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
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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