Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Written Test

Monday, April 30-
Friday, May 11

Tuesday, May 1-
Friday, May 11

Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Social Studies

Tuesday, June 5-Booklet 1 Wednesday, June 6- Booklet 2

Thursday, June 7,
Friday, June 8, and
Monday, June 11

Alternate Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities □

Tuesday, January 2, 2007 – Friday, March 9, 2007 #

N/A

N/A

New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT)

NYSESLAT (Speaking)

Monday, May 7-
Friday, May 18



Monday, April 23-
Friday, May 18

N/A

N/A

Administered in a Department-selected sample of statistically representative schools. Selected schools will be contacted directly by Harcourt Assessment, Inc.

Intermediate-Level Technology Education

Optional, dates to be determined by school.

Optional, dates to be determined by school.

N/A

* Schools must arrange to administer the English Language Arts and Mathematics Tests to students during the specified administration week for the test. Within each grade, schools are to administer the test on the same day to all general education students except for those students who are absent. Schools may schedule the tests for different grades on different sets of days within the specified week; for example, the school may administer the Grade 6 Mathematics Test on Monday, March 12, and Tuesday, March 13, while administering the Grade 8 Mathematics Tests on Thursday, March 15, and Friday, March 16.
 

□ This datafolio test is also administered to secondary-level students with severe disabilities during the same administration dates.

 ^ The make-up week, which immediately follows the administration week, is to be used for administering make-up tests to students who were absent during the primary administration week. The make-up week can also be used to complete the initial administrations in schools that were closed due to inclement weather or other unexpected events for one or more days of the primary test administration week. Make-up testing may begin during the primary administration week on any days that remain following the school’s completion of initial testing and must be completed no later than the last day of the make-up week.

% All schools are expected to participate in the field testing for the Grades 3-8 tests. Schools can access the field test matrix on the Department’s web site at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/fieldtest.htm  to determine what test and grade level they will be field testing. First, look at the Strand List to find your school’s strand number, then go to the matrix to find the test you will administer.

# The only dates that have been revised in this calendar are the ones relating to the Alternate Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities.