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SIRS - p-12 - New York State Education Department

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Chapter 4: Testing Rules<br />

Speaking/Listening. These students must be recorded in the <strong>SIRS</strong> with a Program Service<br />

Record code of 0242 — Eligible to Take the NYSESLAT for Grades 3-8 ELA Accountability.<br />

Scores for students who are eligible to take the NYSESLAT for Grades 3–8<br />

accountability will not be counted in the performance calculation for accountability. However, if<br />

the district/school chooses to give the NYSTP ELA assessment to a student who is eligible for<br />

the ELA exemption, NYSED will count the student’s NYSTP ELA scores when computing the<br />

school’s and district’s accountability PI.<br />

For more information regarding testing and accountability for recently arrived LEP<br />

students, see http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/lepguidance.doc.<br />

Other Subjects: All LEP students must take the required <strong>State</strong> assessments in grades<br />

3–8 mathematics and science. These tests may be administered in the student’s native<br />

language. Schools are advised to obtain local translations for students for whom a <strong>State</strong><br />

alternative-language edition is not available in their first language, particularly if the student is<br />

receiving instruction in the first language. Failure to test students on the mathematics or<br />

science assessment could result in the school failing to make AYP. To ensure valid and<br />

reliable test results, districts and charter schools are permitted to offer LEP students<br />

accommodations approved by NYSED. Approved accommodations are provided in the school<br />

administrator’s manuals at http://www.p<strong>12</strong>.nysed.gov/osa/sam/secondary/home.html.<br />

Testing Students Eligible for Both the NYSAA and the NYSESLAT<br />

All LEP students in grades K–<strong>12</strong>, including ungraded age-equivalent students, must<br />

take the NYSESLAT, even if the students’ CSEs identify the students as eligible to take the<br />

NYSAA. All NYSAA-eligible students who are age appropriate for testing on the NYSAA must<br />

take the NYSAA, even if they are also LEP students who must take the NYSESLAT as well. If<br />

both tests are taken, the NYSAA score will count in the accountability performance calculation.<br />

Testing Accelerated Intermediate-Level Science Students<br />

The Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test should be administered to students in the<br />

grade in which they will have received instruction in all of the material in the Intermediate-Level<br />

Science Core Curriculum (5–8). While this is typically Grade 8 (or, if ungraded, when Grade 8<br />

age equivalent), the test may also be administered to students in Grade 7 (or, if ungraded,<br />

when Grade 7 age equivalent) who will have completed all the material in the Intermediate-<br />

Level Science Core Curriculum (5–8) and are being considered for placement in an<br />

accelerated high school-level science course when they are in Grade 8. Schools have four<br />

choices for testing accelerated students in science at the intermediate level:<br />

1. Administer the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test when the student is in Grade<br />

7, but administer no science test when the student is in Grade 8. The score the student<br />

receives on the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test when taken in Grade 7 will<br />

count in the accountability calculations for the district and school responsible for the<br />

student when the student is in Grade 8.<br />

43 Student Information Repository System Manual for 2010–11 Version 6.2

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