Standards and Assessment Implementation Timelines ~ Revised April 2020

In response to the statewide closures stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Testing Program was suspended for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. As a result, the planned rollout for new assessments measuring the New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) and the Next Generation Learning Standards (NGLS) in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics must be delayed by one year to allow districts to make up the professional learning time lost by the school closures related to COVID-19. Accordingly, ELA and math assessments aligned to the new standards will begin in spring 2022 and science assessments aligned to the new standards will begin in spring 2023.

Detailed timelines of the implementation of the new learning standards are available for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.

• Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards and Assessment Implementation Timeline, revised April 2020
• Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards and Assessment Implementation Timeline, revised April 2020
• Science Learning Standards and Assessment Implementation Timeline, revised April 2020

The tables below provide the first administration dates for new Grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Math Tests, Elementary- and Intermediate-level Science Tests and Regents Examinations in Science, Mathematics and English Language Arts. 

For questions regarding the implementation of the new Learning Standards, please contact the Office of Curriculum and Instruction at emscurric@nysed.gov. For questions regarding the first administrations of the new assessments, please contact the Office of State Assessment at emscassessinfo@nysed.gov.