Testing

Test Name

Grades Participating

Subjects Covered

Purpose of Assessment

Required By

Testing Time

Receiving Results

PSAT

11^th According to Infinite Campus

Reading; Writing; Math

Standardized test designed to measure skills needed to succeed in college and career.

Guilford County Schools

Approx. 2 Hours and 30 Mins.

Upon receipt of student score reports from PSAT

PreACT

10^th According to Infinite Campus

English; Math; Reading; Science

Preliminary standardized test designed to predict student performance on the ACT.

State Test - NCDPI

Approx. 2 Hours and 30mins.

Upon receipt of student score reports from PreACT.

ACT WorkKeys

CTE Concentrators in 12^th Grade/Early Graduates

Workplace Documents; Applied Math; Graphic Literacy

Standardized test designed to measure workplace skills and career readiness.

State Test - NCDPI

Approx. 3 Hours

Upon receipt of student scores reports from ACT. 

ACT

11^th

According to Infinite Campus

English; Math; Reading; Science

Standardized test designed to measure college readiness.

State Test - NCDPI

Approx. 3 Hours

Upon receipt of student score reports from ACT.

Access for ELLs

All grade levels are eligible.  Participation based on  English Learner Status.

English Language Proficiency

Determine English Learner students English Language proficiency in Listening; Reading; Writing; and Speaking

State Test - NCDPI

Approx. 4 Hours and 30mins.

Receive scores annually after the test administration. Approx. at the beginning of the new school year.

Teacher Made Exams

*Counts as 20% of Final Grade for course*

All grade levels are eligible.  Participation is based on individual student enrollment.

Any subject that does not take a GCSFE; EOC; or CTE Final Exam.

Teacher created final exams to determine student knowledge of course content.

Southern Guilford High School

Approx. 2 Hours

Within one week of test administration; or upon receiving the final grade.

Guilford County Final Exams

*Counts as 20% of Final Grade for course*

All grade levels are eligible.  Participation is based on individual student enrollment.

English

Math

Science

Social Studies

Standardized final exam to provide an understanding of a student’s general competency of course content.

Guilford County Schools - Local Assessments Department

Approx. 2 Hours

Within one week of test administration, or upon receiving the final grade.

EOC

*Counts as 20% of Final Grade for course*

All grade levels are eligible.  Participation is based on individual student enrollment.

Biology

English II

Math 1

Math 3

Standardized final exam to provide an

understanding of a student’s knowledge of course content.

State Test - NCDPI

Biology: 180mins. max time

English II, Math 1, and Math 3 - 240 mins. max time

Within one week of test administration; or upon receiving the final grade.

CTE Proof of Learning

*Counts as 20% of Final Grade for course*

All grade levels are eligible.  Participation is based on individual student enrollment.

Foundations of Health Science

Health Science I

Early Childhood Development

Foundations of Agriculture

Animal Science

Standardized final exam to provide an understanding of a student’s knowledge of course content.

State Test - NCDPI

Approx. 2 Hours

Within one week of test administration, or upon receiving the final grade.