YEAR LONG ASSESSMENTS & TESTING
2023-2024

The annual New York State English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics tests for students in grades 3-8 will be administered to all students later this spring. These tests are required by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and are designed to provide important information about whether students are prepared to progress through school and graduate with the critical thinking, problem-solving, and reasoning skills they need for long-term success in school, college, and careers, and to support students in their pursuit of economic security and a choice-filled life.

These tests are just one of several measures our schools use to assess student progress: grades, report cards, writing samples, projects, assignments, and other performance-based student work are equally important.
Our students in elementary grades take various NY State and local tests to:

• support their instruction 
• To determine eligibility for certain programs
• To provide information on their progress toward mastering grade-level learning standards.

​The list below shows tests that our student take in grades K–5:

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ANNUAL STATE EXAMS:

NEW YORK STATE
​ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT - 
GRADES 3, 4 AND 5
​​APRIL 19 - 20, 2024

NEW YORK STATE
​MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT - 
GRADES 3, 4 AND 5
MAY 2 - 3, 2024

NEW YORK STATE 
SCIENCE ASSESSMENT - 
GRADE 5
SPRING 2024

NEW YORK STATE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST (NYSESLAT)

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING TEST - APRIL 15 - MAY 24

GROUP TESTING - MAY 13 - MAY 24

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BENCHMARK DIAGNOSTICS / SCREENERS: 3 SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

ELA ASSESSMENTS

• ACADIENCE K-2
• IREADY 3-5

MATH ASSESSMENTS

• IREADY K-5

BEGINNING OF YEAR (BOY)

• ​SEPT. 18 - 22
• SEPT. 18 - 22
  

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• SEPT 25 - 29

MIDDLE OF YEAR (MOY)

• JAN 2 - 5​
• JAN 2 - 5

• JAN 8 - 12
  

END OF YEAR (EOY)

• ​MAY 13 -17
• ​MAY 13 -17

• MAY 28 -31

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SECONDARY ASSESSMENTS: Monitoring K-5 progress between Benchmark Diagnostics 

READING & WRITING -

• K-5 Students will be assessed using the 'Into Reading' end of MODULE ASSESSMENTS at the end of each module. 
• There are 7 modules in Kindergarten and 8 modules in grades 1-5
• Module assessments focus on students mastery of reading and writing skills and strategies

MATH

• K-5 Students will be assessed using 'Investigations' END OF UNIT ASSESSMENTS
• End of unit assessments focus on students mastery and knowledge of mathematical concepts required in the building blocks of mathematical conceptual thinking

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES

• ​K-5 Students knowledge of science and social studies will be assessed through Amplify Science and Passport to Social Studies projects and unit assessments

PROGRESS UPDATES

• Teachers will send home and post academic progress slips.
  
• All teachers are available to meet with parents online through Zoom
• Parents, please schedule meeting times with your child's teachers to review or discuss your child's current progress.