Fall 2008 NECAP Test Dates

All grades, 3-8 and 11 will be administering the NECAP State Assessment in Reading and Mathematics between October 1 and 24, 2008. Writing will be assessed also during the same time period in grades 5, 8, and 11.

Contact: Tim Kurtz, 271-3846, tkurtz@ed.state.nh.us

or Deb Wiswell, 271-3828, dwiswell@ed.state.nh.us

Certification Standards for English language arts 507.24 have been reviewed by a representative committee of educators and will be presented to the State Board of Education for approval. The certification standards have been updated to include the area of media literacy.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

NEWS:

• April 2008 News from the DOE   
• March 2008 News from the DOE   
• October 2007 News from the DOE    
• September 2007 News from the DOE   

NECAP Grade 9 Teacher Support Materials  

Proposed Certification Standards Gr. 5 to 8  

Proposed Certification Standards Gr. 5 to 12  

Grade-Span Expectations (GSEs) and Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs)

• writing rubrics
• test specifications
• complete frameworks
• teacher resource materials

Achieve's Comparison of the American Diploma Project English Benchmarks with GSEs  

The NECAP Reading and Writing GLEs have been developed as a means to identify the reading and writing content knowledge and skills expected of all students of reading in Grades 3-8 and of writing in Grades 5 and 8.  Reviewed in this report are the draft Rhode Island High School GSEs for Grades 9-10 and Grades 11-12, which have been developed for public review and comment.  GLEs and GSEs are intended to capture the "big ideas" of reading, writing, and speaking that can be assessed without narrowing the curriculum locally.

***Although this report is based on GSEs from Rhode Island, the alignment to New Hampshire GSEs is sufficient 

since this document includes the NECAP GSEs used by all states involved in the NECAP collaboration.***

Practice Test Materials and NECAP Released Items for Reading and Writing

Reading Crosswalk - July 2007    

Writing Crosswalk - July 2007    

High School Competencies (click on icon for document)

• American Literature High School Competencies    
• Blank Template High School Competencies    
• English Language Arts High School Competencies    

Resources for English/Language Arts Curriculum

Curriculum Frameworks

New Hampshire Council of Teachers of English, www.nhcte.org

A new resource for all English/Language Arts teachers throughout the granite state and beyond. 

International Reading Association, www.reading.org
International organization dedicated to the improvement of reading instruction and the promotion of lifetime reading habit; journals, publications, conferences

New England Reading Association www.nereading.org
New England organization promoting the very best practices in teaching reading and writing; annual conference, journal, newsletter

National Association for the Education of Young Children, www.naeyc.org
Offers professional development opportunities designed to improve the quality of services to children from birth through age 8 – the critical years of development; annual conference, journal, publications, accreditation, action grants

New Hampshire Association for the Education of Young Children

1-800-445-5380 or PO Box 3656, Concord, NH 03301-365
Annual conference, newsletter, videotape library

National Council of Teachers of English, (NCTE), www.ncte.org
1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801-1096

New England Association of Teachers of English (NEATE), www.neate.org,
843 Gould Hill Road, Contoocook, NH 03229-2816

Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies: http://www.keene.edu/cchs

NH's Holocaust resource. Many links to curriculum, instruction, workshops, institutes, videos, and teacher resources.

Staff members:

Vacant

updated  Nov 6, 09 gjt