New York State Education Department
CI&IT E-Blast - January 2008
The NYSED Curriculum, Instruction & Instructional Technology (CI&IT) Team's January 2008 CI&IT E-Blast is now available at:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/EBlasts/eblast.html
Field Memo: Integrated Algebra (September 2007)
The first administration of the new Regents Examination in Integrated Algebra will take place in
June 2008. For this administration, schools will have the option of requesting and administering both
Integrated Algebra and Mathematics A. This is the first step in the transition from Mathematics A and
Mathematics B to Integrated Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2/Trigonometry that will take place over
the next three years.
Further details including timeline, specifications, and feedback opportunities » 
Field Memo: NYSESLAT – Determining a Limited-English-Proficient
Student’s Level of English Proficiency (September 2007)
This memorandum provides the scale score ranges for the New York State English as a Second
Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) 2007 along with guidance and information
concerning the interpretation of the scale scores. The NYSESLAT scale score ranges are based
on the results of standard setting in which New York State teachers set the appropriate student
proficiency levels at each grade from kindergarten through grade 12.
Full memorandum »
Electronic Teacher Updates from the Department of Education
Sign up to receive updates and news from the Department of Education:
www.t2tweb.us/Updates/About.asp
Deputy Secretary of Education
On January 29, 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer announced the appointment of Manuel Rivera, Ph.D. as Deputy Secretary for Education. In this newly created position, Mr. Rivera will act as the administration’s senior education policy advisor. Based in Albany, he will oversee the implementation of Governor Spitzer’s education reform policy, which will couple increased funding with necessary accountability and a more transparent school aid formula. He will also be responsible for implementing sweeping reforms designed to improve accountability. More »
Board of Regents Information
Terms and Areas of the Board of Regents members, plus contact information » (added Oct 06)
MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx (added Sept 06)
A Call to Action: Follow-Up to the New York Education Summit
http://usny.nysed.gov/summit/summit/summitcall05.htm (added Sept 06)
Commissioners Report to the Board of Regents September 2006
http://www.oms.nysed.gov/comm/2006/0906commrep.pdf (added Sept 06)
The Next Stage of Reform: Outline of a P-16 Strategy
http://www.oms.nysed.gov/comm/2006/0906commrepa.pdf (added Sept 06)
The Aims of the University How Are We Doing Now?
http://usny.nysed.gov/summit/data_packet.pdf (added Sept 06)
No Child Left Behind Field Memo and Fact Sheet
This 2005 Updated Fact Sheet contains highlights of New York State’s implementation of the requirements for teachers and Title I paraprofessionals in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) for use by local educational agencies that are preparing local consolidated applications for NCLB funds for school year 2005-2006. It is accurate as of the date of its publication and replaces NCLB NYS Field Memo #02-2004.
News and Notes Informational Update
This regular newsletter from the State Education Department contains much good and interesting information. Note that previous issues can be found by following the links at the bottom of each newsletter.
Read here » [external link]
Call for Expertise
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/call.htm
The Education Department values teachers' expert opinion in guiding
this important work and encourages increased involvement of them from
all parts of the State. SED is issuing this Call for Expertise to
solicit teacher interest in state-level work. Your name will be entered
into our database maintained by the Curriculum, Instruction and
Instructional Technology Team.
The "Call for Expertise" database is reviewed regularly by the
Department to form teacher committees. Committee members are chosen
based on their experience and expertise, which is matched to the
required criteria and charge of the committee. Once you are selected for
a committee, Department staff will contact you with an invitation
specifying the expected work to be accomplished, date and other time
commitments and financial arrangements.
A Call for Expertise: State Education Department seeking teachers interested in state-level work
The State Education Department is proud of its tradition of involving New
York State teachers in a variety of curriculum guidance initiatives related to
the seven learning standard areas and State assessments. Over the years, the State's teachers have worked with the Education Department to develop the New York State learning standards, resource guides with core curriculum, statewide professional development modules, and test items for State assessments. More recently, teachers have also played an important role in reviewing curriculum guidance materials and Regents examinations prior to statewide dissemination.
The Education Department values teachers' expert opinion in guiding this important work and encourages increased involvement of them from all parts of the State. A Call for Expertise is being issued to solicit teacher interest in state-level work. Your name will be entered into our database maintained by the Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Technology Team. This database will be used to form future teacher committees. Please share this information broadly and request that teachers take a moment to complete the online application posted on the New York State Virtual Learning System at http://vls.nysed.gov
NY State Education Department Websites
New
York State Education Department Homepage
http://www.nysed.gov/
NYSED Virtual Learning System
Encourages the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning, providing help to teachers in locating and using Internet resources for instruction.
http://vls.nysed.gov/vls/
Elementary, Middle, Secondary And Continuing Education Web Site
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/
Board
of Regents
Understand the role of the Board of Regents
and meet those that serve on this most important and prestigious
Board for New York State.
http://www.regents.nysed.gov/