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Attachment 15A – Schedule of State Assessments
Please provide an assurance that you will administer the complete battery of state tests. If the school you
propose would only have two years of state test data after completion of the fourth year of operation, please
indicate which nationally-normed reading and math standardized test you would likely administer in addition
to the state tests. Also, indicate the grades in which it will be administered and a rationale for having chosen
the particular test.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School administers all assessments required by the New
York State Regents of New York State public schools. This practice enables us to effectively track
our students’ progress towards mastery of the New York State Performance Standards in English
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Technology, and Social Studies. Such analysis allows us to
assess the overall efficacy of our academic plan. Under this system, by the end of our fourth year of
operations, we will have only one year of criterion-referenced assessment data from the NYS
assessments on the students who entered our first grade in 2006.
In addition, the school administers the CTB/McGraw-Hill TerraNova CAT 2nd Edition Assessment
to all students. Kindergarten students take the test each January. The TerraNova was administered
to all students in all grades in June of 2007 and June of 2008.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School believes that the TerraNova assessment closely
mirrors the skills measured by the New York State examinations. By administering the TerraNova
we are 1) preparing our students to take future assessments, 2) getting an immediate picture of what
skills our students are mastering and which skills they are not mastering thus allowing us to adjust
our curriculum accordingly and 3) assessing our progress as a school so as to ensure we meet our
accountability plan goals as they become applicable.
Because of the limited assessment data available for review at the completion of the fourth year of
our charter, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School requests a one-year “planning year
renewal.”
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School
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