THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

David Abrams, Assistant Commissioner
Office of Standards, Assessment and Reporting

To:

District Superintendents
Superintendents of Public Schools
Building Principals
Administrators of Charter Schools
Directors of Approved Private Schools
Superintendents of State-Operated and State-Supported Schools
Directors of Special Education
Pupil Personnel Directors
Committee on Special Education Chairpersons
SETRC Professional Development Specialists
Commissioner’s Advisory Panel for Special Education Services

From:

 David Abrams   

Subject:

Change in the Scoring Period for the 2007-08 New York State Alternate Assessment

This memorandum is to notify you that the scoring period for the 2007-08 New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA) was changed.  The original scoring period for NYSAA was March 31, 2008 through May 9, 2008.  The scoring period will now be March 3, 2008 through April 11, 2008.  All NYSAA datafolios from in- and out-of-district programs must be sent to the Scoring Site Coordinators by February 15, 2008.

This change will allow for post-operational datafolio collection for standard setting.  The standard setting is required under the Peer Review by the United States Department of Education.

If you have any questions regarding NYSAA, please contact the Office of Standards, Assessment and Reporting at (518) 474-5902. For more information about NYSAA, see http://emsc.nysed.gov/osa/nysaa/home.shtml. 

c:           
NYSAA Advisory Committee
NYSAA Score Site Coordinators
NYSAA Training Network Specialists
NYSAA Regional Lead Trainers