I just got back from a day in Raleigh with Technical Outreach for Public Schools (TOPS), the group in NC that oversees the creation of our End-of-Grade tests.
Here is the low down of the Common Core assessments for North Carolina:
2011-2012: some districts are teaching K-2 Common Core, Gr 3-12 will teach the 2003 NCSCOS
2012-2013: Gr 3-12 will be tested on the Common Core, test created by NC and TOPS
2013-2014: same as 2012-2013
2014-2015: 1st year of test created by Smarter Balanced assessment consortia
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