What is the “strand system” for pretesting and field testing State social studies tests?
In October 2004, Assistant Commissioner David Abrams sent a memorandum to school administrators that detailed a new sampling matrix system in which every elementary and middle-level school in the state was assigned to a particular “strand” for pretesting and/or field testing State examinations. Further information is available at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/elintgen.html. This plan is very similar to the high school strand system that was created for each New York State high school early in 2004 for field testing and/or pretesting Regents Examinations. For further information on the high school strand system go to www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa, under “High School” select “Important Notices” and scroll down to Pretest/Field Test cover memo, School list by strand, and FT/PT matrix (March 2004). The current strand lists assign each school building in the state to a specific strand while the strand matrix determines what subjects a school may be asked to pretest or field test each year through
In October 2004, Assistant Commissioner David Abrams sent a memorandum to school administrators that detailed a new sampling matrix system in which every elementary and middle-level school in the state was assigned to a particular “strand” for pretesting and/or field testing State examinations. Further information is available at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/osa/elintgen.html. This plan is very similar to the high school strand system that was created for each New York State high school early in 2004 for field testing and/or pretesting Regents Examinations. For further information on the high school strand system go to www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa, under “High School” select “Important Notices” and scroll down to Pretest/Field Test cover memo, School list by strand, and FT/PT matrix (March 2004). The current strand lists assign each school building in the state to a specific strand while the strand matrix determines what subjects a school may be asked to pretest or field test each year through t
