{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-174.10","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-174.10","heading":"Purposes of the Statewide Testing Program.","body":"The testing programs in this Article have three purposes: (i) to assure that all high school graduates possess those minimum skills and that knowledge thought necessary to function as a member of society; (ii) to provide a means of identifying strengths and weaknesses in the education process in order to improve instructional delivery; and (iii) to establish additional means for making the education system at the State, local, and school levels accountable to the public for results. (1977, c. 522, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 74(a); 1995, c. 524, s. 2; 2009-451, s. 7.20(a).)","path":["Chapter 115C. Elementary and Secondary Education.","SUBCHAPTER IV. EDUCATION PROGRAM.","Article 10A. Testing.","Part 2. Statewide Testing Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_115C/GS_115C-174.10.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:42Z","sha256":"39380645b1395793b5a4b11d8a5e22d6a2809a3034ed970fed984ef1cecf4e58","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-174.9","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-174.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}