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Information About The New York State Testing Program Tests State Testing Information for New York Portions of the following material were taken from the New York Department of Education website. Please see our links and source sections at the bottom of the page for more details and references. General Description of the Tests New York State Testing Program - Designed to evaluate the implementation of the State’s Learning Standards at the student, school, district, and State levels
- Grades 3, 6, and 7 – English Language Arts, and Mathematics
- Grades 4 and 8 – English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science
- Grade 5 – English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies
New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA) - A datafolio-style assessment measuring the achievement of students with severe cognitive disabilities toward meeting the New York State learning standards at alternate achievement levels
- English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) - Grades 4, 8 and 12
- Reading, Mathematics and Science
Test Descriptions New York State Testing Program - English Language Arts
- Reading
o Students read several passages representing a variety of genres.
o For each passage, students apply the skills and knowledge gained in the classroom by answering reading comprehension questions that demonstrate their understanding of the passages.
- Listening
o Grades 3, 4, and 6 - literary passages (include short stories, folk tales, poetry, or other forms of literary writing)
o Grades 5, 7, and 8 - informational passages (include articles, excerpts from biographies or autobiographies, essays, or other forms of informational writing)
- Writing
o Grades 3, 5, and 7, students complete an editing task that consists of a paragraph containing errors in capitalization and punctuation (Grade 3) or in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage (Grades 5 and 7).
o Students in Grades 4, 6, and 8 answer two extended-response questions, one in the Reading section and one in the Listening section.
- Mathematics
- Students apply the skills and knowledge gained in the classroom in order to answer three types of questions: multiple-choice, short-response, and extended-response.
Testing Schedule
Examination Schedules (2008–2009 School Year) Source:
New York Department of Education Source Accessed Date:
November 29, 2008 Links
New York State Assessment
Elementary/Intermediate General Information
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