On March 14, 2013, EngageNY updated the Educator Guides for the NYS ELA & Math Tests for grades 3-8. Links to the updated guides have been posted on the Testing & Assessment page.
- Changes to ELA Test Guides:
- A foreword that introduces CCLS ELA, the new tests and the Guides that highlights the major changes through the language/structureof the new Field Transition Memo
- An explanation that using authentic passages means that it is entirely possible that passages on the Test may have been usedin classrooms or for student personal reading.
- An explanation that entire works can be divided into passages that are appropriate for multiple grade levels.
- Further clarification that MC questions, including vocabulary, require comprehension of the entire passage.
- Further clarification that short-response questions require both a claim and evidence in support of that claim.
- Changes to Mathematics Test Guides:
- A foreword which introduces the Tests and Guides through the language of the new Field Transition Memo
- Clarification that students will need to choose their own tools and that the symbols found on past tests that signaled tool use will not be included
Additionally, we have added a short video to show you how to access the ARIS Learn Videos that correspond to the Competency Studies that can be used for job-embedded PD, related to Teacher Effectiveness.
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