Dear Superintendents and Principals:

Early next week, your school will be receiving a CD with the 2011
NYSESLAT school roster report and Individual Student Reports (ISRs) from
the departments vendor, Questar Assessment, Inc. Some superintendents
will be receiving similar CDs that will include ISRs for English
language learners who are not assigned to a district public school
(i.e., home schooled, homebound, and out-of-district placed students).
Please disregard the NYSESLAT results that you will receive on the CDs
as they may be inaccurate. These inaccuracies are also likely to be
present in any NYSESLAT results that your school or district received
through its regional information center (RIC) or large city assessment
office. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

Questar Assessment, Inc. will be generating new files for all schools
and districts that had students participate in the 2011 NYSESLAT. The
updated test results will be available through the RIC/large city
assessment office during the week of August 8. Questar Assessment, Inc.
will also be shipping CDs containing the updated test results for
delivery to your school during the week of August 15.

If you have any questions regarding the NYSESLAT results for your
students, please contact the Office of Assessment Policy, Development
and Administration by e-mail (emscassessinfo@mail.nysed.gov).

We appreciate all the hard work you do in administering NYSESLAT and in
providing services to English language learners. Again we apologize for
the inconvenience we may have caused you.

Sincerely,
David Abrams
Assistant Commissioner
Office of Assessment Policy, Development and Administration