There are no state tests for 11th and 12th grade English. 11th
grade focuses on American Lit, and Eng. 12 focuses on British Lit.

On 11/01/09, julia wrote:
> Hm...that is interesting. What is the focusing of testing in 11
> and 12th? Is there one?
>
> On 10/31/09, terry wrote:
>> On 10/31/09, julia wrote:
>> In NC the standardized test in high school for English is the
>> English 9 EOC. You can look at samples of this test on line
>> at NCDPI. YOu can also access the curriculum guide there.
>> Currently the test covers literary elements and grammar. It
>> is an 80 question test with lots of reading and responding to
>> the text to answer questions. Read aloud is not allowed and
>> many students struggle with it due to the heavy reading
>> comprehension and literary analysis. They are considering
>> moving it to grade 10 and pairing in some way with the writing
>> test that is given in 10th grade but we have not heard how or
>> when yet.
>>> I have an interview for a HS position, but am from out of
>>> state. I am not super familiar with testing in north
>>> carolina. I tried the state dep. of ed site, but only found
>>> information on the tests required.
>>>
>>> I want to find samples of what is on the test, so in my
>>> interview I can speak to how best to prepare my students.

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