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                                         THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

                                                       89  Washington Avenue

                                                       Room 675 EBA

                                                       Albany, NY  12234

                                     Office of Elementary, Middle Secondary and Continuing Education
                                 
                                                      David Abrams, Assistant Commissioner
                                                      Office of Standards, Assessment and Reporting
                                                      (518) 474-5900                    (518) 486-5765 (fax)

Age Ranges for the 2008-09
New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA)

NYSAA is a datafolio assessment that measures student progress in achieving the learning standards through alternate grade level indicators. All students in the following age ranges who are eligible to take NYSAA must be tested in 2008-09. Students with severe disabilities are assessed according to chronological ages aligned with grade levels as indicated below. Students should be tested only once at each grade and in all the content areas indicated for each grade.

*Note:  NYSAA-eligible students who will be leaving school before they reach their eighteenth birthday must take the secondary-level NYSAA before they leave school (i.e., when they are 17 years old).  NYSAA-eligible students with a birth date prior to September 1, 1990 who have not been assessed must be assessed in 2008-09 before they leave school.