New York State Teacher Certification Examinations Educating All

New York State Teacher Certification Examinations: Educating All Students Test July 29, 2013 www. engage. NY. org

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 Highly Effective School Leaders Highly Effective Teachers College and Career Ready Students www. engage. NY. org 2

Data-Driven Instruction A 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. www. engage. NY. org 3

Shifts in Certification Exams for Teachers Current Assessments for Teacher Certification New and Revised Assessments for Teacher Certification Assessment of Teaching Skills -Written Teacher Performance Assessment (ed. TPA) Educating All Students Liberal Arts And Sciences Test Academic Literacy Skills Test Content Specialty Test Revised Content Specialty Test www. engage. NY. org 4

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. www. engage. NY. org 5

EAS Competencies • Diverse Student Populations • English Language Learners • Students with Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs • Teacher Responsibilities • School-Home Relationships www. engage. NY. org 6

Test Format 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 5 135 minutes total testing time www. engage. NY. org

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 www. engage. NY. org 8

What Resources Are Available? Framework: http: //www. nystce. nesinc. com/NY_ann. Program. Update. asp#Test. Materials Webinar: http: //www. highered. nysed. gov/certexam. html FAQ: http: //www. highered. nysed. gov/tcert/pdf/certexamfaq. pdf Engage. NY: http: //www. engageny. org/parent-and-family-resources http: //www. engageny. org/resource/new-york-state-bilingual-common-coreinitiative www. engage. NY. org 9

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? www. engage. NY. org