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Board approves addendum allowing retests during school year as alternative to summer remediation
Summary
The board unanimously approved an addendum enabling students who scored non-proficient on end-of-year tests to retake assessments during a specified in-year window after at least one day of remediation; summer retest options remain available.
At the April 14 meeting the Gaston County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a proposed addendum to the district's summer program plan that gives schools additional flexibility to administer reassessments during the regular testing window.
District staff said the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction allowed school systems more flexibility to provide additional opportunities for students who scored non-proficient on end-of-grade (EOG) and end-of-course (EOC) assessments. The addendum permits reassessments within the school-year testing window (the district listed dates for grades 3–8 and 9–12) in addition to the summer remediation-and-retest option the board previously approved in March.
Staff emphasized the same remediation requirement applies: students must receive at least one day of remediation before taking the reassessment. Staff also said students may take only one reassessment opportunity.
Board member Jeff Ramsey moved the action and a motion and second were recorded before the board voted "unanimous" in favor.
The addendum specifies additional windows: for grades 3–8 it allows reassessments as early as May 12 through May 21 (in addition to previously approved May 23 and May 27 slots); for traditional high schools the addendum provides May 19–21 (in addition to previously approved May 28–29) and for early colleges May 14–16, among other adjustments. Staff said schools may choose to use the in-year reassessment option or the summer opportunity, but students are limited to one retest attempt.
