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Revised 3-8 Testing Schedule

The NYSED Office of Standards, Assessment, and Reporting (SAR) has released the 2009-10 revised NYS 3-8 testing schedule. They have also posted guidance with regard to how the mathematics assessments will handle the pre-March/post-March curriculum framework. They can be found online at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/sar/ as well as on our Resources page.

A Message Regarding 3-8 Testing

Important Updates from June Meeting of the Board of Regents

Please see the attached file from Johanna Duncan-Poitier, for a Special Edition P-16 News and Notes.  In it, there is important information regarding the 3-8 Mathematics and ELA Assessment Schedule as decided on by the Board of Regents.

http://erac.mariner.dcboces.org/files/2009/06/important-updates-from-june-meeting-of-the-board-of-regents2.pdf

Regents plan to move all grades 3-8 tests to May

The State Board of Regents agreed to move the administration of the grades 3-8 state assessments in Mathematics and English Language Arts to May.  The change is to go into effect next year.

Please visit this NYSCOSS Blog for more information: http://blog.nyscoss.org/2009/06/22/regents-plan-to-move-all-grades-3-8-tests-to-may/

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