Standards Based Learning

Instruction is the strategies, approaches, and experiences used by teachers to engage students in learning the knowledge and skills identified in the curriculum. Each teacher needs a repertoire of effective instructional strategies to use in the classroom. Good instruction involves selecting instructional strategies based on their effectiveness in supporting a variety of modalities for student learning related to identified standards and creating a positive learning environment that will be most effective in helping students acquire, integrate, extend, refine, and apply knowledge.

Assessment is the ongoing process of feedback about learning. Assessment may be formal or informal, and it may be formative (focused on improvement) or summative (focused on accountability). The school district's assessment system includes classroom, school, district, and state assessments.

To provide schools, teachers, and parents with an assessment of student achievement, New York State has developed the New York State Testing Program. These standardized tests challenge students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in the core subjects.

http://www.nysed.gov/state-assessment/grades-3-8-ela-and-mathematics-tests

http://www.nysed.gov/state-assessment/high-school-regents-examinations