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North Carolina students experience computer outage during End-of-Grade testing: NCDPI
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Students across North Carolina experienced a state-wide computer outage while taking their End-of-Grade tests Wednesday morning, officials said.
According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, NCTest stopped functioning properly due to a system error. The outage lasted approximately 40 minutes.
All students in North Carolina who were taking the EOG test on Wednesday morning were affected by the outage, according to NCDPI.
State officials said approximately 120,000 students went back to taking the EOG test after they were able to resolve the outage.
In the Wake County Public School System, the computer systems went offline at around 9:45 a.m. and returned by 10:30 a.m. All Wake County students are believed to have been able to continue taking their tests, according to district officials.
According to Cumberland County Schools officials, students taking the Read-to-Achieve assessment and students enrolled in the summer program were among those affected by the outage. Some were disconnected while taking the test and others could not log in.
'Most sites kept students in testing locations, provided snacks as needed, and resumed testing once the system was restored.
Durham Public Schools officials said they also experienced a 40-minute outage before the system came back online.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools was not affected by the outage due to testing not scheduled to begin until Friday, according to district officials.
Schools that did not continue the EOG tests on Wednesday may allow students to take the test on Thursday or begin a new test administration that day.
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