Assessment


 * New Formative Assessment Plans Available - ** New formative assessment plans developed by NC teachers aligned to the Common Core State Standards and NC Essential Standards have been created to support the formative assessment principles outlined in NC FALCON. After logging into NC FALCON, the plans can be found under the heading “Formative Assessment Plans

[|On-line Assessment Tutorial] - practice answering questions while becoming familiar with the new item types (e.g., technology enhanced, short answer, numerical entry); - learn how to navigate the pages; and - use the tools that are available in the system (e.g., flag, strike, highlight). Beginning this school year, schools must implement a process to ensure that every student who will participate in an online assessment completes the Online Assessment Tutorial for the assessment at least once at school before test day
 * The Online Assessment Tutorial - ** Would you like to know what the online assessment system looks like? Would you like your students to be able to practice navigating through an online assessment, using the tools (e.g., flag, strike, highlight) and complete sample items? Then you may want to check out the Online Assessment Tutorial available at http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo . The purpose of the Online Assessment Tutorial is to provide teachers, students and parents with an interactive experience closely resembling an online test administration. Using the Online Assessment Tutorial, students can:

[|Empowering Students Through Their Own Learning]

[|Informal Formative Assessments]

[|Formative and Summative Assessments]

[|Formative Feedback for Problem Solving]

A page devoted to the Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams that explains what they are, when they will be implemented and supporting reference material is available at [].