The North Carolina Tests of Computer Skills assess the K-8 component of the computer skills curriculum. The assessment consists of a multiple-choice test and a performance test. The tests are administered initially to all students at grade 8. The testing dates are locally established within the NCDPI-designated testing window. Each student not meeting the standard has additional opportunities to retake the test(s) throughout their high school career (a maximum of one test administration date in the fall, one in the spring, and one in the summer). Seniors who have not met the proficiency standard have an additional opportunity to take the test(s) during the last month prior to graduation.

Computer Proficiency Requirements. Students who entered the eighth grade during or after the 1996-97 school year (class of 2001) must demonstrate computer skills proficiency as a requirement for graduation. The revised standard for students who entered the eighth grade from 1996-1997 through 1999-2000 (effective July 1, 1997) is a multiple-choice scale score of at least 47 and a performance scale score of at least 49.