Additional Pathway Assessments Approved

In a continued effort to encourage more rigorous and relevant programs for New York’s students through Multiple Pathways, NYSED recently approved six additional pathway assessments.  These pathway assessments represent one of five assessments required for students to earn a Regents or local diploma.  Additional pathway assessments were approved for the Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Pathway as well as the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Pathway.

Newly Approved Department-Approved Pathway Assessments in Languages Other Than English

• Checkpoint B Exams from Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES
  • American Sign Language
• Comprehensive Exams from the New York City Department of Education
  • Chinese
  • French
  • Italian
  • Korean

Newly Approved Department-Approved Pathway Assessments in Career Development and Occupational Studies Pathway

• Precision Exams:  21^st Century Skills

Please contact the Office of Curriculum and Instruction at (518) 474-5922 or emscgradreq@nysed.gov with questions.