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General ESL Accommodations
Elementary/Middle School State Tests
| English Language Arts |
3-8 |
- Optimum testing environment.
- Any reasonable time extension, such as time & a half
- Use of bilingual dictionaries (direct translation of words only)
- Third reading of Listening Selection.
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Mathematics
Social Studies
Science |
3-8
3-8
3-8 |
- Optimum testing environment
- Any reasonable time extension, such as time & a half
- Translated test into Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Spanish
- Mathematics also available in Korean, Russian
- Oral translations for low incidence languages
- Use of bilingual glossaries (direct translation of words only)
- Allow simultaneous use of English and Native Language versions of test
- Writing responses in the native language
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High School Regents Exams
| English |
11 |
- Optimum testing environment
- Any reasonable time extension, such as time & a half
- Use of bilingual dictionaries (direct translation of words only)
- Third reading of Listening Selection.
- Include ESL teachers in team scoring ELA Regents
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Mathematics
Social Studies
Science |
9 - 12
10 & 11
9 - 12 |
- Optimum testing environment
- Any reasonable time extension, such as time & a half
- Translated test into Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish
- Oral translations for low incidence languages
- Use of bilingual glossaries (direct translation of words only)
- Allow simultaneous use of English and Native Language versions of test
- Writing responses in the native language
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Information taken for FAQs at NYSED OBE http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/faq.html#test 06/14/11
For more information see the State Specific SAMS manuals at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/apda/manuals/
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