Age Ranges for the
2007-08
New York State Alternate Assessment
(NYSAA)
NYSAA is a datafolio assessment that measures student progress in achieving the learning standards through alternate grade level indicators. All students in the following age ranges who are eligible to take NYSAA must be tested in 2007-08. Students with severe disabilities are assessed according to chronological ages aligned with grade levels as indicated below. Students should be tested only once at each grade and in all the content areas indicated for each grade.
Age Ranges for Testing on NYSAA in 2007–08 |
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Assessment |
Birth Date |
Reaches Age Given
Between |
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Grade 3 ELA, Mathematics |
September 1, 1998—August 31, 1999 |
9 |
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Grade 4 ELA, Mathematics, Science |
September 1, 1997—August 31, 1998 |
10 |
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Grade 5 ELA, Mathematics, Social Studies |
September 1, 1996—August 31, 1997 |
11 |
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Grade 6 ELA, Mathematics |
September 1, 1995—August 31, 1996 |
12 |
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Grade 7 ELA, Mathematics |
September 1, 1994—August 31, 1995 |
13 |
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Grade 8 ELA, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies |
September 1, 1993—August 31, 1994 |
14 |
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Secondary-Level ELA, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
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September 1, 1989—August 31, 1990 |
18* |
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*Note: NYSAA-eligible students who will be leaving school before they reach their eighteenth birthday should take the secondary-level NYSAA before they leave school (i.e., when they are 17-years-old). NYSAA-eligible students with a birth date prior to September 1, 1989 who have not been assessed should be assessed before they leave school.