Parents Right to Know: Testing

Dear Parent or Legal Guardian,

This letter is to inform you that your student will take districtwide and state-mandated tests this
school year as reflected on the attached test calendar, which is also posted online at https://bit.ly/4qWCG6Y .

Per 16 N.C. Admin Code 06D .0307–Test Administration in Public Schools, “(g) LEAs shall, at
the beginning of each school year, provide information to students and parents or guardians
advising them of the districtwide and State-mandated tests that students will be required to take
during that school year. In addition, LEAs shall advise students and parents or guardians of the
dates the tests will be administered and how the results from the tests will be used. Also,
information provided to parents shall include whether the State Board of Education or the local
board of education requires the test(s). (h) LEAs shall report scores resulting from the
administration of State-mandated tests from the Annual Testing Program to students and
parents or guardians no later than 30 days after the test is administered and along with
available score interpretation information within 30 days from receipt of the scores and
interpretive documentation from the NCDPI.”

N.C. Admin. Code 06G .0315 requires all public school students in membership (i.e., enrolled in
a school) in grades 3 through 8 and high school courses requiring an end-of-course
assessment, to participate in the Annual Testing Program. North Carolina does not allow any
student to opt out of required state testing. The only exceptions granted are for a limited number
of students who meet certain eligibility requirements or have extenuating circumstances related
to a significant medical emergency or condition and are unable to participate in a specific test
administration.

N.C. Admin Code 06D .0309 requires schools to “use results from all EOCs as a minimum of 20
percent of the student’s final grade for each respective course”. As such, a student’s grade for
these courses and overall grade-point-average calculation may be negatively impacted by not
taking the required end-of-course state tests.
Sincerely,

Sabra Wright, Principal

Ashley Petre, Assistant Principal