{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-83.5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-83.5","heading":"Developmental screening and kindergarten entry assessment.","body":"(a)\tThe State Board of Education shall ensure that every student entering kindergarten shall be administered a developmental screening of early language, literacy, and math skills within 30 days of enrollment.\n(b)\tThe State Board of Education shall ensure that every student entering kindergarten shall complete a kindergarten entry assessment within 60 days of enrollment.\n(c)\tThe developmental screening instrument may be composed of subsections of the kindergarten entry assessment.\n(d)\tThe kindergarten entry assessment shall (i) address the five essential domains of school readiness: language and literacy development, cognition and general knowledge, approaches toward learning, physical well-being and motor development, and social and emotional development and (ii) yield both qualitative and quantitative data in each of these domains. Data obtained through administration of the kindergarten entry assessment shall be used to populate relevant fields in a longitudinal data base. The language and literacy component of the kindergarten entry assessment may be used as a formative and diagnostic reading assessment as provided in G.S. 115C-83.6.\n(e)\tThe kindergarten entry assessment shall be (i) administered at the classroom level in all local school administrative units; (ii) aligned to North Carolina's early learning and development standards and to the standard course of study; and (iii) reliable, valid, and appropriate for use with all children, including those with disabilities and those who are English language learners.\n(f)\tThe results of the developmental screening and the kindergarten entry assessment shall be used to inform the following:\n(1)\tThe status of children's learning at kindergarten entry.\n(2)\tInstruction of each child.\n(3)\tEfforts to reduce the achievement gap at kindergarten entry.\n(4)\tContinuous improvement of the early childhood system. (2012-142, s. 7A.1(b); 2014-5, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 115C. Elementary and Secondary Education.","SUBCHAPTER IV. EDUCATION PROGRAM.","Article 8. General Education.","Part 1A. North Carolina Read to Achieve Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_115C/GS_115C-83.5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:42Z","sha256":"4a872b195738ddcdca7ebe94fc4838a5fe96018fec2536eb6856f9e55d4c45eb","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-83.4b","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-83.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}