Diverse Student Populations
28%of exam
English Language Learners
28%of exam
Students With Disabilities
28%of exam
Teacher Responsibilities
8%of exam
School-Home Relationships
8%of exam
Quick Facts
- Program
- NYSTCE
- Owner
- NYSED/Pearson
- EAS Code
- 201
- EAS Format
- 40 SR + 3 CR
- EAS Time
- 2h 15m testing
- EAS Pass
- 520 scaled
- EAS Fee
- $80
- CST Format
- Varies by test
- Retake
- 30/60 days
- Waiver
- EAS excluded
Formative vs Summative
Formative
- During learning
- Adjust teaching
- Low stakes
Summative
- After learning
- Evaluate mastery
- Higher stakes
Guide vs judge
Instruction Picker
- Before new unit→Diagnostic data
- Multiple barriers→UDL options
- Readiness differs→Differentiation
- Needs strategy→Model first
- Needs independence→Fade scaffolds
- Already mastered→Extension task
Responsive Practice
- Asset lens
- Strengths first
- Funds knowledge
- Home community expertise
- Student survey
- Learn identities
- Community examples
- Relevant contexts
- UDL
- Design access upfront
- Differentiation
- Adjust pathway
- Scaffold
- Temporary support
- Gradual release
- Model guide release
Validity vs Reliability
Validity
- Measures target
- Appropriate inference
- Access matters
Reliability
- Consistent score
- Stable criteria
- Rubrics help
Right skill vs consistent
Assessment Access
- Diagnostic
- Before instruction
- Formative
- During learning
- Summative
- After instruction
- Validity
- Measures target skill
- Reliability
- Consistent results
- Bias review
- Find unfair barriers
- Rubric
- Shared criteria
- Progress monitor
- Track response
Inclusive Climate
- Belonging
- Every student included
- DASA
- Harassment prevention
- Restorative
- Repair harm
- Representation
- Students see themselves
- Expectations
- Teach behaviors
- Gifted
- Depth not extra
- Extension
- Higher-order task
- Stereotype
- Avoid group assumptions
ELL Assets
Home language helps academic growth
IdentityTransferFamily accessBilingual asset
BICS vs CALP
BICS
- Social language
- Conversation
- Context-rich
CALP
- Academic language
- School tasks
- Cognitively demanding
Chat vs academics
ELL Support Picker
- New content words→Vocabulary preview
- Complex input→Visuals/realia
- Academic talk→Sentence frames
- Quiet newcomer→Low-risk response
- Family meeting→Qualified interpreter
- Assessing knowledge→Language data
Language Development
- BICS
- Social language
- CALP
- Academic language
- Silent period
- Listening stage
- Transfer
- Home language helps
- Interlanguage
- Developing English system
- Comprehensible input
- Understandable language
- Output
- Practice producing language
- Code-switching
- Context language choice
ELL Scaffolds
- Visuals
- Make input clear
- Realia
- Concrete objects
- Sentence frames
- Structured language
- Word bank
- Vocabulary support
- Modeling
- Show target response
- Partner rehearsal
- Practice before sharing
- Native language
- Asset support
- Language objective
- Target language use
Literacy
- Academic language
- School task language
- Tier 2
- High-use academic words
- Tier 3
- Content-specific words
- Text complexity
- Text plus task
- Annotation
- Mark evidence
- Disciplinary literacy
- Subject reading norms
- Writing to learn
- Process ideas
- Content literacy
- Learn through language
IEP Check
Read implement document collaborate
ReadImplementDocumentCollaborate
Accommodation vs Modification
Accommodation
- Access changes
- Standard stays
- How changes
Modification
- Expectation changes
- Standard shifts
- What changes
How vs what
Disability Support Picker
- IEP lists support→Implement it
- Access barrier→Accommodation
- Different standard→Modification
- Behavior pattern→FBA/BIP
- Skill gap persists→MTSS data
- Tool may help→Assistive tech
IDEA + 504
- IDEA
- Specially designed instruction
- IEP
- Individualized education plan
- 504
- Access accommodations
- FAPE
- Appropriate public education
- LRE
- Maximum appropriate inclusion
- CSE
- Special education committee
- Due process
- Parent rights protection
- Confidentiality
- Protect student records
IDEA vs 504
IDEA
- Special instruction
- IEP required
- Disability categories
504
- Access plan
- Accommodations
- Major life limits
Instruction vs access
IEP Actions
- Accommodation
- Access change
- Modification
- Outcome change
- Goal
- Measurable target
- Service
- Required support
- Assistive tech
- Access tool
- Consult specialist
- Use expertise
- Document
- Record implementation
- Progress data
- Evidence toward goal
Tiered Supports
- MTSS
- Academic behavior tiers
- RtI
- Instructional response data
- Tier 1
- Core instruction
- Tier 2
- Targeted small group
- Tier 3
- Intensive individualized support
- PBIS
- Positive behavior supports
- FBA
- Behavior function analysis
- BIP
- Behavior intervention plan
Nonnegotiables
Confidentiality safety reporting documentation
PrivacySafetyReportRecord
Confidentiality vs Collaboration
Confidentiality
- Limit sharing
- Need-to-know
- Protect records
Collaboration
- Use team
- Authorized staff
- Shared support
Private yet team-based
Responsibility Picker
- Abuse suspected→Mandated report
- Safety risk→Immediate action
- Record request→Follow FERPA
- IEP question→CSE/team
- Role unclear→Consult supervisor
- Incident occurs→Document facts
Professional Duties
- Mandated report
- Report reasonable suspicion
- Safety
- Act immediately
- Privacy
- Need-to-know sharing
- FERPA
- Student record privacy
- Collaboration
- Use appropriate team
- Scope
- Stay in role
- Documentation
- Record facts
- Equity
- Protect equal access
Retake vs Waiver
Retake
- Register again
- Wait window
- All tests
Waiver
- Eligible scores
- Content exams
- EAS excluded
Retry vs review
CST Planning
- CST
- Content specialty test
- Framework
- Official objectives
- Constructed response
- Written assignment
- Selected response
- Multiple-choice items
- Score scale
- Varies by test
- Fee
- Varies by test
- Time
- Varies by test
- Safety net
- Test-specific option
EAS Weights
Three big 28s, two small 8s
DiverseELLDisabilitiesResponsibilitiesFamilies
EAS vs CST
EAS
- Pedagogy judgment
- Diverse learners
- All students
CST
- Subject knowledge
- Content pedagogy
- Certification area
Teaching lens vs subject
Testing Picker
- First Initial→EAS + CST
- Subject unknown→Certification area
- CST details→Specific test page
- Near pass CST→Waiver rules
- Failed EAS→Retake policy
- Written task→Claim evidence rationale
Family Partnerships
- Two-way
- Listen and share
- Interpreter
- Qualified language support
- Plain language
- Avoid jargon
- Strengths
- Begin positively
- Home support
- Practical next steps
- Consent
- Required decisions
- Culture
- Ask before assuming
- Follow-up
- Close communication loop
CR Frame
Claim Evidence Rationale Action
ClaimEvidenceRationaleAction
Interpreter vs Student
Interpreter
- Qualified adult
- Accurate language
- Confidential role
Student
- Not appropriate
- Role conflict
- Privacy risk
Adult support required
Constructed Response
- Claim
- Direct answer
- Evidence
- Use exhibits
- Rationale
- Explain teacher move
- Pedagogy
- Connect to principle
- All parts
- Address every task
- Specific action
- Name next step
- Concise
- Avoid filler
- Original work
- Use own words
Claim vs Evidence
Claim
- Direct answer
- Teacher action
- Prompt-aligned
Evidence
- Scenario detail
- Exhibit clue
- Supports claim
Say then prove
Logistics
- Initial teaching
- Usually EAS + CST
- EAS waiver
- Not eligible
- CST waiver
- Score-window option
- Retake wait
- Usually 30 days
- Some retakes
- 60 days
- edTPA
- No longer required
- TEACH
- Certification account
- Workshops
- Pathway requirements
Common Traps
Single NYSTCE Exam
One test ≠ Testing program
EAS Waiver
Eligible ≠ Not eligible
Lower Rigor
Simplify content ≠ Scaffold access
Home Language
Stop using it ≠ Use as asset
IEP Choice
Teacher discretion ≠ Legal obligation
Accommodation
Changes standard ≠ Changes access
Mandated Report
Investigate first ≠ Report suspicion
Family Interpreter
Use child ≠ Use qualified adult
Constructed Response
General advice ≠ Scenario evidence
CST Facts
Same for all ≠ Varies by test
Last Minute
- 1.EAS: 40 SR + 3 CR
- 2.EAS pass: 520 scaled
- 3.EAS time: 2h 15m
- 4.EAS weights: 28s plus 8s
- 5.CST facts vary by test
- 6.EAS waiver is excluded
- 7.Retakes: check 30/60 days
- 8.Scaffold access, not rigor
- 9.Home language is asset
- 10.IEP supports are required
- 11.Report suspicion, do not investigate
- 12.Use claim evidence rationale
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