The SC READY test (South Carolina College and Career Ready Assessments) will be administered next week. Information about the test was presented to the Dillon District Four School Board about the test at their meeting on Monday night.
The schedule is as follows:
Paper/Pencil Testing: ELA Session 1 – April 26; ELA Session 2- April 27; Mathematics – April 28; Make-up Testing – Through May 10.
Online Testing: April 19 – May 10.
SC READY is a statewide assessment administered to all students in grades three through eight.
-Students with disabilities must participate in testing with the appropriate accommodations as indicated in their IEP or 504 Plans.
-Students with significant cognitive disabilities will be administered the South Carolina National Center and State Collaborative (SC-NCSC) alternate assessment.
-English Language Learners (ELLs) must participate in testing using the appropriate accommodations, if necessary.
-SC READY includes summative assessments in English language arts and mathematics.
-SC READY tests are not timed. See the SC READY website for estimated times.
– SC READY tests will be administered online (computer-based) or with paper-and-pencil. Items on SC READY are aligned with the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards. Standards for each grade level are located on the SCDE website in the following locations. http://ed.sc.gov/ instruction/standards-learning/english-language-arts/standards/ http://ed.sc.gov/ instruction/standards-learning/mathematicsw/ standards/
Information related to accommodations for students with disabilities is available at the following link on the SCDE website: http://ed.sc.gov/ tests/middle/sc-ready/sc-ready-and-students-with-disabilities/
Item Types:
Subjects/Sessions-ELA & Mathematics; Grades 3-8; Item Type-Selected Response (SR); Description-Students select their responses from a list of possible answer options. Some of these items may be multi-select items, where students will be prompted to select more than one response options (e.g., “Choose two answers” or Select ALL…”). The multi-select items may have 5 or 6 answer choices. In order to receive credit for a correct response to a multi-select item, a student must select all of the correct answer choices and only the correct answer choices.
Subjects/Sessions-ELA; Grades 3-8; Item Type-Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR); Description: These are two-part items. Students first read a piece of text or passage and choose the best answer from the answer choices. Students are then asked to support their response with evidence from the text-e.g., select multiple evidence statements, place multiple steps in correct sequence, place multiple punctuation marks correctly, etc. In order to receive credit for a correct response, students must answer both parts of the item correctly.
Subjects/Sessions-ELA  Session 1 only; Grades 3-8; Item Type-Text-Dependent Analysis (TDA); Description: Students read a piece of text or passage and draw upon that text for their extended written responses – i.e., support their responses with evidence from the text.
Subjects/Sessions-Mathematics; Grades 6-8; Item Type-Short Answer (SA)or Gridded Response (GR); Description: For online testers, students will key a numeric response (short answer) in DRC INSIGHT. For paper/pencil testers, students will grid a numeric response )gridded response) on their answer document.
Subjects/Sessions-Mathematics; Grades6-8; Item Type-Technology Enhanced (TE); Description: For online testers only, students interact with the item (in DRC INSIGHT) to provide their response – e.g., drag and drop, hot spot, graphing, etc. Comparable SR items will replace TE items on the paper/pencil tests.
More detailed information about SC READY is located on the South Carolina Department of Education website at: http://ed.sc. gov/tests/mid dle/sc-ready/