September 2006

TO: Principals of Nonpublic Schools

FROM: Kevin McCarthy

SUBJECT: NYS English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT)

Enclosed are the results of the 2006 NYSESLAT exams taken by the students in your school. The report shows the name of the student, the combined raw and scale score achieved in listening speaking, reading and writing. It also shows the proficiency level achieved in listening speaking, reading and writing.

On the reverse side is a chart showing the scale score range for each level by grade.

NYSESLAT 2006 SCALE SCORE RANGES FOR DETERMINING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

To determine a student’s level of English proficiency, match the student’s scale scores for Listening & Speaking and Reading & Writing to the scale score ranges for Listening & Speaking and Reading & Writing on this chart.

• To move from one level of proficiency to the next, the student must score within the range of the higher proficiency level in both combinations of modalities (Listening & Speaking and Reading &Writing).
• To move from the limited English proficient level to the English proficient level, the student must score at the English proficient level in both combinations of modalities (Listening & Speaking and Reading & Writing).
• Students who have moved in only one combination of modalities should remain at the lower proficiency level.

Grade	BEGINNING		INTERMEDIATE		ADVANCED		PROFICIENT
	Listening & Speaking	Reading & Writing	Listening & Speaking	Reading & Writing	Listening & Speaking	Reading & Writing	Listening & Speaking	Reading & Writing
K	510 and below	536 and below	511-572	537-581	573-615	582-608	616 and above	609 and above
1	519 and below	558 and below	520-581	559-608	582-648	609-654	649 and above	655 and above
2	542 and below	570 and below	543-601	571-622	602-660	623-662	661 and above	663 and above
3	554 and below	579 and below	555-610	580-629	611-674	630-678	675 and above	679 and above
4	566 and below	588 and below	567-620	589-641	621-683	642-690	684 and above	691 and above
5	578 and below	619 and below	579-630	620-659	631-685	660-703	686 and above	704 and above
6	586 and below	622 and below	587-638	623-667	639-695	668-709	696 and above	710 and above
7	596 and below	628 and below	597-650	629-673	651-702	674-709	703 and above	710 and above
8	604 and below	631 and below	605-660	632-681	661-702	682-709	703 and above	710 and above
9	622 and below	642 and below	623-677	643-697	678-714	698-725	715 and above	726 and above
10	627 and below	645 and below	628-685	646-701	686-720	702-731	721 and above	732 and above
11	634 and below	648 and below	635-693	649-710	694-727	711-738	728 and above	739 and above
12	639 and below	651 and below	640-703	652-714	704-727	715-738	728 and above	739 and above

If you have any questions concerning this data please contact me at (518) 474-7965.