2017 Writing and Speaking Training Supplements to the

2017 Writing and Speaking Training Supplements to the 2016 Turnkey Training

NYSESLAT Turnkey Training The 2016 Turnkey Training materials can be used for the 2017 NYSESLAT administration. Refer to the NYSESLAT web site for 2017 supplemental training information, which includes: 2017 NYSESLAT Enhancements List 2017 NYSESLAT Materials Delivery Chart 2017 NYSESLAT Speaking Rubric 2017 NYSESLAT Speaking Student Score Sheet www. p 12. nysed. gov/assessment/nyseslat/ 2017 NYSESLAT Training Supplement 2

2017 NYSESLAT Enhancements Grade Band Modality Enhancement Speaking The Speaking Directions for Administration (DFA) now includes graphic tiles (reduced-size graphics from the test booklet) for each question, to assist the examiner in matching the test question in the student booklet to the DFA script during administration. All grade bands Speaking The answer sheet associated with the Speaking test will no longer include circles with an “A” inside of them. Scorers will record a score of “ 0” if a student provides no response to a Speaking question, rather than the code of “A”. All grade bands Speaking The Speaking DFA includes more precise instruction on how to apply the Skipping Rule. Speaking The Speaking DFA provides a reminder to examiners to thoroughly review the Speaking test materials prior to administration, especially the passage-text questions, to be better able to identify when a student is simply repeating or reading the text. Listening A Listening CD Track menu has been provided in the L/R/W DFA to assist examiners in identifying the starting point of the Listening section for Sessions 2 and 3 without having to reference the physical CD label. All grade bands Grades 3– 12 2017 NYSESLAT Training Supplement 3

2017 NYSESLAT Enhancements (cont. ) Grade Band Modality Grades 1– 12 Listening / Reading Sample passages now include an accompanying graphic, to better reflect the information in the sample passage. Kindergarten Listening / Reading The Answer Sheet for the Kindergarten Listening and Reading tests now includes an unable to response indicator of “U” to record situations in which a student was administered the test but was unable to respond to any of the multiple choice questions in this session. All grade bands Listening / Reading / Writing Color shading of the Test Booklet and the L/R/W DFA covers has been added to assist examiners in identifying the three distinct session materials. All grade bands Writing A Writing Glossary of Terms has been added to the School Administrator’s Manual. Writing DFA Directions were modified to remind students to use their own ideas and ideas from the passage when writing, to discourage students from simply copying passage text. Grades 1– 12 Enhancement 2017 NYSESLAT Training Supplement 4

NYSESLAT Materials Delivery 2017 Dates Activity Beginning Ending Speaking materials delivered to schools Monday, April 3 Thursday, April 6 Speaking administration period Monday, April 10 Friday, May 19 L/R/W materials delivered to schools Tuesday, April 25 Friday, April 28 L/R/W administration period Monday, May 8 Friday, May 19 Writing scoring materials delivered to schools Tuesday, May 16 Friday, May 19 Scoring of Writing responses Monday, May 22 Thursday, June 1 Deadline to submit answer sheets to scanning centers Thursday, June 1 Deadline to return secure materials to Metri. Tech, Inc. Friday, June 16 2017 NYSESLAT Training Supplement

Speaking Rubric Item Level Emerging Score 0 Score 1 • No response • Responds with “yes, ” “no, ” or “I don’t know” • Responds completely in a language other than English • Uses one word to respond • Does not express a complete thought or idea • Unintelligible • No response • Responds with “yes, ” “no, ” or “I don’t know” • Responds completely in a language other Transitioning Expanding • • than English Uses one word to respond Does not express a complete thought or idea Unintelligible Errors may totally obscure meaning • Responds with “yes, ” “no, ” or “I don’t know” • Uses at most multiple words to respond • Does not express complete thoughts and ideas • Frequent errors may obscure meaning • Responds with “yes, ” “no, ” or “I don’t know” • Uses at most connected phrases or a simple Commanding sentence to respond • May express complete thoughts and ideas • Occasional or frequent errors in words and structures may obscure meaning Score 2 • Uses multiple words, short phrases, or sentences to respond N/A • Partially expresses thoughts and ideas • Frequent errors may obscure meaning • Uses connected phrases or a simple sentence to respond • Uses multiple words to respond • Partially expresses thoughts and ideas • Frequent errors may obscure meaning • May use multiple sentences • Expresses complete thoughts and ideas relevant to the topic • Occasional errors in words and structures may obscure some meaning • Uses connected phrases or a simple sentence to respond • Expresses complete thoughts and ideas relevant to the topic • Occasional errors in words and structures may obscure some meaning • Uses connected simple sentences to respond • Expresses connected and complete thoughts and ideas relevant to the topic • Infrequent errors in words and structure may obscure some meaning 2017 NYSESLAT Training Supplement • Uses connected simple sentences to respond • May use limited expanded sentences • Expresses connected and complete thoughts and ideas relevant to the topic • Infrequent errors in words and structure may obscure some meaning • Uses connected expanded sentences • Generates a fluid response using linking words and phrases to sequence complete thoughts and ideas relevant to the topic • No errors or infrequent errors that do not obscure meaning 6