What is the New York State Social Studies Exam?
The New York State Social Studies Exam is given at in November each year to students in grade 5. The New York State grade 5 exam has three parts. Part I and II contains 35 multiple-choice questions, 60 % 4th grade content and 40% 3rd grade content, and several short answer response questions. The students have 90 minutes to complete this section of the test. Section 2, Part IIIA: consists of document-based short answer questions, also known as scaffolding. This part of the exam contains the documents followed by one or more short answer questions. Part IIIB: consists of the document based essay. The students have 90 minutes to complete this section of the test. What is the New York State Regents Exam? The New York State Regents Exams are high school assessments that are given to students seeking high school regents credit through the New York State Education Department designed and administered under the authority of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. Rege
