New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE)

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Important Announcements

5/23/18

Board of Regents approved changes to existing safety net for Multi-Subject 7–12 Math.
5/15/18

Multi-Subject Math calculator policy change effective Nov 2018: On-screen calculators to be provided for all four tests.
5/10/18

Redeveloped Multi-Subject Secondary Teachers Math prep materials are now available.
5/8/18

Field Test Opportunity for Multi-Subject 7–12 Math.
4/20/18

A new device has been added to the list of approved graphing calculators.
4/5/18

Educator involvement opportunities for the Educating All Students - II Test .
2/27/18

NYSTCE Test Preparation Webinars on Apr 16 and Apr 18.
11/29/17

Draft frameworks for redeveloped science fields are now available.
5/11/17

Educator involvement opportunities for edTPA Standard Setting, sciences, and arts .
3/15/17

As of 3/14/17, passing the ALST is no longer a teacher certification requirement.
12/8/16

Welcome to the updated NYSTCE website!
10/25/16

Board of Regents approved changes to the existing Safety Net for redeveloped CSTs.

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