New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test NYSESLAT

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New York State English as a Second Language
Achievement Test (NYSESLAT)

• Presented by
• Vanessa Lee Mercado
• Assistant in Educational Testing
• Office of State Assessment
• New York State Education Department
• Teachers Institute
• November 17, 2006

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Update on the Administration of the 2006 NYSESLAT
2006 Activities

• Testing Dates
• Speaking 4/24-5/26/2006
• Listening, Reading, Writing 5/8-5/26/2006
• Number of Students Tested Scored
• 197,457 Public Charter School
• 13,596 Non public
• Teacher Participation
• Item Review
• Rubrics Focus Group
• Field Test Materials Review
• Range Finding
• Fall Field Test10/10-10/20/2006

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Update on the Administration of the 2007
NYSESLATImportant Dates
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New Features for 2007

• New item types
• Picture Description Speaking items, K-12
• Reading Comprehension of poetry, 2-12
• Topic-based Writing, 2-12
• New rubrics
• Revised Speaking and Writing rubrics for all
  grade spans

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New Item Types

• Formats of new Speaking item type
• What is happening in the picture, and what will
  happen next?
• What are the people doing, and what might they be
  talking about? (. . . how might she be feeling?
  etc.)
• What is the person doing and why?
• Purpose of new Speaking item type Elicit speech
  containing description, prediction, inferences

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Sample of New Speaking Item Type

• What are the people doing,
• and what might the man
• be saying to the boy?

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New Item Types

• Format of new Writing sets
• No change in format 3 Pre-Writing questions lead
  to Writing prompt
• Questions and prompt focus on topics from NYS
  content-area curricula
• Purpose of new Writing sets Elicit
  well-developed, logically organized essays

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Pre-Writing

• Students learn about both Science and the arts
• (literature, music, art, etc.) in school. These
• subjects contribute to an education in important
• ways. Look carefully at the pictures. Answer the
• questions. This will help you write an essay
  later.

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Pre-Writing Questions

• 1. What are several reasons why it is important
  to study science?
• 2. What are several reasons why it is important
  to study the arts?
• 3. How might adults benefit from knowledge of
  science and the arts?

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Writing Prompt

• Write an essay that explains how a person
• might benefit from having studied science
• and the arts in school. Make sure your essay
• is well-organized and of sufficient length.
• Use your ideas from the Pre-Writing questions
• to help you write.

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New Rubrics

• K-1 Writing rubrics
• More explicit scoring criteria
• Easier-to-use bullet-point format
• 2-12 Writing rubrics
• No change in content
• Easier-to-use bullet-point format
• K-12 Speaking rubrics
• One version for each item type (Storytelling
  still has full and abbreviated)
• Easier-to-use bullet-point format

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Writing Rubrics K-1 - Example
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Writing Rubrics 2-12 - Example
Accuracy of spelling does not affect score in
this section.
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Speaking Rubric K-12 - Example
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NYSESLAT WEBSITE

• For more information and updates regarding the
  NYSESLAT please go to
• http//www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/nyseslat/