WORCESTER CENTRAL SCHOOL 198 Main St, Worceser, NY 12197 Phone (607) 397-8785 « Fax (607) 397-9454 wowwnresteres org March 25, 2019 Dear Parents and Guardians: As a follow up to our community presentation on Monday, March 16th, we would Uke to share the following infomnacon regarding the 2019 NYS 3-8 ELA and Math assessments. The attached testing frameworks demonstrate the decrease in both the number of testing sessions as ell as the number of test questions required of curent students compared tothe previous exams. ‘We hope you find this comparison helpful to see the significant reductions in the test format curently being implemented. Our goal this yea is wo increase student participation in the NYS exams in order to meet the 95% participation rate requirement, which is set forh by the U.S. Department of Education andthe Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ‘We appreciate your continued support in helping our endeavors to continuously improve and meet our academic goals. Should you have any questions regarding the NYS 3-8 ELA or ‘Math assessments, please do not hesitate to contact your child's teacher or any member of administation. Your child and their teachers have been working very hard to prepare our students to suive, support, and succeed, — ctlfe. Hisae Eton pe Wee aces ees pean ae area ne “Strive, Suppor, Succeed!”‘Grade 34 English and Language Art Test Design Sessoms avn [vac] Tava] aso rca fratna Pranara| neava| neara oa, {wn Peete esent| "ces | oe Steer | Sous caer [see [ane Ses | Shas 7 ze Le = Tatipe choke ‘Quectons ‘Shor Response Questions 1 ° Enerded Response (Questions “Total of Uterary Passages “Teta # of informational Passages Grade 56 English and Language Ws Test Design sion 2 [session2[Sension 2[Sescion2] [sessions] sessiona.| Taal # ot [Teta of =| cues. Reading |-Reating [wit | -wriing- | 3] ues. vans | -219 | zeas' | ans | 70 | 9 | aos x we] 3s fas Z ‘session ° 2% Session 3 weal 3 | 6 fs) [Removed] g ae form18‘Grade 7-8 English and Language Arts Test Design eal ot | alot ues, | ues. anus | -2000 Passeges Bole cra} centre a > ail 7 eet “etal #of Leary Pass tow 27 rary Passages Gnar 25 y om ain 79 ‘Total of eration Passages rel 38