Special Education Students: Does North Carolina non-public school law exempt them from nationally standardized testing?
No, North Carolina non-public schools are exempt from all North Carolina public school laws and policies concerning standardized testing. Non-public school law does not exempt special needs (or any other) students from the grade 3, 6, 9 and 11 nationally standardized test requirement. Concerning the non-public school standardized testing requirement, G.S. 115C-549, 550, 557 and 558 state that the test is to be administered in those grade levels each year “.to all students enrolled or regularly attending.” There are no exceptions given for any reason.
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