State Responds After 40,000 Students Affected by Computer Outage During End-of-Grade Testing | News Channel 3-12

State responds after 40,000 students affected by computer outage during end-of-grade testing | News Channel 3-12

By Willie Daniely, WRAL reporter Click here for updates on this story     NORTH CAROLINA (WRAL) — An outage on Wednesday delayed thousands of students from finishing their end-of-grade (EOG) tests. According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, a system error caused NCTest to “not function.” The outage lasted about 40 minutes and affected approximately 40,000 students. NCTest is the online testing system used by DPI for variou…

State responds after 40,000 students affected by computer outage during end-of-grade testing

By Willie Daniely, WRAL reporter Click here for updates on this story     NORTH CAROLINA (WRAL) — An outage on Wednesday delayed thousands of students from finishing their end-of-grade (EOG) tests. According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, a system error caused NCTest to “not function.” The outage lasted about 40 minutes and affected approximately 40,000 students. NCTest is the online testing system used by DPI for variou…

State-wide computer outage during EOG testing in North Carolina

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, ac…

'Went to waste': 120,000 students affected by computer outage during end-of-grade testing

According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, a system error caused NCTest to "not function." The outage lasted about 40 minutes and affected "approximately" 120,000 students.

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, ac…

New Hanover County Schools suspends End-of-Grade testing due to software issues

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) reported issues with the software used to manage EOG testing for students in grades 3 through 12.