Steps to Determine a Students’ ELA Score

Step 1

• Go to our website – https://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/
• In the white session click on How Do I Interpret the Scores.
• Scroll down to Scoring Key and Item Maps.
• Click on icon for year and content area you are scoring.
• Find the grade that you need to score.
• Click on PDF for Scoring Key & Item Map.
• Use this answer key to score the multiple choice items and find the number correct.

Step 2

• Add up constructed response scores for Book 2, 3 and writing mechanics.
• Add those 3 point values together.
• For 4th and 8th grade ELA multiply that score by 1.38

Step 3

• Add the number correct for the multiple choice and constructed response score. This will give you the student's raw score.

Step 4

• Hit back key twice to go to https://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/nystart/what-is-nySTART.shtml  
• Find the Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Charts and click on the one that again matches the year and content area you are scoring.
• Find the students raw score on the chart and you will now have their scale score.

Step 5

• Hit the back key and find the Scale Score to Performance Level Conversion Charts. It is located right under the Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Charts.
• Click on the year and content area and use the students scale score to find the performance level.