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Overall formatting (- bigger text for the little kids)

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Clusters are new.

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More paragraph reading

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Every question is directly tied to an image, data table,...

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Still making an attempt to focus on local phenomenon, rather than national.

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Much less rote recall.

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- Way more graphs and charts

- Longer readings (more text)

- More analysis in depth thinking (analysis, compare, constructed argument)

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Heavily CER based questioning.

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Teachers need to better train their students in CER responding. Solid reasoning is tough for a student!

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- Point system looks the same

- Similar format

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not sectioned into Part A, B, C, D

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A lot more evidence to support claims

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A lot of analyzing graphs

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less questions and more reading

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Related to real life topics and connected to NYS

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Give student opportunities to practice reading small segments to then answer questions as well as analyzing graphs and charts

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Coach 'em up on careful reading of question directions.

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More practicing of cluster questions and direct teaching of how to look back at previous questions in the cluster to answer later questions

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"Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to..."

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Still a reading exam (Ex. Biology).

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reading heavy

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advanced question prompts ("which evidence supports the claim..." etc)

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more complex multiple choice that are less straight-forward/recall than prior

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Cluster questions

Amount of passages, with mulitple pages referring back to previous pages

Content seems to be less specific in some situations, and wording of questions is vague

Length of exam is excessive

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similar graphics

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NYS specific

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instruct on reading/annotation practices

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some of the images/diagrams are literally the same from previous tests!

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Making sure to use the specific phrases in class to prepare kids for what to expect, i.e, "Evaluate the claim..."