The North Carolina End-of-Course Testing Program was established to provide student, school, and school system information about achievement in high school courses. It appears that more than 40 percent of a class of students and approximately 60 percent of Algebra I students take Algebra II. Each Algebra II student took a test containing one of four statistically equivalent 56-item cores and one of four different sets of 10 items during the final days of the school year. The average score on the 56-item core test was 36.2 or 64.6 percent correct. Performance on the core test differed by parental education, ethnic group, grade level in school, and anticipated final course grade. The select group of students taking Algebra II in the tenth grade had higher average scores than students at any other grade level. Average performance on the basic goals taught early in the course was higher than average performance on the more complex goals taught at the end of the course. Also, it appears that some areas of the curriculum need greater emphasis statewide. The appendix provides the performance in regions and school systems, student characteristics, and state percentile tables. (Author/YP)