The New York State English Language Arts (NYS ELA) and Math tests are administered by the NY Department of Education and given to all New York public school students in grades 3-8 usually during spring to assess student performance. These assessments measure the Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS).
What does it test?
The ELA and math tests assess student achievement in language arts and math, respectively. These tests are extremely important as they play a vital part in your child’s placement in school. Therefore, it’s always a good idea to start preparing for the test sooner than later.
How are they structured?
Both tests are timed and contain several different types of questions. In the ELA test, students answer multiple choice questions based on short passages they read, and write responses to open-ended questions based on stories, articles, or poems they listen to or read.
Dolphin Academic Prep offers private ELA and Math Tutoring
We believe it’s unproductive for younger students to feel intense pressure, stress and anxiety surrounding a standardized test. Unfortunately, there will be plenty of time for that when they’re in high school and beyond. For that reason, our private Dolphin ELA and math tutors take extra care to foster a level of comfort and understanding during the tutoring sessions. Our tutors have experience working with a variety of age groups, so they know firsthand how 8-year-olds learn and react differently than 13-year-olds.
Our experience with the ELA and math tests has enabled us to develop a highly effective approach for ELA and math prep. In particular, and in addition to developing the problem-solving techniques that are the crux of our test-prep tutoring, our Dolphin ELA and math prep tutors also take care to emphasize the specific knowledge, concepts, strategies and skill sets required for success on the ELA and math tests. We emphasize the kinds of problem-solving skills that will enable your student to effectively wrestle with unusual and/or unfamiliar question types.
Every student is different and therefore we believe it’s imperative that in order to maximize performance on the ELA and math tests it is necessary to tailor the prep process to the individual student in an effort to develop the approach that best works for them.
Diagnostic, Evaluation and Practice
Before the first ELA and math tutoring session, each student receives a diagnostic ELA and math test. The diagnostic test gives the student an introduction to the test and ELA and math test prep; it also allows for a baseline to be created. Moreover, based on the results, we formalize an evaluation that identifies the areas of strength, those areas that need the most help, specifies an optimal prep schedule, and sets specific goals. Throughout the ELA and math test prep our Dolphin ELA and math Tutors will continue to administer practice ELA and math test like questions so that your child becomes familiar with the format, style and speed of the tests, so on exam day it minimizes any surprises they may face.
More information
We are here to answer your questions, so give us a call or send us an email to see how personalized ELA and math tutoring with a private Dolphin Academic Prep tutor can help benefit your student.