POST-EDUCATION NYSTCE Field Testing Opportunity Reminder!

[Anastasia Karathanasis]

Hello Teacher Candidates,

Field testing for the following tests is available at Pearson Professional Centers and Pearson Authorized Test Centers throughout New York State from November 9 - December 23, 2015.  Each field test takes approximately 120 minutes to complete.


  *   Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST)
  *   English Language Arts
  *   Mathematics
  *   Literacy
  *   Health Education
  *   Physical Education
  *   Multi-Subject: Teachers of Early Childhood (Birth - Grade 2)
  *   Multi-Subject: Teachers of Middle Childhood (Grade 5 - Grade 9)
  *   Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7 - Grade 12)

Advantages of Field Test Participation(There is no cost to participate in the field test):
For each test form completed1, participants are offered their choice of ONE of the following:

  1.  a $100 voucher2 that can be applied toward future test registration fees
  2.  a $50 Barnes & Noble eGift card
Incentives will be processed approximately 4-6 weeks after the candidate's field test date.

Note:  Information from the field test will be used to evaluate individual test questions.  Examinee and score information will not be provided to field test participants.
Note: Participants may take up to two test forms of each field for which they are eligible.

In addition to the incentives listed above, participants will also:

  *   Provide input into the test that will be taken by future educators; and
  *   Gauge professional knowledge by taking actual test items; and
  *   Gain practical testing experience.

Who is eligible to participate?

  *   Juniors, Seniors, or Graduate students currently or recently enrolled in an approved educator preparation program preparing them for New York State licensure are eligible, or
  *   Those who have taken the NYSTCE in one of the fields listed between May 1, 2014 and the present are eligible, or
  *   Those who are registered for a future administration of an NYSTCE exam in one of the fields listed are eligible.
Note: Faculty are not eligible to participate in the field test.

How Can You Help?

  *   Encourage your students to register today, at the website below, to take a field test!
  *   Forward this e-mail to colleagues so that they may share this information with their students.

Registration is now open. Eligible students should visit the NYSTCE field test website to register:  www.pearsonvue.com/espilot<http://www.pearsonvue.com/espilot>

Thank you for your assistance in the development of the NYSTCE program.

Please contact me with questions at evaluationsystemscrg at pearson.com<mailto:evaluationsystemscrg at pearson.com>.

Sincerely,


Rachel Roy
1 Incentives are issued upon verification of completion of each test form.

2 A voucher may be applied toward registration fees for a future NYSTCE New York State Teacher Certification Examinations Test.  Registration vouchers are transferable and expire on December 31, 2016.

Evaluation Systems | Pearson | P.O. Box 226 | Amherst, MA 01004

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