Students pre-screened or previously served as limited English proficient.

Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing

Students are tested between the end of February to mid- March.

Scores are reported to students, teachers, district, the State Department of Education and nationally.

Scores are reported to students, teachers, district, the State Department of Education and nationally. Student progress on this measure is a part of Federal and State Accountability and is reported on the SC School Report Card.

All students in grades eleven. Seniors may have the opportunity to take all or portions of t he test again to increase their score.

Reading for Information, Locating Information, and Applied Mathematics

Fall and Spring State Testing Window

Certificate levels for WIN Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC): Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.  Scale scores and overall level scores are also reported.

Results identify job skill and are recognized by some employers using WIN NCRC system.  Results are also used to inform policy-makers and stakeholders, guide decision-making about professional development needs, and help teachers meet each student’s individual needs.

Students who take an Advanced Placement course

Please visit course directories at our high schools for local courses available.  A list of all possible AP opportunities may be found at http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/home .

Students are tested in the month of May.  A complete exam schedule may be found at http://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/exam-dates-and-fees .

Results are reported for accountability at the local, state and national levels.  Students receive individual score reports directly from College Board about two months after testing and may request that scores are sent to colleges of their choice according to the College Board fee schedule.

Results are used for local, state and federal accountability requirements.  Scores of 3 or higher may allow for college credit depending on the institution.

All students in grade 2 and referred students in grades 3-5

Verbal-Picture Analogies, Sentence Completion, Picture Classification

Quantitative-Number Analogies, Number Puzzles, Number Series

Nonverbal-Figure Matrices, Paper Folding, Figure Classification

Late October through Mid-November

Scores are reported to students, teachers, district, and the State Department of Education.

Results are used to inform policy-makers and stakeholders, guide decision-making regarding placement into gifted and talented programs, and help teachers meet each student’s individual needs.

All students who enroll in a course in which the academic standards corresponding to the EOCEP tests are taught.

Algebra 1, Biology 1, English 2, US History

Students are tested during the last twenty school days of the course.

Students receive a total scale score and a letter grade

Results are used for school, district, state and federal accountability requirements. Scores count twenty-percent of the student’s final course grade.

Five Year Old Kindergarten

Mathematics, Language and Literacy, and Observation

Students are tested during the first 45 days of school.

Scores are reported to students, teachers, district, and the State Department of Education.

Results are used to inform policy-makers and stakeholders, guide decision-making about professional development needs, and help teachers meet each student’s individual needs.

Samples of students from grades four, eight and twelve

Arts, civics, economics, geography, mathematics, reading, science, technology and engineering

literacy, US History, and writing

Usually between the third week of January and the first week of March

Results are reported on the Nation’s Report Card, but are never reported for individual students

or schools.

Results are reported for populations of students, groups within populations, and percentiles.

They are used to inform educators, parents, and policymakers of what students know and can

do in key subjects.

Four Year Old Kindergarten

Name Writing, Alphabet Knowledge, Beginning Sound Awareness, Print and Word Awareness,

Rhyme Awareness and Nursery Rhyme Awareness

Students are tested during the first 45 days of school and last 45 days of school.

Scores are reported to students, teachers, district, and the State Department of Education.

Results are used to inform policy-makers and stakeholders, guide decision-making about

professional development needs, and help teachers meet each student’s individual needs.

All students in their second year of high school and other students that desire to take the test

and pay the required fee. Eighth grade students in English 1, Algebra I and Algebra 2 are also invited to take the assessment.

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics

Mid - October

Scores and sub-scores in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics are reported

to individual students and schools.

Results are used by students, teachers and counselors in guiding students in areas where they need more work to obtain the optimum level of readiness for their career path.

PSAT scores will help predict how well students will perform on the SAT and may help students determine if the SAT or ACT would be a better college entrance examination.

Finally, results are used to select students for the National Merit Scholarship program.

Students in grades three through eight

English/Language Arts, Mathematics and Science (Science in grades 4 and 6 only).

Students are tested during the last twenty school days of the school year.

Students receive a total scale score, overall performance level - Exceeds Expectations, Meets Expectations, Approaches Expectations or Does Not Meet Expectations - as well as a state percentile rank for each test.

In addition, students will receive a lexile score in ELA and a quantile score in math which can be used to project college readiness.

Students will receive an individual score report that summarizes their performance on the SCREADY assessment.

Results are used for school, district, state and federal accountability requirements. Scores are also use to guide instructional planning and to help individualize student learning paths.