North Carolina Online Test of Computer Skills
Starting the 2005-06 school year, students in grade 8 will be administered the North Carolina Online Test of Computer Skills or the North Carolina Computer Skills Alternative Assessment in order to demonstrate computer skills proficiency. Per State Board of Education policy HSP-N-004 (16 NCAC 6D .0503), effective with the class of 2001, all students must demonstrate computer proficiency in order to receive a North Carolina high school diploma.
This test replaces the Computer Skills Tests for the 1992 & 1998 standards and addresses the objectives of the newly revised (February 2004) K-12 Computer/Technology Skills Standard Course of Study.
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On Friday, August 24th, 2007 NCDesk was updated. A new installation package was published for Windows computers and a new Macintosh OS X installation was posted on August 29, 2007. This update is NOT REQUIRED to be taken until computers need to be prepared to administer the fall test. Notable among several improvements are:
Section Chief, Test Development, NCDPI: Mildred Bazemore(
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Program Manager, Performance Assessments, NCDPI: Jim Kroening (
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Project Manager: Scott Ragsdale ()
Technical Manager: Randy Craven ()
This file was modified on Wednesday, August 29, 2007; at 2:11:04 PM