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Posted: Sunday, June 5, 2005
- New curricula alert
New grade-by-grade core curricula covering pre-K though grade 12 take effect in September for math and English Language Arts. The State Education Department has begun to distribute some support materials online and has promised more in coming weeks. - State expected to raise the bar on Regents Exams
The state is likely to require that students entering ninth grade next fall must score at least 65 on two of the five Regents Exams required for graduation. - CHART: High school graduation requirements
These are the requirements in effect as of June 1, 2005. However, with action pending by the state Board of Regents, requirements for the local diploma are subject to change with the start of the 2005-06 school year. - New policy on grade 8 test
As of May 2005, schools are no longer allowed to give the grade 8 statewide math test to seventh-grade students who are being considered for advanced placement in an accelerated high school math course in eighth grade. - Districts see new options in middle-level programs
Come September, some middle-level schools are likely to be adjusting their course offerings to take advantage of a policy enacted earlier this year by the state Board of Regents to give districts additional options in tailoring their middle-level program to local needs. - Two-week testing window a concern in grades 3-8
The State Education Department has released a schedule for grades 3-8 testing in 2006 that provides schools a two-week window for administering new state tests required under No Child Left Behind. - CHART: Elementary and middle-level state assessments for the 2005-06 school year
- Keeping educators in the picture is a better IDEA; more disabled students may qualify for alternate testing
Working seven years ago with its national affiliate - the American Federation of Teachers - NYSUT succeeded in assuring that general ed teachers would be represented at the Committee on Special Education, the group that develops and monitors the educational program for students with disabilities under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. - Math reforms add up to changes in all grades
Broad changes are under way in how math is tested and taught from pre-K through high school. Here are key points of the two reform packages approved this year by the state Board of Regents. (With additional info on calculators and State Ed's math toolkit.) - New state tests a response to No Child Left Behind mandate
Under the No Child Left Behind Act, states that receive federal funding for education are required to test all students in grades 3-8 in English Language Arts and math beginning in the 2005-06 school year.
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