The testing office ensures that State Board of Education policies and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) guidelines are followed before, during, and after testing related to the North Carolina ABCs program and the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

Student tests results play an increasingly important role in:

•  North Carolina's ABCs program 
• Student Accountability Standards
• High School Exit Standards  
  
• No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)