All NYS exams are developed
in accordance with national industry and professional standards for educational
testing. The exams are carefully constructed to align with and assess the
knowledge and skills set forth in the NYS learning standards.
State exams are used to measure the extent to
which individual students achieve the NYS learning standards in particular
subjects and to determine whether schools, districts and the State meet the
required progress targets specified in the NYS accountability system and in No
Child Left Behind.
Educator
Involvement Opportunities for Grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Mathematics
Tests
The New York State Education Department (NYSED)
is excited to announce several opportunities for the involvement of educators
in the development and review of items and passages for the New York State
Testing Program (NYSTP) Grades 3-8 Common Core Tests and Regents Exams.
As part of NYSED’s ongoing commitment to
increase educator involvement in the development of Grades 3-8 Common Core ELA
and Mathematics Tests, NYSED will convene new educator review and development
committees, in addition to the existing opportunities, to include educators in
development events. Educators will be asked to review test items and/or
passages to ensure the items/passages are
- grade level appropriate;
- presented at a readability level
that is grade appropriate;
- within grade-level expectations;
- fair and appropriately measure the
learning standards approved by the Board of Regents for such grades and
subjects; and
- of a correct length to ensure that
adequate and appropriate time is given to students for the administration
of such assessments.
NYSED is requesting nomination of qualified
educators to participate in the following committees and events:
- Educator Passage
Review (New opportunity for educators): A two-day
meeting will be held in early winter in which educators will review the
rigor, appropriateness, and quality of all proposed reading passages. For
passage review, NYSED seeks grade-specific nominations of diverse
educators, including those who possess extensive expertise in childhood
literacy, certification specific to English Language Learners (ELL) and/or
students with disabilities (SWDs), literacy in history/social studies,
science, & technical subjects and/or a background in social justice.
- Internal Item
Review (New opportunity for educators): A multi-day
event, held in late spring, in which educators work with NYSED and Questar
Assessment, Inc. staff to accept, reject and edit items that have yet to
be field tested in preparation for Educator Item Review. For Internal Item
Review, NYSED seeks grade-content area specific nominations of educators
with documented content area expertise. For Internal Item Review, NYSED
seeks grade-content area specific nomination of teachers who possess
extensive knowledge of their content area, including teachers of ELL and
SWD populations.
- Educator Item
Review: A week-long
meeting held in early summer in which teachers will be provided with the
opportunity to review and recommend edits to all items that have yet to be
field tested. For Educator Item Review, NYSED seeks grade-content area
specific nomination of teachers who possess extensive knowledge of their
content area, including teachers of ELL and SWD populations.
- Rangefinding: A week-long
meeting held in late summer in which teachers rate student responses to
field-tested constructed response questions. For Rangefinding, NYSED seeks
grade/content area specific nominations of educators who have expertise
and experience applying formal rubrics to rate student responses.
- Forms
Construction (New opportunity for educators): A daylong event
held the first week of November in which educators work with NYSED staff
and Questar Assessment, Inc. to select the questions that will appear on
the operational tests. For Forms Construction, NYSED seeks grade/content
area specific nomination of educators who have the expertise to judge
question accuracy, rigor, quality and appropriateness, including teachers
of ELL and SWD populations.
- Final Eyes: A daylong
meeting where teachers review the final draft of each operational test.
NYSED seeks grade/content area specific nominations of teachers who
possess extensive knowledge of their content area, including teachers of
ELL and SWD populations.
NYSED requests that organizations (school
districts / BOCES, professional organizations, etc.) nominate classroom
teachers and experienced educators they feel can best enhance the quality of
the New York State Testing Program. Nominees may include classroom teachers
(subject area and special populations), curriculum coaches, district-level
personnel or other staff who have the skills necessary to make each committee
or event successful.
Please submit the names and contact information
for at least six (6) ELA and six (6) math candidates for participation in Forms
Construction to Ross Garmil (ross.garmil@nysed.gov)
by October 14, 2015.
Educators selected for the Forms Construction workgroups will be notified by October 21, 2015.
For each of the other committees and events,
please submit name, grade, content area, committee and contact information for
at least six (6) ELA and six (6) math candidates to Ross Garmil (ross.garmil@nysed.gov) byNovember 15, 2015. Educators selected for
these other committees and events will be notified later in the year.
Be sure to indicate the name, content area,
grade level, and committee/event for which you are nominating each person.
Educator
Involvement Opportunities for Regents Exams
At their September 2015 meeting, the Board of
Regents directed NYSED staff to convene a workgroup to advise on several
technical and policy issues surrounding score interpretation and reporting for
the Common Core Regents Exams (seehttp://www.regents.nysed.gov/common/regents/files/meetings/Sep%202015/915p12d1.pdf).
Members of the workgroup will be required to attend up to three in-person
meetings in Albany, the first of which will be on Monday,
November 2, 2015. Travel expenses will be reimbursed for workgroup members.
Candidates for the workgroup should be nominated
based on their knowledge of the Regents Exams; this may include knowledge of
the subject areas and/or how results are interpreted and used. Nominees may
include classroom teachers (subject area and special populations),
administrators, guidance counselors, district-level personnel or other staff
who have insight into the uses of Regents Exam scores.
Please submit the names and contact information
of up to five (5) nominees for this workgroup to Ross Garmil (ross.garmil@nysed.gov) by October
14, 2015. Educators selected for the workgroup will be notified in early
October.
Educator
Involvement Opportunities for the NYSESLAT
NYSED is also seeking qualified professionals to
serve as committee members for ongoing test development activities for the New
York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT). New York
State-certified classroom teachers, especially (but not limited to) those who
hold a certification specific to ELLs, are encouraged to apply to participate
in the test development process. Activities for which educators are needed
include: item development, test form review, rangefinding, and standard
setting. Participation in each of these activities provides an excellent
opportunity for professional development as educators learn more about New York
State assessments and the test development process, share their knowledge as
content experts, and collaborate with colleagues from around the state.
Additional information about how to get involved
in the development of the NYSESLAT (as well as other testing programs) is
available at:http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/teacher/home.html
New York
State Education Department Test Development
The New York State Education Department (NYSED)
seeks qualified professionals to serve as committee members for test
development activities. New York State-certified classroom teachers, reading
teachers, curriculum specialists, administrators and assessment professionals
at institutes of higher education are encouraged to apply to participate in the
test development process. Activities for which educators are needed include:
item development, test form review, rangefinding, and standard setting.
Participation in each of these activities provides an excellent opportunity for
professional development as educators learn more about New York State (NYS)
assessments and the test development process, share their knowledge as content
experts, and collaborate with colleagues from around the state.
It is very important that NYSED develops fair,
reliable and valid tests for the NYS Testing Program. All NYS exams are
developed in accordance with national industry and professional standards for
educational testing. The exams are carefully constructed to align with and
assess the knowledge and skills set forth in the NYS learning standards (seehttp://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/teacher/test-development-process.pdf 
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State exams are used to measure the extent to which individual students achieve
the NYS learning standards in particular subjects and to determine whether
schools, districts and the State meet the required progress targets specified
in the NYS accountability system and in No Child Left Behind.
(65 Kb)).
State exams are used to measure the extent to which individual students achieve
the NYS learning standards in particular subjects and to determine whether
schools, districts and the State meet the required progress targets specified
in the NYS accountability system and in No Child Left Behind.
The assessments within the NYS testing program
are:
- Grades 3-8 English Language Arts
and Mathematics Assessments
- Grades 4 and 8 Science
(Elementary- and Intermediate-level Science)
- High School Regents Examinations
- New York State English as a Second
Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) and New York State Identification
Test for English Language Learners (NYSITELL)
- New York State Alternate
Assessment (NYSAA)
- New York State Teacher
Certification Examinations (NYSTCE)
- Test Assessing Secondary
Completion™ (TASC). This is
a national test for which NYSED provides recommendations.
The application to participate in the test development
process can be found here: https://www.research.net/s/NYSTPRecruit 
NYSED's annual development activities are as
follow: New York State Certified Teacher
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NYSED will directly contact educators via email
or phone when there is an opportunity for participation. Typically, these
communications will be sent out at least two months in advance of any
opportunity to allow for educators to make necessary arrangements.
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