NEW YORK STATE ELA
TEST
2014-2015
Presented by Trina Lester Luna
https://www.engageny.org/resource/test
-guides-for-english-language-arts-andmathematics
Test Overview- Grade 5
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
6 reading passages
1 reading passage
3 passages
42 multiple choice
questions
7 multiple choice
questions
5 short response
1 extended response
Reading Standards
Reading Standards
2 reading passages
Reading and Writing
Standards
3 short response
1 extended response
Reading and Writing
Standards
90 minutes
90 minutes
90 minutes
Test Overview-Grades 3&4
Day 1
5 reading
passages
Day 2
1 reading
passage
30 multiple choice 7 multiple choice
questions
questions
Reading
Standards
Reading Standards
2 reading
passages
Day 3
3 reading
passages
5 short response
1 extended
response
Reading and
Writing Standards
3 short response
1 extended
response
Reading and Writing
Standards
70 minutes
70 minutes
70 minutes
Reading Genres
Literary
Fiction
• Realistic
• Historical
• Folktale
• Fable
• Myth
• Letter
• Play
Non-Fiction
• Biography
• Autobiography
• NF story
• Memoir
• Personal Narrative
Informational
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•
Procedural
All About
Interview
Expository with titles,
subtitles and without
Argument
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Opinion Letters
Letter
Speech
Advertisement
Op Ed
Feature articles
Test Design
Grades 3 & 4
Literary
Informational
4-7 passages
4-7 passages
Grade 5
4-8 passages
4-8 passages
Test Design
Concepts
Percent of Test
Key Ideas and Details
(Standards 1, 2, 3)
Craft and Structure
(Standards 4, 5, 6)
Up to 65%
Integration of Knowledge
and Ideas (Standards 7, 8,
9)
Up to 30%
Up to 35%
Scoring the Test
• Multiple Choice
• Grades 3 & 4- 37 Questions
• Grade 5- 49 Questions
• Short Answer
• 8 Questions @ 2 points each
• Extended Response
• 2 Questions @ 4 points each
Test Prep
• Reading
• Starting March 16th
• Assessment Based
• Transfer and apply learning from previous units
• Maneuver through the test
• Revisit reading informational, literature, argument
• Week of reading mixed genres
• Targeted small group instruction based on assessment
Test Prep
• Writing
• Start March 16th
• Writing short response
• Reading and interpreting, making decisions about how to frame
extended response questions
• Drafting and revising extended response questions using rubrics
and checklists
What can I do at home?
• Read often
• Many genres
• Longer stretches of time
• Flexible
• Problem solving
• Good night sleep
• Eat breakfast
• Keep kids calm
Do Not:
• Allow kids repeated practice making mistakes
• Read test or test prep passages over and over and answer
questions
Magazines
• Highlights
• Sports Illustrated Kids
• National Geographic Kids (big kid version)
• American Girl
• Cricket
• Cobblestone (Historical)