December
2008
to: District Superintendents
Superintendents of Public and
Principals of Public, Nonpublic, and
from: David Abrams
subject: New Audio/PDF Files for Scorer Training
Starting this school year,
PDF files of exemplars with associated audio files will be posted on
CTB/McGraw-Hill’s
at 10 a.m. on the last day of each test
administration makeup period. The PDF files and associated audio files are being provided
instead of the scoring DVDs that were used in previous years.
Audio and PDF files will be available for downloading
at any Internet-connected computer. Users will be able to listen to and view
them "live", or to save them for review at a more convenient time.
The audio files will be provided in different formats so they can be played
through Windows Media Player, MP3 players, MACs or iPods. PDFs can be opened
and printed on any Internet-connected computer that has Adobe Acrobat Reader
installed. If the Acrobat Reader is not already installed on the computer, the
user may download it from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
The printed scoring materials provided for the Grades
3-8 English Language Arts and Mathematics Tests will be delivered in much the
same manner as in past years. The complete schedule for the administration and
scoring of these examinations may be accessed at: http://emsc.nysed.gov/osa/sched.html.
Thank you for your efforts in arranging for the
administration and scoring of the Grades 3-8 English Language Arts and
Mathematics Tests.
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