"Current 7th graders will take long-awaited new math exam." Dec. 13, 2005. NYSUT Guide to K-12 Education Standards 2005-2006. New York State United Teachers.


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Your Students Current 7th graders will take long-awaited new math exam Posted: Dec. 13, 2005 ON THE WEB: NYS Education Dept. news on grade 3-8 testing CHART: Mathematics Regents Examinations Implementation / Transition Timeline (PDF file is 56K. Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader.) The state Board of Regents will launch the new Integrated Algebra Exam in Spring 2008, after an online survey showed many schools were not ready to offer it next school year. After lengthy debate, the Regents voted Dec.9 to further ease the transition by initially allowing schools to choose between the algebra exam and the Math A Exam.The new math test will be the first of a sequence of one-year concentrations in algebra, geometry and trigonometry. It will replace the old Math A and B Regents exams. The Regents agreed the last administration of the Math A exam will be January 2009. State Education Department Deputy Commissioner James Kadamus said schools need to focus on curricular changes and professional development to shift middle level instructional practice so students are ready for the new math high school courses. About 75 percent of the 2,300 people who answered the online survey were teachers, Kadamus said. He said that while many respondents commented that the Math A and B exams should be abandoned as soon as possible, only 16 percent said there had been professional development training. When asked if their districts were in the processs of aligning curricula to the math standard and performance indicators, 59 percent said yes. For more information about the implementation timeline, follow the links below. NYSUT's educational services division will post an information bulletin on the topic soon. For more information ON THE WEB: NYS Education Dept. news on grade 3-8 testing CHART: Mathematics Regents Examinations Implementation / Transition Timeline (PDF file is 56K. Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader.) PROFESSIONAL DEVLOPMENT: NYSUT Mathematics Institute. Feb 11, 2006. Mathematics education in New York State has undergone a major change this past year. The seven key ideas have been replaced with process strands and content strands Pre-K-12. The NYSUT Mathematics Institute is designed to assist mathematics teachers in grades 5-8 to understand these changes and how they will affect classroom instruction. The sessions will present proven strategies on how to incorporate the new mathematics requirements into classroom activities.	NYSUT Mathematics Institute. Feb 11, 2006. Mathematics education in New York State has undergone a major change this past year. The seven key ideas have been replaced with process strands and content strands Pre-K-12. The NYSUT Mathematics Institute is designed to assist mathematics teachers in grades 5-8 to understand these changes and how they will affect classroom instruction. The sessions will present proven strategies on how to incorporate the new mathematics requirements into classroom activities.
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