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New Developments in NYS
Assessments
What is new?
• Required use of Standardized Scannable
Answer Sheets for all Regents Exams
starting in June 2012
• Beginning in the 2012-13 school year,
teachers may no longer score their own
students’ exams.
What’s Changed for 2012
Grades 3-8 ELA and Math Tests?
• The ELA and Math Tests will include embedded multiplechoice field test questions
• Writing mechanics will be assessed by its inclusion in the
English Language Arts Test scoring rubric for extended
responses
• Schools must schedule 90 minutes of testing time for
each session, on each day, at each grade.
• Grade 3 ELA Test sessions will not feature separately
timed segments.
• Students will be given a 5-minute break at the midway
point in session one of the ELA Test at all grades.
Embedded Multiple-Choice
Field Test Questions
• Embedding field test questions allows for a better
representation of the student population and more
reliable field test data on which to build future operational
tests.
• It will not be apparent to students whether a question is a
field test question that does not count towards their
score or an operational test question that does count
towards their score.
• The embedded field test questions will reduce the
amount of stand-alone field testing during the spring of
2012, but will not eliminate the need to conduct standalone field tests later this year.
• Embedding will occur in Book 1s in ELA and Book 1s
and Book 2s in Math
Assessing Writing Mechanics
• Writing mechanics has been added to the rubric for scoring
extended-response questions in Listening and in Reading/Writing.
• The revised rubric and exemplar responses scored according to this
rubric are available in the Guide found at
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/apda/ei/ei-guide-12.pdf
• A PowerPoint to help prepare teachers for scoring extended
responses with this revised rubric will be provided.
• There will not be any multiple-choice questions on the 2012 tests
measuring writing mechanics.
Coming Attractions
To help prepare schools for administering the
Grades 3-8 Tests, the following documents will
be posted at:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/apda/ei/eigen.html
• Grades 3-5 and 6-8 ELA and Math Teacher’s
Directions (by March 9)
• PowerPoint, “Training for Teachers Scoring
Extended-Response Questions in the 2012
Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests” with
the revised rubric (by March 23)
Documents to Be Posted
(continued)
• School Administrator’s Manual (by March
30)
• Scoring Site Operations Manual (by March
30)
School Year
Transition of State Assessments
(as of 3/1/12, subject to change)
2012-13
•Grades 3-8 ELA Tests aligned to Common Core
•Grades 3-8 Math Tests aligned to Common Core
•NYSESLAT aligned to Common Core
2013-2014
•Regents Exam in English aligned to Common Core
•Regents Exam in Algebra I aligned to Common Core
•Regents Exam in Geometry aligned to Common Core
•NYSAA in ELA and Math aligned to Common Core
2014-2015
•PARCC Assessments are scheduled to be operational and are subject to
adoption by the Board of Regents
•Regents Exam in Algebra II aligned to Common Core
•Grades 4, 6*, 7* & 8 Science Tests aligned to Next Generation Science
Standards
•Regents Exams in Living Environment, Earth Science, Chemistry, & Physics
aligned to Next Generation Science Standards
•Grades 6-8* Social Studies aligned with the 2012 CC aligned SS Standards
•Regents Exams in Global* (Possible split. If so, Global I – 2015 and Global II in
2016), & Regents Exam in US History & Government aligned with the 2012 CC
aligned SS Standards
•NYSAA in SS and Science aligned to Common Core
* Pending the availability of funding.
PARCC Assessments
• PARCC assessments are scheduled to be
operational in 2014-15 and are subject to
Board of Regents adoption
• All PARCC assessments are aligned to
the Common Core
• The PARCC Consortium is developing
ELA and math assessments that will cover
grades 3-11
• www.parcconline.org
Shifts in the Common Core
• There are twelve shifts that the Common Core
requires of us if we are to be truly aligned with it in
terms of curricular materials and classroom
instruction. There are six shifts in Mathematics
and six shifts in ELA/ Literacy
http://engageny.org/resource/common-core-shifts/
• We are working on shifts in terms of each
assessment.
• Content will change on tests, but students
should still expect to see a combination of
multiple-choice and constructed-response
items.
Math Practice 5 of the New York State P-12 Common
Core Learning Standards for Math
Use appropriate tools strategically
• Mathematically proficient students consider the available
tools when solving a mathematical problem. Proficient
students are sufficiently familiar with tools appropriate for
their grade or course to make sound decisions about
when each of these tools might be helpful, recognizing
both the insight to be gained and their limitations.
Mathematically proficient students at various grade
levels are able to identify relevant external mathematical
resources, such as digital content located on a website,
and use them to pose or solve problems. They are able
to use technological tools to explore and deepen their
understanding of concepts.
Math Tools and Math Shift 3
for 2012-13 Tests: Fluency
(Our current draft thinking as of 3/1/12)
• Grades 3-8 students must have the use of a ruler for the
entire test.
• Grades 4-8 students must have the use of a protractor
for the entire test.
• Grades 3-5 students will not have the use of calculators.
• Grade 6 students must have the use of a four-function
calculator with a square root key or a scientific calculator
for the entire test. (Schools may choose which type they
purchase.)
• Grades 7 & 8 students must have the use of a scientific
calculator for the entire test.
Next Generation Science Standards
(as of 3/1/12)
• Next Generation Science Standards - a multi-state consortium (of which
NYS is a lead state) designed to create a nationally recognized set of
science standards based on research and best practices, which is
based on frameworks from the National Research Council
• The Next Generation Science Standards will incorporate the Common
Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy in Science, as well as the
Common Core State Standards for Math, as applicable
• The Next Generation Science Standards consortium plans to have a
draft for public release by spring 2012 and a final set of standards for
release by winter 2012
• Should the New York State Board of Regents choose to adopt the Next
Generation Science Standards, the assessments will be aligned to the
new standards. New assessments will be implemented starting with the
end-of-year administration
Social Studies (as of 3/1/12)
• Educators and experts from around New York State are
collaborating to design Common Core aligned SS Standards pre-K
to 12th grade that focus on deep conceptual understandings of
critical issues in social studies.
• Pending adoption by the Board of Regents, CC aligned SS
Standards will be released in spring of 2012. These will incorporate
the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social
Studies, as well as the Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics, as appropriate.
• Following the release of CC aligned SS Standards, social studies
curriculum modules and assessments that incorporate Common
Core-like changes will be developed and released
• If approved by the Board of Regents, the Regents Exam in Global
History & Geography which currently covers two years of content,
will be split into two exams that each cover one year of content
(pending the availability of funding)
Questions
• E-mail:[email protected]
• Providing feedback on State examinations through the Teacher
Evaluation Form:
http://www.forms2.nysed.gov/emsc/osa/exameval/reexameval.cfm
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