Testing in North Carolina Schools (High Schools) MSL Follow Up

In the survey I sent Thursday, I asked, if we submitted a proposal to eliminate all MSLs except: Grade 4 Science, Grade 6 Science, Grade 7 Science, Physical Science, Chemistry, English 1, Geometry and Algebra 2, what would your opinion be? About half of you said you would not support that. Please elaborate and let me know what you would support and why you would not support a proposal like that. We need your thoughts and ideas so we can share those with the larger group across the state.


  1. If you stated that you would not support a proposal to eliminate all MSLs except: Grade 4 Science, Grade 6 Science, Grade 7 Science, Physical Science, Chemistry, English 1, Geometry and Algebra 2, please list reasons why you would not support it and offer suggestions that would work for you.





Ron Phipps
Associate Superintendent, Evaluation and Testing