Everyone morning morning.
Um So yes, just like Julia said,
um I went to a testing meeting uh last week.
Um That's why the meeting is this week um right before the break
and right before the test. Um and I there are a few changes.
Um, this will be very new for the third grade parents,
but for 4th and 5th grade,
um you if you've been to one of my other testing meetings um
from previous years, you will see some similarities.
Um Yes, sorry, I forgot to say.
Um So Miss Angela Zach is gonna go through her presentation if
you guys have any questions.
Um You can save them to the end or you can put them in the chat,
but we're not gonna go through questions until the end.
Um So, you know, if you wanna put it in there for, for you,
uh So you don't forget or maybe as you remember your questions,
she might address it through the presentation but just know that
we're not, if we see questions, we're not ignoring you,
we're just gonna um wait to the end. Sorry. Thank you, Julia.
Yes.
Um Please put them in the chat and we'll address them at the end.
Um All right,
I'm going to share my screen so we could start Julia.
Can you see the pre presentation? Yeah, perfect. Ok.
Ok. So I just wanted to let you know, um,
the testing season has begun, um,
and the way that the test coordinator for the entire district
described it is almost like an annual checkup.
Um, the reason why the testing happens is for the city to uh see
what's going on,
actually the state to see what the city is doing,
what the district is doing,
um which leads to the schools and then that,
which leads to uh what each grade and how each grade is
performing as well as how teachers are performing.
So the outcome of the state test is to monitor uh gaps,
strengths,
weaknesses and to address them to make the following year an
even better year and to make instructional decisions um within
the school and within the district.
Um So this page is actually just some background, uh,
frequently asked questions, background information,
uh grades 3 to 8. Um There is a state test and new generation.
Next gen I'm sorry,
next generation learning standards and instructional shifts uh
will be assessed in both E L A and math.
This year, the E L A and math tests are given every spring.
Uh,
new this year is the E L A will um consist of three booklets for
each grade. Uh instead of two booklets.
Uh day one and day two will consist of multiple choice questions
and short responses and an extended response which I will talk
about a little later on.
This is a little different than last year because day one For
the ELA last year was just multiple choice and then all the
writing was done on day two. Uh but I will talk about that one.
I'm specifically speaking about the E L A.
Uh The math test is just like last year two booklets.
Day one will be multiple choice and day two will have a little
multiple choice and some short responses.
Um There's also an amount of time even though it's unlimited and
on time,
there is an estimated time that the state uh recommends um that
students will most likely need to complete the test.
But if they're working productively,
they could keep on working till the end of the day.
Some more information, um the books um are spiraled on day one,
which means that there are field test questions on day one.
So the students on day one on their bubble sheet will have to
bubble in a letter and a number.
Um just to um assess some of the field test questions that the
state is trying out.
Um There are different field test questions based on the letter
and number and students do not know whether a test is a field
test question or if it's um a regular uh operational test
question.
Usually the state has told us there's about 3 to 5 field test
questions on the E L A and on the map uh from a multi-language
learner and E and E L L students.
If they have not been here for a year,
they will be exempt for the E L A only.
Um There is only one exemption allowed per a child's um uh
lifetime um in especially in elementary school and middle school
and middle and multi-language and E L L students have to take
the content area tests which means that even if they came in um
a week before the state math or state science test,
they would have to take the test.
There are no exemptions for a content area test but they are
exempt for the E L A English language arts test.
If they have not been here for one year, they also,
if your child is a multi-language or E L L student,
they will get glossaries and for the math test,
they will also if need be they meet,
they would get translated editions of the content area exam but
that varies by student and by the E L E L L uh teachers and the
their classroom teachers,
students with I E P S uh will by means of their I E P will get
testing accommodations that they are very comfortable with,
that they've been doing all year and that would benefit them on
the state tests. Um Another thing that's um well,
last year there was a COVID bubble on the bubble sheets.
This year, there is no COVID uh exempt exemption.
Um But if a student is con is absent for the entire testing
session,
meaning they didn't take the real on the real state test days or
on the makeup day. If they were absent,
a medically excused bubble can be bubbled in with a doctor's
note. Um but I could talk about that later if anyone has more
questions about that.
These are our dates. They are New York City dates.
If you go on the state website,
they might give a window like the 18th to the 21st.
But these are New York City's dates.
The E L A for grades 34 and five is a two day exam.
The first day is Wednesday,
April 19th And the second day is April Thursday,
April 20 And the map is two days as well.
It's May two, Tuesday, May two and Wednesday,
May three for the E L A.
The makeup dates There is no school on April 21 for Eid,
so that obviously cannot be a makeup day.
So makeups for the ELA begin on April 24 through Friday.
April 28. That's five days of makeups for the math.
The makeup date is the day after um the operational test of day
two. So May 4 to the 11th there's actually one more day.
There's an extra day for makeups for the Mac.
There is no fourth grade science exam that has been eliminated
this year. Because next year the fifth graders,
if your child is in fourth grade,
now they are not taking a science exam.
But next year they will be taking 1/5 grade science exam that
will be cumulative based on uh work that they've done in 3rd,
4th and 5th grade.
As far as PS- 203 is concerned for the state test.
We are still a paper-based testing which means there will be
booklets and there will be paper and pencil.
There are some schools that have opted for computer based
testing. They are trying it out.
We are not trying it out but we are getting a field test For 5th
grade and that will be on computers.
The entire city will be uh computer based starting next year,
but for fifth grade only,
they're starting off with the fifth graders next year to take
the state exams on a computer.
I just wanted to let you know some updates and some things to
look ahead.
So this is the 2023 ELA Test format.
As you can see, there are two days, there's day one,
day two and these are the totals I have divided it up by grade
three, grade four and grade five.
The major difference compared to other tests,
other test years is that grade three is not,
is not um getting tested on an essay.
There is no essay for grade three,
Grade four and Grade five will have an essay on day two Across
the board. For grades 3, 4 and five,
there will be seven passages that means seven different types of
stories for grade three there and four,
there will be 29 multiple choice questions for grade oh,
and for grade five,
there are 33 multiple choice questions or more,
which is a lot less than last year.
Because last year, the fifth grade had 11 extra,
multiple choice Short responses is the same across the board
across grades 3, 4 and five.
There are two short responses on day one And three on day two.
So that's for grades 3, 4 and five and extended response,
which is the essay, which I'll talk about a little bit more.
A little later on.
There is no essay for grade 31 essay for grade four and one
essay for grade five. And that is done on day two.
I also put in last year's um format just if you wanted to
compare. As you can see, there was no multiple,
there was no short responses on the first day, on the first day.
And this year there's short responses and grade three and four
were very similar.
And this year they're not, they're, they're a little different.
And also there were a lot more multiple choice um answers.
So just, just for reference,
um I put in um how the test was last year as compared to this
year.
These are the times that the state has recommended.
Even though it's an untime test, the state is deeming,
this is the average time that each session would need to go for,
for um to get optimal um assessment for grade three for day one,
they are recommending 60 to 70 minutes and for day 2 70 to 80
for grade 4 60 to 70. And then for day 2,
70 to 80 for grade 5 80 to 90 for day one and for day 2,
70 to 80 minutes.
Now these are just suggested times if your child is working,
we are not taking their booklets away from them. They are,
they could work and we even have um protocols for an overflow
room.
It's usually in the gym and if need be the computer room and
library, if need be. And on the in these circumstances,
a bagged lunch is provided or a student can bring their lunch.
There's a break where the booklets are taken away because we
don't want um their lunch um or their drinks, you know,
getting on the state tests.
So we want to keep all that clean and then we also monitor for
students not talking about the state test with each other or
somebody sitting near them. So it is like a quiet lunch.
And then after they're done with their lunch.
The tests are given back to them to complete,
But because there's not as much writing and it's been spread out
more evenly. I think they're not gonna need as much time.
Also, at my testing meeting,
they recommended that most students should not pass 90 minutes
on day one or day two. if they are,
they might be focusing too much writing too much and that could
lead to, um, them not doing as well.
That's what was told to us at our testing meeting.
This is just a, uh, for reference as well.
These are the types of stories and genre that grades 3 to 8.
I don't know if some parents here also have middle school
students, just some genres and different types of, um,
literature,
fiction and nonfiction that the state recommends that students
should be familiar with.
Um, as far as, um, the number of passages for Grade three and 4,
they can't tell us exactly how many will be fiction and how many
will be nonfiction. But for third grade,
they're saying about 3 to 4 are going to be fiction and about 2
to 3 will be nonfiction and about 525 to 625 words per passage.
That's a little bit of an increase of 25 words compared to last
year's word count for fourth grade. Again,
3 to 4 fiction or literary passages and 3 to 4 on nonfiction.
625 words to 7,
25 you see it's increasing and then for fifth grade, uh,
2 to 2 to five fiction stories and again,
2 to 5 nonfiction stories.
And they also said, don't think of, um, nonfiction as just, uh,
history or about animals.
Um, it could be, uh, stories of a science experiment.
It could be a biography, could be an autobiography.
And what's important is they want students to be familiar and
able to navigate these different genres.
And so there's been a lot of exposure, believe it or not,
your Children from kindergarten have been getting exposure to a
lot of these different types of genres. And it could be a story.
The state the on the state test,
there could be a story that students have been exposed to
already on not full version and sometimes on the top they'll see
excerpt from um I don't know, Alice in Wonderland,
excerpt from an ASAP fable.
So that just means that this story might have been something
they were exposed to.
Maybe it was in a chapter book and and the state is focusing on
just one section of it.
So that's for the E L A and the types of stories your students
your Children will encounter.
The test design is three parts,
multiple choice Short response which are two points to credit
and the extended response which is for credit.
Multiple choice is exactly that it's multiple choice questions
there is a question and there are four answer choices and your
child has to pick the one that makes the most sense or the best
answer. Um Some, like I said,
there are a few field test questions that are not going to count
for their um towards their score.
A lot of the multiple choice focuses on main idea,
some details and some inference questions and even some
vocabulary so that those are the multiple choice and your
students are very familiar with,
with actually all three different types of questions.
The short response, which is two credits.
Um They're saying that one paragraph about five sentences is
more than enough to answer this type of question.
Uh Usually the question asks for text evidence.
So details, details, details.
Uh the, you know, when they, when a child puts in the details,
it shows that they knew what the question was asking of them and
where they went in the passage to find that and they were able
to take that information and write a cohesive answer.
They do not want students to be writing word for word, copying,
plagiarizing.
They want students to be putting it in their own words.
So um taking what they read and analyzing it and rewriting.
It is key, especially for the essay.
The essay depending on how is only for grades four and five.
Third grade is not responsible for an essay.
As, as long as I've been a teacher, 25 years.
Third grade was always responsible for an essay.
This year, they took the essay out for four,
for third grade and only 4th and 5th will be, um, taking that,
that part will be writing an essay About 4-5 paragraphs.
But it also depends on the question because it depends how many
bullets are in the question.
So students use the question to answer, to answer the prompt.
So if there's just four bullets and your child writes four
paragraphs, that's fine.
If there's five bullets like five different areas,
they should write five,
they should always look at how many bullets and whether they
address each one.
Uh There's a lot of evidence that needs to be put into the essay.
Uh again, in their own words, in their own words.
Um because there are points taken off.
If they just copy, they do look at the content and analysis,
the command of evidence,
how well they can uh portray the evidence,
how well they could back up their claim.
Um If they say someone uh was courageous to give specific
examples of how they were courageous,
just saying they were smart, they were funny.
Um is not enough, they need to,
they need to include a lot of text based details.
Uh Again, uh there's after reading the essay, there,
they are going to get um a score on grammar as well.
So that, but that's a score by itself.
Um So all these four areas.
1234 content, command of evidence, co coherence,
organization and style and grammar are the four components that
make up the score for the essay.
So that's the E L A um that uh in a nutshell.
Um I'm sure there'll be questions after about the E L A.
Uh Let's see. Next is math. OK.
The math There is a little different uh only because there is no
writing on day one, there are two booklets.
Day one is going to be all multiple choice.
There are no short response questions.
There is no extended response questions.
Day two, there's about five, there's five for each grade,
multiple choice and then there's 31 credit questions which I
will talk about later because this is new.
There's 4 2 credit and there's one extended response for third
grade for fourth grade and fifth grade,
they have the same amount. There are 31 credit Questions, 5,
2 credit questions And 13 credit question.
So the that is the only uh difference.
Uh 4th and 5th grade is the same and multiple choices only on
day one every grade. So this time,
third grade will have an extended response for math.
It's not like the E L A where they took the extended response,
they took away the essay for math.
They are responsible for an extended response.
This is last year's test format again,
I just put that in for um reference as you can see compared to
last to the to this year's. This year has something new,
a one credit um question and this year, I mean, I'm sorry,
this year there will be a one credit question.
Last year, there was no one credit.
The short response was two credits.
So that is the major difference.
I put that in there just for your knowledge just so you can
compare and have some more data.
These are the estimated times as well.
Uh just like the E L A, the the math is untimed,
but these are the average times that the state is deeming that
your child will need to complete day one and day two.
I put in grades 3 to 8 just in case you have a middle school
child as well. Uh Grade three is 55 to 65 minutes.
Day 2, 60 to 70.
Grade four is the same time for day one and day 2,
65 to 75 minutes and then for grade 5,
80 to 90 minutes for day one and 70 to 80 minutes for day two.
But just like the E L A,
we have conti contingency plan for overflow students And we have
an overflow um in the gym,
but a lot fewer students go to the overflow room for math.
Um this is ample enough of time.
Um even if they stay in their rooms for 90 minutes um two hours,
um it's still enough time for them to finish the test. Uh we,
we don't have a lot of students that go to the overflow room for
math.
Ok. This is the breakdown of the math.
Um The state math test has four parts now and the state math
test um like previous years.
And I'm sure you've seen in your children's homework when they
come home,
the state math has become um or math in general has become
almost like a reading exam. There's a lot of word problems.
There's no straight computations and students must be able to
read and analyze carefully and understand what the,
what the question is asking of them.
And if it's just like one step or if it's two step uh for
multiple choice question questions, just like the E L A,
there are four answer choices.
Uh they have to read the problem, read what,
read the question and then solve it and um and,
and just bubble in on their bubble sheet. This is new.
There are one credit questions that are short response.
Um I don't know what it's going to look like because we,
they didn't show us examples,
but the one credit scores are basically,
they're not gonna look at their work.
They're just gonna look at the final answer.
So if the answer is 12,
they must be able to put the 12 on the line or circle it.
That's all they're looking for.
They're looking for a final answer.
They're looking for a student to solve the problem.
They don't care how they solve the problem because they're not
gonna give credit for that work.
They're only going to give credit for the answer for the,
the short constructed response.
That's two credits or two points in the past are just like the
old, in the past, old two point questions, they solve a problem.
They show their work,
there could be multiple steps and they are able to,
uh even write out how they solve the problem if that's what the
problem asks of them. Um, they have to be very neat.
You know,
the scores that score are scoring from like 4 to 8 o'clock.
So my recommendation I've, I've scored before.
Um, just, it's very hard. I know, but just tell your,
your Children and the teachers have been training the students
to label to, to write neat, neat,
to underline and to box their answer. Make it easy on the score.
You don't wanna,
you don't wanna make it hard on them because if they're trying
to search for an answer in like a mess of an answer, it's, it's,
it, it does wear on them. So just, you know,
neatness does count And the extended response,
which is almost the equivalent of the ELA essay which all grades
are doing. It's a more extensive, um, word problem.
There's 2-3 steps, uh, a lot of reasoning.
Uh, they have to explain how,
what the what the question meant to them, how they solved it.
Um, in addition,
it might even ask them to assess an answer might be given,
let's say, um, uh,
they was trying to figure out how many pizza pies Maria had to
order and she said, I know 10 pizza pies was Maria, right?
How do you know, uh, did she order enough pizza?
Um, did she, what did she do wrong? What did she do? Correct?
So that is the critique of arguments of others.
So probably for the extended response,
they write an answer for the first part and then, um,
there's like a second part to the question that asks them, um,
to, to assess the, the reasoning of the word problem.
Uh Again, very neat. Just like the two credit responses.
The extended response should be very neat and organized.
A lot of labeling, um, in the past and this year as well.
Credit will be given if the thought process is correct for the
two credit and the three credit.
So if the final answer was wrong, but they,
they showed like three steps that were correct and they just
made AAA simple calculation error, they will get credit,
maybe not full credit.
Instead of getting three points, they'll get two points.
So, um, the process,
if the process was correct and the final answer is wrong,
credit will still be given.
And that's something that hasn't changed.
That's something that has always happened.
And even when I scored when it was during the day,
uh they always um er to the side of the child.
And if you, they always tell us, if you see a glimmer,
if you see uh that the child was on the right track,
you just score it that way.
You know, there's no reason to take points off for uh like a,
a simple calculation error. So that is the basis of the math.
And I have one more page.
These are just testing tips that I always include every year.
Um, but they're not testing tips for the state test only.
I believe they're daily testing tips because, um,
you can't just study for the E L A in math the night before.
It's not one of those tests that you cram. It's,
it's uh very cumulative and it's uh a lot of skills that your
Children have been doing over the years.
But if they're just become, um, or have better study habits,
uh it will go a long way.
Um, I, I mean, I, I don't want to read all of them to you,
but I definitely agree and I definitely promote, um,
having a calendar, uh, writing assignments down.
Um, also to better prepare yourself but also for the child,
your child to know when a test is coming up um, to not cram.
Oh, the test, the math test is next week.
Ok, let's do a little bit each night. It just paces them.
And I think that's really good,
especially for fifth grade parents. You know, your,
your Children are going to middle school and having a calendar,
be able to be organized um when you have six different classes
and six di different teachers and to juggle different
personalities and different um uh caseloads and,
and course work, I think organization is very, very,
very important.
Um Of course, keep a positive and upbeat attitude.
If you are stressed,
your Children feel stressed and I know it's, uh I uh do do,
as I say,
not as I do because even I go home and I act stressed sometimes
too and I know I shouldn't.
Um, but sometimes it gets the best of me too.
Uh But it does make, make a big deal if,
if they see that you're, you know,
you really care and that you are not harping on just a test
score that you want them to attain skills and lifelong skills.
Uh that will help them throughout their academic career.
I think that's,
that's more important than just an E L A or math score.
But that's my personal opinion.
Um As far as regular classroom tests, um,
if your child isn't doing well, you know,
you should have had discussions with the teacher,
have discussion,
discussions with your child about what went wrong that week or
what went wrong with that.
Um, chat doctor, uh maybe uh when they come home with the test,
go over it with, with them,
make sure they understand their mistakes,
make sure um they understand uh what they did to prepare for the
next test. Uh maybe try a new strategy.
Uh just ask the teacher for some guidelines.
Um And we definitely reviewing the test and making sure they
understand what they did for,
for improvements on the ne next test is, is very important.
But like I've said, no, no,
two Children are like my two Children are very different.
So your Children are all different.
So you have to know what works best in your household and what
works best for your child. Um, I think, um,
I am done about the gist of the whole E L A in math and testing
tips. Um, are there, how do I go to that now, Julia.
Uh, do I stop sharing? Yeah. Um, I mean, you can stop sharing.
I can read the questions that were in the chat and then we can
take questions if anyone has on the call. Ok.
So, um, for the last year, yeah, for the first, um,
question we have for the fifth grade computer test.
For next year, our students expected to type their essay.
Yes, I, I have not gone to training yet.
Um, next year, um,
the whole city is gonna be going to training because every fifth
grade public school class will be taking the New York State E L
A and math on the computer and there's going to be a lot of
training for myself, uh, for, uh,
administration and for the classroom teachers as well because
they're, it's something new. Um,
hopefully during the field test we will learn a little bit about
what is entailed with computer based testing.
But the field test is just a little bit,
a little piece of the pie. I mean, it, it,
the computer based testing is a whole different world and a
whole different um type of procedure that we have to get used to.
Um And they are,
it is nice that they are starting small and not saying all grade
34 and five has to be computer tested next year because I do not
know how that would have worked. Uh Honestly.
Um So I'm glad it's just fifth grade and I'm glad that we're
taking a field test in fifth grade in May.
The fifth grader is this year's fifth grade. We got chosen.
Every school gets chosen either to take a field test in E L A or
math. Um and we got chosen for the ELA for 5th grade.
I hope I answered that. I think so.
I think you also touched on this next question already,
but for the math,
do they give partial credit since they can see their students
thinking, for example, if they make a calculating error?
But you spoke for that, right? Yeah, the one,
the one point which um The one way short response for,
that's new.
They do not get partial credit that they're just looking at an
answer. No, not the one point. No.
The one point is just an answer.
They're looking for a number, they're looking for a fraction.
They're looking for a decimal. That is new.
We've, we, I, that this is new.
The two point and the three point.
Yes, they do get partial credit.
Um, that's it in terms of the questions in the chat.
Does anyone on the call have any questions?
Yes, I, I love to talk about testing.
Don't be shy. Can I ask a question? Hang on. Of course. Hi.
It's Michelle. Let me, I'm mute myself. OK.
So, so my, my, my question is, is there any thought on why?
Like the format has changed?
Because there just seems a lot that you're now putting on kids
in a, you know, um day one used to be only multiple choice.
Now you're throwing multiple choice on to day two,
day one now has writing on it.
Um The expectation that students next year is supposed to be
typing, like I just think it's a lot for,
for kids who are not used to that.
Um Is there any like from your understanding?
Like what, what was their philosophy, their background,
like their mindset? OK. So from my understanding,
um an educator guide came out in November.
So the teachers were all given the educators guide.
So they all know the format from November.
Um As far as the writing for the E L A, um,
if we go back to what was last year,
there was a lot of writing on day two,
day two was so much writing that we had about 60 kids or 70 kids
go to an overflow room.
So I think the state saw that and they saw that for the ELA.
Um having writing and um multiple choice on the same day was
just too much so that I would say they did that.
They wanted to split it up.
They didn't want it all to be on just one day.
So that's what, that's what my understanding would be.
Um As far as the math, The math,
I don't know why they added the one point question.
I'll be honest, I, I don't, there must be a reason.
Um They wanna, they wanna not,
they wanna see that a child just gets the right answer and they
are giving partial credit with the,
with the two point and the three point.
So maybe I think it's adding,
adding uh to give them points because some Children don't show
work and they do just write the answer. So it's like a balance.
The two point questions and the essay are giving the Children
that do put a lot of work into it and that's how they're getting
credit.
But the one point is giving uh credit to those kids that don't
write anything and just put an answer.
So that's what I'm thinking.
I mean, and we also have to keep in mind that test,
this is probably the first, um,
normal cycle or as normal as possible, um,
cycle of testing that we've had in a couple of years. Right.
Some, absolutely not.
Even our fifth graders haven't had normal testing.
So, I mean, and by normal testing, I mean, like, you know, the,
the environment that, that testing has been used to.
So all of this is, is a new to a lot of the kids and also from,
from the, I mean, I would think from the state side, um,
there's a huge gap in learning everyone. Absolutely. Right.
Like, so we're trying, I think the state is trying to, um,
suss out and,
and pull out what they can from kids in the best way that they
know how and we're trying to give all kids the benefit of the
doubt in many instances and, and, I mean, it's gonna, I,
I really think once we get the results,
it's going to be clear um,
across the state where there's lab la lags.
Um, and what we focus on.
So I know as, I mean, there's plenty of parents on this call.
I've been through the state testing cycle many times.
Um, as a school P S two oh three really does.
And we don't just teach kids to take the test.
We really teach kids throughout the year to learn.
Um and you know, that focus like Miss uh Miss Angela Zaka said,
like in, you're not gonna learn this,
you're not gonna be able to cram for the state test overnight,
right? It's been a,
it's been a comprehensive holistic approach that the school has
taken um in all of in, in the entire curriculum that, you know,
we're approaching, this is kind of the pinnacle of,
of our curriculum and our school test in our school year where,
you know, the test is, is what we've been been preparing for.
But it's also information that these kids need for, you know,
for the next grade and, and for middle school.
So I wouldn't feel like our kids have to cram.
I, I wouldn't feel like the tips that Miss Angelo DACA gave is
great. Like they need a good night's sleep, they need, you know,
have a good breakfast, like, you know, they, they've been,
they're ready for this. Right. Absolutely. That keep in mind.
Exactly, Julia, they are ready.
Any other questions?
Yeah. Oh, ok.
Well, this, um, the recording has, I mean, I'm sorry,
this Zoom has been recorded. So, um, it will be available.
Um, and also we can,
can we send out the link for the presentation? Yeah, I do.
You have it, I do it to me. No, you emailed it to me.
So I'll email, I'll send it out to the school as well.
Thank you. And if you guys have any questions.
Uh Just reach out, reach out to me, reach out to Miss Angela.
Her name is really long.
You can reach out to me and I'll send it to her.
So uh we're all available.
Oh, yes, I, I'm sorry, I have one quick question.
Will these be available?
Uh The States, they're gonna publish the test after,
like they publish the others. Well,
they always say everything's gonna be available in August as we
know that this never happens.
So I can't predict what the state's gonna do.
Um I, I, I don't, I'll be honest,
I don't think it's just so different with the one point with the,
I'm just curious if you know, parents are next year,
you'll be able to have samples to show us um,
that we could have a sense of or teachers will have it.
So they do, they will release a few questions and they will,
I'm sure in next year,
next fall they will release some of the questions.
So we will be able to see them and they'll be, um, you know,
open to the public to, to see.
Um, and just, I don't know if, if you touch on it, but this,
the results for the test will not be like the next week.
It will not, you'll get your state test results.
It's usually over the summer, late summer,
early fall and they will be available when,
when we know we'll send an email but they'll be available on
your parent portal or the N CS A account.
Um and also uh any time sheets and time cards for projection,
time sheets and time cards. Thank you.
And also um for, you know, anyone that's nervous about,
you know, the computer based testing.
Uh It's this year the kids are gonna kind of just take field
test, they're gonna, and, and you know, Miss Miss Florio,
uh and Mr Simons have really focused on making sure we have the
technology in house to so that all,
at least all our fifth grade students will Be um 1-1 device to
take the test. Like and you know, we're, we're working on,
we recently got technology res away money from um local elected
officials.
So we're working on bringing 1-1 devices into the classrooms for
everyone. So we're really preparing the kids for, for all of it.
Uh are state tests still optional?
Oh, no, state tests are never optional.
Uh but a parent can refuse a state test for their child.
So if you feel that you do not want your child to take the test,
it's not called an opt out, it's called the refusal.
You are refusing the test.
Um I would just need a note or you could send one to Mr Simons
or Miss Floo or myself or the classroom teacher and tell me um
which test you are refusing the E L A or math or both and why.
And um then I would bubble in a certain bubble on their,
on their answer document.
Hope that answers that question.
Ok?
It looks like that's it.
So thank you for your time, Miss Angela.
If one of you uh reach out,
we will get you an answer um as soon as we can and have a great
break. Let the kids relax, enjoy the holidays and everything.
So thank you guys.