TESTING SERVICE Rosemary Baum, Test Service Manager W.F. Adam, Test Coordinator Matthew Coleman, Test Coordinator Topic: REGENTS

REGENTS

REGENTS TEST DATES JANUARY Regents (12*): Tuesday, January 26 through Friday, January 29 FEBRUARY – Special Administration Integrated Algebra (2005 Learning Standard): Thursday, February 25 JUNE – Special Administration Integrated Algebra (2005 Learning Standard): Wednesday, June 1 JUNE Algebra II Common Core: Wednesday, June 1 Regents (11): Tuesday, June 14 through Tuesday, June 21 AUGUST Wednesday, August 17 through Thursday, August 18 (10 Regents) *Physical Setting/Physics on January 26 is available in Restricted Form only. The answer sheets are NOT printed by NERIC. REGENTS

REGENTS PRINTING There are only TWO options for printing in JUNE: 1. NERIC will print answer sheets using ASAP Pre-Print which links to Level Districts may opt to provide a CSV file for answer sheet printing. NOTE: Students not enrolled in a course (i.e. retakes) must be reported in a CSV file in order to print. REGENTS

SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION – INTEGRATED ALGEBRA (2005 Learning Standard) TWO DATES: February 25 and June 1 REASON: to assist those students who had already begun or completed instruction in an IA course aligned to the 2005 Learning Standard. COMMISSION REGS: “…only those students who first began or completed instruction in an integrated algebra course aligned to the Mathematics Core Curriculum (Revised 2005) prior to September 2013 may take the Regents Examination in Integrated Algebra during these special administrations.” SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR’S MANUAL: REGENTS

ALGEBRA II COMMON CORE REGENTS DATE: June 1, 2016 Selected districts will receive answer sheets from SED vendor. Balance of districts will receive answer sheets from NERIC. Conversion Chart will be available by June 23, For the Algebra II CC, we cannot guarantee scores will be returned in time for report cards. REGENTS

JUNE 2016 REGENTS DATES: June 14 through June 22 There are 11 exams over six (6) days. This is the final administration of Comprehensive English exam. All answer sheets must be scanned by June 22. NERIC will load Regents scores, accommodations and item data to Level 1. REGENTS

AUGUST 2015 REGENTS EXAMS DATES: August 17 through August 18 There are 11 exams over two (2) days. Answer sheets will be printed from the CSV file provided by the home districts not the summer school site. TBD – date CSV file is due to NERIC. REGENTS

AUGUST 2016 REGENTS EXAM ADMINISTRATION Algebra 2/Trigonometry has been reintroduced for the June 2016 and August 2016 administration periods. LEAs (Local Educational Agencies) must load their own August Regents scores to Level 1. The date is TBD. NERIC will load the item response and accommodations data. The date is TBD. Please verify that all of the students listed on your August Regents- ASAP reports are your students and that any students who took the exam are listed on those reports. If a student is missing, notify NERIC Testing. If a student listed on the ASAP Report is not your student, notify NERIC Testing immediately. If a student is listed on the ASAP Report who did not take the test, notify NERIC Testing immediately. REGENTS

ACTION ITEMS – for June 2016 Regents April 20 – DISTRICT: Staff-Student-Course data must be submitted. It will be used for printing answer sheets. April 22 – DISTRICT: Order form for June Regents due to NERIC. April 25 – NERIC: All Regents answer sheets will be printed. May 18 – NERIC: All Regents answer sheets will be shipped. June 22 – DISTRICT: All Regents answer sheets must be scanned by this date. June 23 – NYSED: Conversion Charts should be available. June 23 – Algebra 1 CC due to Level 1. June 24 – Algebra 1 CC due to Level 2. July 7 – Date data due to Level 1 for all other Regents. July 8 – Date data due to Level 2 for all other Regents. NOTE: Dates are subject to change. REGENTS

REGENTS – ACHIEVING SUCCESS ADMINISTERING THE EXAM Follow test administration directions as they are printed in the School Administrations Manual (SAM) for each test as directions vary slightly. If applicable, bubble the alternate language bubble on the answer sheet. Bubble any Test Accommodations for IEP, 504 or LEP students. REGENTS

ADMINISTERING THE EXAM USE BLUE OR BLACK BALL POINT PEN FOR BUBBLING – NO MARKERS! NO RED INK OR PENCIL. To change an answer, “X” out the first choice and fill in the new choice. ○ ● ○ ● If a student changes his/her answer, the student should circle the correct answer if the answer was X’d out. ○ ● REGENTS

EXTRA ANSWER SHEETS OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS DO NOT use an extra answer sheet for a student in an Out of District placement or from another building unless it has the correct LEA/Location Code. COPYING SHEETS DO NOT COPY Extra Answer sheets because they have unique Answer Sheet ID numbers. REGENTS

EXTRA ANSWER SHEETS – Use an extra answer sheet… If there isn’t a pre- printed answer sheet for the student. If the pre-printed answer sheet was destroyed or damaged prior to test administration. If the student’s ID is incorrect. NOTE: If a student does not have an answer sheet, check that their information is in the Student Information System and that the information is correct. REGENTS

REGENTS – ACHIEVING SUCCESS When you receive your answer sheets, review them to verify that all the sheets are printed. BEFORE SCANNING: Are all CR items bubbled in? DO NOT LEAVE ANY CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE QUESTIONS BLANK. Are there stray teacher scoring marks in the MC grid? EXTRA ANSWER SHEETS Are there used extra answer sheets where the Student ID has not been written in, or are there less than or more than 9 digits? Is the student’s name written on both sides of the sheet? Is their grade and teacher’s name printed legibly in the space provided? Did you verify with CIO that the Student ID is correct and students are listed in Level 0 with valid Demographic and Enrollment records? REGENTS

ASSESSMENT SCORING ANALYSIS PROGRAM (ASAP-A & ASAP-M) This is a Regents reporting site. Reports will be available within 24 hours after the tests are scanned without errors. Access is limited to District Regents Testing Coordinators and District Data Coordinators (aka CIOs). NOTE: Sheets scored after NERIC has updated to the next testing cycle can no longer be processed through ASAP. REGENTS

Algebra Scores Prompt Second Look at Revamped Regents Exams By Kate Taylor The New York Times, November 30, 2015 Confronted with the consequences of higher standards, the Regents, like education officials across the country, are now rethinking them. This fall, they established a committee to study the results on the new exams to determine, among other things, whether the bar for passing, which students would have to meet starting in 2022, has been set too high. (They had originally said the class of 2017 would need the higher scores to pass, but last year decided to push that back.) MaryEllen Elia, the state education commissioner, said no decision had been made. “Does it look reasonable right now?” she said of the “college- ready” standard. “I would say, no, it doesn’t. And I would say, what we have to do is we have to keep our eye on that.” REGENTS

RECOMMENDED WEB SITES NERIC: NYSED: OSA: Test Security: NYSED Data Help Center: engage NY: REGENTS

Do you have any suggestions regarding how NERIC can better serve your testing needs? QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REGENTS

NERIC CONTACTS Rosemary Baum (518) Bill Adam (518) Matthew Coleman (518)

TESTING SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY 2016 REGENTS

NOTE: Special Administration of Integrated Algebra (2005 Learning Standard) will be on June 1. REGENTS