that these tests do not meet the legal requirements for homeschoolers, and they never have. Home educated and private school students in North Carolina are required to take nationally standardized tests … no fooling around with those.