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Common Exams/MSLs FAQs
Will you be able to give us a very specific list of what exactly will be tested on the 7th and 8th grade social studies common exams?   Since we are given a very broad timeframe, for example 1450 until the present, how will we know exactly what the students will be tested on?   I feel that in our math classes teachers and students know what content is covered each year on the EOG. I feel that the social studies curriculum is so broad that it is hard to know what content will be on the test.   Can you provide more information on how specific the common exam will be?
 
Thank you for your question. Please visit the following link: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/effectiveness-model/measures/specifications/ for greater detail on the assessments, including background information, the prioritization of the standards, cognitive rigor, item complexity, item types, and assessment delivery modes.
 
If my 3rd-8th grade teachers already administer the EOGs in ELA, math and science (5th and 8th), do they or do they NOT have to administer the MLS in science and social studies as well?
If the teachers are self-contained, the answer is unequivocally yes! It changes slightly for blocked classes. The key is that every teacher in grades 4-8 (no CE/MSL is currently available for 3rd grade) must administer at least one EOG or common exam/MSL (to the extent that such exams are available and then only if the teacher does not teach English/language arts, math, or 5th/8th grade science to all of his or her students) for EVERY student for which he or she is the teacher of record. So, in blocked classes, if a teacher administers an EOG to all of he or her students in every class, there will be no need for a CE/MSL.

So, exactly who will be administering an MSL? From what I'm reading, it appears that:
  • At the elementary school, where the classroom teachers teach all subjects to their students, there won't be an MSL since they already administer 2 or 3 EOGs to all their students.
  • At the middle school, only teachers who don't teach ELA or math will administer an MSL in their subject areas---science (6th and 7th) and social studies (6th, 7th and 8th).
Scenario #1 is correct. Again, because the teacher would be administering at least one EOG to EVERY student that he or she teaches, the requirement will have been met.

Regarding Scenario #2, teachers who teach E/LA, Math, or 8th grade Science would not have to administer a CE/MSL if and only if they teach those subjects to all of their students and administer the corresponding EOG. However, in cases where a teacher will not be administering an EOG to every student (e.g., teacher teaches one or more sections of a non-EOG course), a common exam/MSL would be required.


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