Testing Basics
This is when EOC testing begins
When is next Monday?
This is the only thing you need to bring into the test room.
What is your school computer (and charger)?
What you should do when you see the directions for any section of an exam.
What is read instructions carefully?
What the exam questions will be based on.
What are passages from a variety of texts?
This is who has to take an EOC exam.
This is what you should do if you don't know where to go for testing.
What is checking the posters in the hallway or asking a teacher?
What you should do if you are stuck on a question at any point.
What is use the bookmark tool and come back to the question later?
These are the styles of texts you may encounter on the exam.
What are informational and literary texts?
This is when testing starts every day.
When is after first block?
These are three things that students may commonly carry should not be brought into the test room.
What are your phone, headphones, and smartwatch/personal computer/other electronic devices?
These are three important things to do before you arrive at school on a testing day.
What are charge your school computer, get a good night's sleep, and eat a good breakfast?
Where you should draw your evidence from when completing the writing task.
What is the text(s) the prompt is based on?
This is the program you will use to access EOC exams on your school computer.
What is TestNav?
This is the only other electronic device besides your school computer you are allowed to bring into the testing room.
What is an approved calculator for the math exam?
One useful strategy for the math exam.
Student responses will vary
Two strategies/things to include to create an engaging narrative.
What is imagery, dialogue, symbolism, motifs, and other narrative devices?
The three subjects that sophomores may take EOC exams in.
What are English, math, and biology?
These are three prohibited behaviors during the testing period that often happen in a classroom.
What are talking, using a cell phone, using your computer for anything other than the exam, drawing, reading, etc.?
One useful strategy for the English exam.
Student answers will vary.
These are the three writing styles you may be asked to respond to a prompt in.
What are argumentative, informational/explanatory, and narrative writing?