2017 Writing and Speaking
Training Supplements to the
2016 Turnkey Training
NYSESLAT Turnkey Training
The 2016 Turnkey Training materials can be used for the
2017 NYSESLAT administration.
Refer to the NYSESLAT web site for 2017 supplemental training
information, which includes:
2017 NYSESLAT Enhancements List
2017 NYSESLAT Materials Delivery Chart
2017 NYSESLAT Speaking Rubric
2017 NYSESLAT Speaking Student Score Sheet
www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nyseslat/
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2017 NYSESLAT Enhancements
Grade
Band
Modality
Enhancement
Speaking
The Speaking Directions for Administration (DFA) now includes
graphic tiles (reduced-size graphics from the test booklet) for each
question, to assist the examiner in matching the test question in
the student booklet to the DFA script during administration.
All grade bands
Speaking
The answer sheet associated with the Speaking test will no longer
include circles with an “A” inside of them. Scorers will record a
score of “0” if a student provides no response to a Speaking
question, rather than the code of “A”.
All grade bands
Speaking
The Speaking DFA includes more precise instruction on how to
apply the Skipping Rule.
Speaking
The Speaking DFA provides a reminder to examiners to thoroughly
review the Speaking test materials prior to administration,
especially the passage-text questions, to be better able to identify
when a student is simply repeating or reading the text.
Listening
A Listening CD Track menu has been provided in the L/R/W DFA to
assist examiners in identifying the starting point of the Listening
section for Sessions 2 and 3 without having to reference the
physical CD label.
All grade bands
All grade bands
Grades 3–12
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2017 NYSESLAT Enhancements (cont.)
Grade
Band
Modality
Grades 1–12
Listening /
Reading
Sample passages now include an accompanying graphic, to better
reflect the information in the sample passage.
Kindergarten
Listening /
Reading
The Answer Sheet for the Kindergarten Listening and Reading tests
now includes an unable to response indicator of “U” to record
situations in which a student was administered the test but was
unable to respond to any of the multiple choice questions in this
session.
All grade bands
Listening /
Reading /
Writing
Color shading of the Test Booklet and the L/R/W DFA covers has
been added to assist examiners in identifying the three distinct
session materials.
All grade bands
Writing
A Writing Glossary of Terms has been added to the School
Administrator’s Manual.
Writing
Writing DFA Directions were modified to remind students to use
their own ideas and ideas from the passage when writing, to
discourage students from simply copying passage text.
Grades 1–12
Enhancement
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NYSESLAT Materials Delivery
Activity
2017 Dates
Beginning
Ending
Speaking materials delivered to schools
Monday, April 3
Thursday, April 6
Speaking administration period
Monday, April 10
Friday, May 19
L/R/W materials delivered to schools
Tuesday, April 25
Friday, April 28
L/R/W administration period
Monday, May 8
Friday, May 19
Writing scoring materials delivered to schools
Tuesday, May 16
Friday, May 19
Scoring of Writing responses
Monday, May 22
Thursday, June 1
Deadline to submit answer sheets to scanning centers
Thursday, June 1
Deadline to return secure materials to MetriTech, Inc.
Friday, June 16
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Speaking Rubric
Item Level
Score 0
Score 1
Emerging
• No response
• Responds with “yes,” “no,” or “I don’t know”
• Responds completely in a language other
than English
• Uses one word to respond
• Does not express a complete thought or idea
• Unintelligible
Score 2
• Uses multiple words, short phrases, or
sentences to respond
• Partially expresses thoughts and ideas
• Frequent errors may obscure meaning
N/A
Transitioning
• No response
• Responds with “yes,” “no,” or “I don’t know”
• Responds completely in a language other
than English
• Uses one word to respond
• Does not express a complete thought or idea
• Unintelligible
• Errors may totally obscure meaning
• Uses multiple words to respond
• Partially expresses thoughts and ideas
• Frequent errors may obscure meaning
• Uses connected phrases or a simple sentence
to respond
• May use multiple sentences
• Expresses complete thoughts and ideas
relevant to the topic
• Occasional errors in words and structures
may obscure some meaning
Expanding
• Responds with “yes,” “no,” or “I don’t know”
• Uses at most multiple words to respond
• Does not express complete thoughts
and ideas
• Frequent errors may obscure meaning
• Uses connected phrases or a simple sentence
to respond
• Expresses complete thoughts and ideas
relevant to the topic
• Occasional errors in words and structures
may obscure some meaning
• Uses connected simple sentences to respond
• May use limited expanded sentences
• Expresses connected and complete thoughts
and ideas relevant to the topic
• Infrequent errors in words and structure may
obscure some meaning
Commanding
• Responds with “yes,” “no,” or “I don’t know”
• Uses at most connected phrases or a simple
sentence to respond
• May express complete thoughts and ideas
• Occasional or frequent errors in words and
structures may obscure meaning
• Uses connected simple sentences to respond
• Expresses connected and complete thoughts
and ideas relevant to the topic
• Infrequent errors in words and structure may
obscure some meaning
• Uses connected expanded sentences
• Generates a fluid response using linking
words and phrases to sequence complete
thoughts and ideas relevant to the topic
• No errors or infrequent errors that do not
obscure meaning
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