New York State Test Prep

NYS Exam Prep

The most engaging and rigorous way to prepare 3rd-12th grade students for the New York State ELA Exam

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What is the New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Exam

The New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Exam is a standardized test administered annually to students in grades 3-8 in public and charter schools across the state. It evaluates students' proficiency in reading, writing, and language skills according to the New York State Learning Standards. The exam includes reading comprehension sections with passages from various genres, along with multiple-choice and short-response questions that test students' ability to understand and analyze texts. Additionally, the test includes writing components where students must craft essays or written responses to prompts, demonstrating their ability to articulate ideas clearly and coherently. The ELA exam aims to ensure that students are developing the necessary literacy skills to succeed academically and beyond.

How to Prepare for the New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Exam?

To perform well on the New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Exam, students need enough relevant and engaging practice on the two-credit constructed-responses. Our curriculum team have built out a package of exciting practice lessons with similar texts, prompts and rubrics as the New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Exam. Teachers can customize 1000s of variations based on students interests, to keep engagement and rigour high.

The New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Exam practice lessons are available on the Curipod School & District plan, and includes:

Text analysis with multiple choice and two-credit constructed-response practice (Grades 3-8).
Paired passage analysis with multiple choice and two-credit constructed-response practice (Grades 3-8).

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