IRS-Issued (or Jointly Issued) Memos Archive

2022

• 9/29/2022 – 2022-23 Data Reporting Timeline
• 9/29/2022 – Memo: Reporting 2022-23 School Year Data
• 6/30/2022 – Memo: 2022 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Mathematics Data Reporting
• 3/22/2022 – Memo: Not Tested Codes for Students Who Do Not Test in Spring 2022 Due to COVID-Related Reasons
• 3/7/2022 – Memo: L2RPT changes supporting the NYS School Report Cards
• 1/7/2022 – Memo: Reminder: Student Level Digital Equity Data Collection

2021

• 9/7/2021 – Memo: Digital Equity Survey Data Collection and Reporting via SIRS
• 8/10/2021 – 2021-22 Data Reporting Timeline
• 8/10/2021 – Memo: Reporting 2021-22 School Year Data
• 6/8/2021 – Memo: New Student-Level Digital Equity Data Collection

2020

• 7/6/2020 – Memo: COVID-19 SIRS End of Year Certification Data for 2019-20
• 6/18/2020 – 2020-21 Data Reporting Timeline
• 6/18/2020 – Memo: Reporting 2020-21 School Year Data
• 2/10/2020 – Memo: Reporting 2019-20 School Year Data

2019

• 9/6/2019 – 2019-20 Data Reporting Timeline

2018

• 6/1/2018 – 2018-19 Data Reporting Timeline
• 5/30/2018 – Memo: Reporting 2018-19 School Year Data
• 5/10/2018 – Memo: Reminder 4+1 Graduation Pathway Options
• 5/1/2018 – Memo: New York State Education Department (NYSED) Data Reporting Requirements [2017-18]

2017

• 12/5/2017 – Instructional Technology Plans
• 8/22/2017 – 2017 Grad Rate Updated Data Public Release to Districts
• 8/9/2017 – Reporting 2017-18 School Year Data
• 7/31/2017 – 2017-18 Data Reporting Timeline
• 6/5/2017 – Release of 2017 NYSESLAT Answer Keys and Reporting Restrictions
• June 2017 – SMS Certification Center
• June 2017 – End of Year Data Collection Tools and 4+1 Graduation Pathway Reporting
• April 2017 – Clarification of 4+1 Graduation Pathway Options
• 1/31/2017 – Instructional Technology Plans

2016

• 11/2016 – Reporting 2016-17 School Year Data in SIRS
• 11/2016 – 2016-17 Data Reporting Timeline in SIRS
• 5/2016 – Reporting 2015-16 School Year Data in SIRS
• 2/2016 – 2016 Reporting 2015-16 School Year Data in SIRS

2015

• 12/2015 – Training and Resources to Prepare for Computer-Based Testing
• 8/2015 – Individual Teacher Attendance Data
• 8/2015 – Distribution of Data Layouts for 2014-15 State-Provided Growth Subcomponent Data Files to Districts for Use in Teacher and Principal Annual Professional Performance Reviews (APPR)
• 8/2015 – Delivery of 2014-2015 Educator State-Provided Growth Results
• 6/2015 – 2014-15 School Year Assessment and Graduation Data Reporting Requirements (Non-Public Schools)
• 6/2015 – Personnel Master File (PMF) Transition Collection and Staff Collection Timeline
• 4/2015 – English Language Learner (ELL) Student Counts for 2015-16NCLB Title III LEP Allocations
• 4/2015 – July 1 Release of Instructional Reports for the 2015 Grades 3-8 ELA and Mathematics Testing Program
• 4/2015 – Guidance on Reporting and Verifying Teacher-Student and Principal Linkage information for the 2014-15 School Year
• 2/4/2015 – Verification and Certification of SIRS 2014–15 School Year Data

2014

• 11/17/2014 – Using Where Are They Now? Reports for Local Program Review and Planning
• 10/2014 – Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) Data Submission and Certification Deadlines for the 2013-14 School Year
• 8/2014 – Personnel Master File (PMF) 2014-15 Timeline and Changes
• 7/2014 – Early Release of Instructional Reports for the 2014 Grades 3-8 ELA and Mathematics Testing Program
• 5/2014 – 2013-14 School Year Non-Public Assessment and Graduation Data Reporting Requirements
• 5/10/2014 – Update on APPR data collection and reporting timelines and requirements
• 5/2014 – ELL student count for 2014-15 NCLB Title III LEP allocations [External site]
• 5/2014 – Double Testing Field Memo
• 3/2014 – 2013-14 Data Verification and Certification Memo
• Double Testing Field Memo available on the Office of State Assesstment: https://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/ 
• 2/2014 – Guidance on Reporting and Verifying Teacher-Student and Principal Linkage Information for the 2013-14 School Year
• 1/2014 – Information Concerning January 2014 Regents Exams and Regents Competency Tests – available on the the Office of State Assessment main page 

2013

• 12/30/2013 – Reflections on the Core
• 11/2013 – Submission of Request to the United States Department of Education (USDE) for a Waiver of the Requirement in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that Students in Grades 7 and 8 who take a Regents Examination in mathematics also take the New York State (NYS) Common Core Mathematics Test for Their Grade
• 10/24/2013 – Teaching is the Core
• 8/2/2013 – Use of State Test Scores in Teacher and Principal Evaluations
• 8/2013 – Guidance on APPR Plans and Phase I NYSESLAT Assessments First Administered in Spring 2013
• 8/2013 – Update on PARCC
• 7/2013 – The Transition of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA) to Measure the P-12 Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS)
• 6/2013 – Preliminary Accountability Status of Schools for 2013-14
• 6/2013 – Preliminary Identification of Local Assistance Plan (LAP) Schools for the 2013 – 14 School Year
• 8/2013 – Release-of-Accountability-Determinations-Based-on-2011-12-School-Year-Results.pdf
• 5/2013 – Verification and Certification of SIRS 2012-2013 School Year Data
• 4/2013 – Release of Accountability Determinations Based on 2011–12 School Year
• 2/2013 – Updated Guidance on Reporting and Verifying Teacher-Student and Principal Linkage Information
• 1/2013 – Release of Accountability Determinations Based on 2011–12 School Year

2012

• 11/2012 – Revised Tools for the 2013 Grades 3-8 Mathematics Tests
• 5/2012 – Summary of the Provisions of New York's Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Waiver Request
• 4/2012 – Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential for Students with Severe Disabilities
• 3/2012 – Updated Guidance on Reporting and Verifying Teacher-Student Data Linkages (TSDL) in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS)