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ELA: Elementary/Intermediate Archive

Grades 3-8

Information Concerning the 2008 Grades 3-8 ELA Tests

• New Audio/PDF Files for Scorer Training (47 Kb) - revised, 12/12/08
• Q & A for Scoring Grades 3-5 ELA, January 2008
• 2008 Grades 3-5 English Language Arts Tests
• 2008 Grades 6-8 English Language Arts Tests
• Guide to the 3-8 Testing Program in English Language Arts and Mathematics, 2008 Edition (736 Kb)
• Scoring the Editing Paragraph for Grades 3, 5, and 7
• Grade 3-8 English Language Arts School Administrator's Manual (SAM) for Public and Nonpublic Schools, 2008 Edition (1.1 MB)
• Regional Centers for 2007-2008 (52 Kb)
• Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Test Administration Memorandum for Public and Nonpublic Schools, January 2008 (80 Kb)
• ELA Tests Teacher's Directions, Grades 3,4, and 5 (2008) (777 Kb)
• ELA Tests Teacher's Directions, Grades 6,7, and 8 (2008) (780 Kb)
• Q & A for Scoring Grades 3-8 ELA, January 2008
• Important Dates for the Grades 3-8 Tests in 2007-2008  (128 Kb)
• Scoring Site Operations Manual (SSOM), 2008 Edition (3.7 Mb)
• ELA Field Test Timing, Grades 3-8, 2008
• The ELA Grades 3-8 2008 Scoring Leader Handbook (240 Kb)
• 2007 Grades 3-5 ELA Tests
• 2007 Grades 6-8 ELA Tests
• 2006 Grades 3-5 ELA Tests
• 2006 Grades 6-8 ELA Tests
• Grades 3-8 Sample Tests
• Grades 3-8 ELA School Administrator's Manual (SAM)
  • Public Schools, 2007 Edition (367 Kb)
  • Nonpublic Schools, 2007 Tests (356 Kb)
• Regional Centers for 2006-2007  (83 Kb)
• Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Test Administration Memorandum for Public Schools, January 2007 (80 Kb)
• Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Test Administration Memorandum for NonPublic Schools, January 2007  (83 Kb)

• Public Schools, 2006 Edition (234 Kb)
• Non Public Schools, 2006  Edition (917 Kb)

• NYS Field Testing 2005: Instructions for Online Scheduling for Pickup of ELA Test  Materials  (95 Kb)

Grades 4 and 8 

• Test Designs
• Readability Formulae   (64 Kb)  
• Determining the Scoring for the Grade 4 and the Grade 8 English Language Arts and Mathematics Examinations, by Carla Collins, William Lorie, Kyoko Ito
  • Part 1 - Test Structure, History, Types of Scores, Performance Indices (298 Kb)
  • Part 2 - Frequently Asked Questions (1.8 MB)

Grades 4 and 8

Grade 4	Grade 8
2005 Expected Standard Performance Index (SPI) Table  (49 Kb) 5/4/05 Teacher's Directions - 2005 (350 Kb) New York State Testing Program Scoring Leader Handbook- Jan. 2005 (73 Kb) Grade 4 ELA Question and Answer Document-2005 Grade 4 English Language Arts Item Map 2005 (46 Kb) 2005 Score Conversion Charts (72 Kb) 2005 Answer Key	2005 Expected Standard Performance Index (SPI) Table  (48 Kb) - 5/4/05 Teacher's Directions - 2005 (391 Kb) Grade 8 ELA 2005 Question and Answer Document Grade 8 English Language Arts Item Map 2005  (45 Kb) New York State Testing Program Scoring Leader Handbook- Jan. 2005 (136 Kb) 2005 Score Conversion Charts 2005 Answer Key
Clarification on Question #32 on Grade 4 ELA Test   (51 Kb) 2004 Expected SPI   (96 Kb)    2004 Item Map   (76 Kb)     2004 Q and A Document (107 Kb) 2004 Teachers Directions (255 Kb) Scoring Leader Handbook 2004 Conversion Chart 2004  Answer Key	2004 Expected SPI  (96 Kb)    2004 Item Map  (188 Kb)     2004 Scoring Q and A (103 Kb)  2004 Teachers Directions (276 Kb) Scoring Leader Handbook 2004 Score Conversion Charts (168 Kb) 2004 Answer Key  (73 Kb)
2003 Expected SPI 2003 Score Conversion Charts 2003 Answer Key 2003 Scoring Q & A Specific Q & A General Q & A 2003 Scoring Leader Handbook  2003 Item Map	2003 Expected SPI 2003 Score Conversion Charts 2003 Answer Key 2003 Scoring Q & A Specific Q & A General Q & A 2003 Scoring Leader Handbook 2003 Item Map January 2003 Grade 8 ELA Test Memo
2002 Answer Key 2002 Scoring Q & A 2002 Scoring Leader Handbook (192 Kb) 2002 Item Map (5 Kb)	2002 Answer Key 2002 Scoring Q & A 2002 Scoring Leader Handbook (200 Kb) 2002 Item Map (7 Kb)
2001 Item Map 2001 Scoring Q & A	2001 Item Map 2001 Scoring Q & A
2000 Item Map	2000 Item Map

 

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Last Updated: March 18, 2011