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New York State Teacher New York State Teacher Certification Examinations:Certification Examinations:Educating All Students TestEducating All Students Test
July 29, 2013
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Regents Reform Agenda• Adopting Common Core
standards and developing curriculum and assessments aligned to these standards to prepare students for success in college and the workplace
• Building instructional data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals how they can improve their practice in real time
• Recruiting, developing, retaining, and rewarding effective teachers and principals
• Turning around the lowest-achieving schools
College and Career Ready
Students
Highly EffectiveSchool Leaders
Highly Effective Teachers
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Data-Driven InstructionA culture of inquiry in which teachers:
• examine what students know and don’t yet know against the standards;
• examine what the common misconceptions and obstacles are to student learning;
• talk to each other about teaching practice and collaborate on solutions for student learning;
• create action plans for informed re-teaching and formative assessment; and
• provide students with teaching aligned to their particular needs, misconceptions, orientations.
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Shifts in Certification Exams for Teachers
Current Assessments for Teacher Certification
Assessment of Teaching Skills -Written
Liberal Arts And Sciences Test
Content Specialty Test
New and Revised Assessments for Teacher
Certification
Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)
Educating All Students
Academic Literacy Skills Test
Revised Content Specialty Test
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EAS Test Design
Ensures that future teachers and school building leaders:
• understand how to address the learning needs of diverse student populations;
• understand effective strategies for promoting positive home-school relationships which enhance student learning; and
• address the needs of all students, create a sense of community, and promote students’ appreciation and respect of all students.
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EAS Competencies
• Diverse Student Populations
• English Language Learners
• Students with Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs
• Teacher Responsibilities
• School-Home Relationships
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Test Format
135 minutes total testing time
Competency Selected Response Items Constructed Response Items
Diverse Student Populations
10 1
English Language Learners 10 1
Students with Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs
10 1
Rights and Responsibilities 5
School-Home Relationships 5
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Computer-Based Testing
• EAS will only be administered via computer based testing
• Candidates can navigate throughout test (skipping items, starting with constructed response, etc)
• CBT Tutorial and interactive tutorial: http://www.nystce.nesinc.com/NY_CBTTutorial.asp
• Full length practice test will be available in August
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What Resources Are Available?
Framework: http://www.nystce.nesinc.com/NY_annProgramUpdate.asp#TestMaterials
Webinar: http://www.highered.nysed.gov/certexam.html
FAQ: http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/pdf/certexamfaq.pdf
EngageNY: http://www.engageny.org/parent-and-family-resourceshttp://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-bilingual-common-core-initiative
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Program Considerations
• How does this align with our current coursework?
• When would candidates take this assessment?
• How can this be further embedded into courses?
• How does the content of this exam connect to other certification exams or our embedded assessments?
• What additional support might we offer candidates?