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Chapter 4: Testing Rules
2. Administer no science test when the student is in Grade 7, but administer a Regents
examination in science when the student is in Grade 8. The score the student receives
on the Regents examination in science when taken in Grade 8 will count in the
accountability calculations for the district and school responsible for the student.
3. Administer the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test when the student is in Grade 7
and administer a Regents examination in science when the student is in Grade 8. The
score the student receives on the Regents examination in science when taken in Grade
8 will count in the accountability calculations for the district and school responsible for
the student.
4. Administer the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test when the student is in Grade 8
and administer a Regents examination in science when the student is in Grade 8. The
score the student receives on the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test will count in
the accountability calculations for the district and school responsible for the student.
The school may not use the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test to retest any students in
Grade 8 who participated in this assessment during the previous school year as Grade 7
students.
Testing Accelerated Elementary-Level Science, and Grades 3–8 ELA and
Mathematics Students
Accelerated students must be tested on the assessments appropriate to their actual
grade level or, if ungraded, their age-equivalency grade level. These students may take a
Regents examination in addition to the NYSTP but not in lieu of the NYSTP assessment. See
the “Assessments by Birth Date/Age for Ungraded Students in 2010–11” table in this chapter
for more information.
Testing Repeaters
Students in Grades 3 through 8, and ungraded students who are grade equivalent to
Grades 3 through 8, who repeat a grade are required to take all State assessments
appropriate to their grade, LEP eligibility, and NYSAA eligibility, even if they took State
assessments at the same grade level in the previous year. Students who are repeating one or
more subjects but not a grade may not “retake” tests in the subjects they are repeating. These
students are required to take all State assessments appropriate to their current grade, LEP
eligibility, and NYSAA eligibility.
Elementary/Middle-Level Students Who Transfer to a Different School
During the Test Administration Period
Some students transfer from one school to another after completing one part (session)
but before completing all parts (sessions) of an assessment and before the end of the test
administration period. In these cases, when possible, the school the student transfers from
should communicate with the school to which the student transfers to ensure that the student
completes the assessment and to obtain the rest of the student’s test documents. The school
the student transfers from should submit the student’s answer documents for scanning.
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