1. Common Exams: Fall Data Update
Parent Advisory Council
February 19, 2013

2. The Grading Curve
Look at final mark percentages for actual courses (multiple years for stability)
EXAMPLE: PRE-CALCULUS ( – 13,206 records)
FINAL MARK CURVE ORIGINAL CURVE
24% As (17%)
33% Bs (30%)
27% Cs (26%)
13% Ds (17%)
3% Fs (10%)

3. Curve Alternative Curve works best when data reflect a normal curve
Required subjects (EOCs) follow a normal curve
What if most/all students do well?
Some Common Exams – like Pre-Calculus
Solution: calculate the % of items correct for students and give the higher between curve and percentage

4. Example
A student answers 39 out of 50 items correctly, which is the lowest score in the test distribution
The curve would assign an F
The actual percentage correct is 39/50, or 78% (which is a C)
Student would receive the C

5. Report Cards High school report cards distributed on February 1
Later than normal date to accommodate brief delay in reporting Common Exams and some EOCs
We anticipated only English 2 to be initially recorded as incompletes
UPDATE: ENGLISH 2 still not available

6. English Language Arts I

18. State (NCDPI) Updates
NCDPI will determine if some of the assessments need to be altered
The number of items may be decreased to address concerns that the assessments were too long to be completed during the time provided.
Spring assessments will have different constructed response items than the fall assessments.

19. Questions