NYSTCE Multi-Subject Assessment Design
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
NYSTCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- New York State Teacher Certification Examinations
NYSTCE program - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Program for New York State Teacher
Certification Examinations
Education faculty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Faculty members in educational institutions
Assessment design document - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Provides information on the
content and format of NYSTCE assessments
Pedagogical content knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Knowledge of teaching content
and methods
Selected-response items - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment items with pre-defined
answer choices
Constructed-response item - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment item requiring extended
written response
Total testing times - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Time allocated for each part of the
assessment
Response time expectation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Time expected to complete each type
of assessment item
Performance standard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Minimum score required to pass each part
of the assessment
, Competency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Specific area of knowledge or skill being assessed
Literacy and English Language Arts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment part focusing
on language skills
Mathematics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment part focusing on mathematical skills
Arts and Sciences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment part covering science, social
studies, and other subjects
New York State Birth-Grade 2 Multi-Subject Educator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Has high
proficiency in content knowledge and skills for literacy, English language arts instruction,
and assessment to promote student achievement
Mathematics Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Understanding mathematics as a
coherent set of fundamental principles, mathematical language, and deep knowledge of NYS
Learning Standards for Mathematics
Research-based vs. Evidence-based - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Research-based practices
are effective through systematic observation, while evidence-based strategies improve
outcomes empirically
Competency 0001 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Knowledge of literacy and language arts,
including language and literacy foundations, literacy assessment, effective instruction, text
structures, and language processing
Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Understanding language processing in reading and writing, reading development
components, literacy variation, assessment principles, effective instruction elements, and
language structures
English Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Knowledge of language structures
important for comprehending words and sentences, including inflections, prefixes, suffixes,
and morphemes from Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek in English.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
NYSTCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- New York State Teacher Certification Examinations
NYSTCE program - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Program for New York State Teacher
Certification Examinations
Education faculty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Faculty members in educational institutions
Assessment design document - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Provides information on the
content and format of NYSTCE assessments
Pedagogical content knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Knowledge of teaching content
and methods
Selected-response items - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment items with pre-defined
answer choices
Constructed-response item - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment item requiring extended
written response
Total testing times - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Time allocated for each part of the
assessment
Response time expectation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Time expected to complete each type
of assessment item
Performance standard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Minimum score required to pass each part
of the assessment
, Competency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Specific area of knowledge or skill being assessed
Literacy and English Language Arts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment part focusing
on language skills
Mathematics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment part focusing on mathematical skills
Arts and Sciences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment part covering science, social
studies, and other subjects
New York State Birth-Grade 2 Multi-Subject Educator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Has high
proficiency in content knowledge and skills for literacy, English language arts instruction,
and assessment to promote student achievement
Mathematics Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Understanding mathematics as a
coherent set of fundamental principles, mathematical language, and deep knowledge of NYS
Learning Standards for Mathematics
Research-based vs. Evidence-based - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Research-based practices
are effective through systematic observation, while evidence-based strategies improve
outcomes empirically
Competency 0001 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Knowledge of literacy and language arts,
including language and literacy foundations, literacy assessment, effective instruction, text
structures, and language processing
Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Understanding language processing in reading and writing, reading development
components, literacy variation, assessment principles, effective instruction elements, and
language structures
English Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Knowledge of language structures
important for comprehending words and sentences, including inflections, prefixes, suffixes,
and morphemes from Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek in English.
