NYSESLAT Information

Who: All ESL students Kindergarten- 12th grade

What: New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test

     *Students are tested in the areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing* 

When:  

Speaking –>April Date to be announced 

Listening, Reading, Writing –>May 4th-15th 2020

 

 

Each April and May, all ESL students are given the NYSESLAT or New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test. This test is designed to annually assess a student’s level of English in the areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking.

The NYSESLAT levels of second language acquisition were updated in 2015.  It is now more common core aligned. The results of the NYSESLAT will reflect the new levels of second language acquisition.

Here the New Performance Levels :

Former Level	New Level
Beginning	Entering
Low Intermediate	Emerging
Intermediate	Transitioning
Advanced	Expanding
Proficient/Transitional	Commanding

 

Cada mayo, los estudiantes en ESL toman un examen de mandato del estado de Nueva York que se llama NYSESLAT para evaluar sus habilidades y progreso en inglés.

 Click on the link for the Information and Parent Guide to the 2015 NYSESLAT

http://www.nysed.gov/bilingual-ed/nysitell-and-nyseslat-parent-guides

 

 

 

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                  Check out this great website for listening practice  

Randall’s ESL Learning Lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/elem/elemrd1.htm    

A Day at School – Randall interviews a student who goes to school in Japan.

Listen to the interview and try to answer the questions.