Approved Assessments for the NYSSB
Students wishing to receive the NYSSB must complete all requirements for graduating with a NYS Regents diploma.Ìý In addition to the above minimum requirement, students wishing to receive the NYSSB must earn three (3) points from the English criteria and three (3) points from the World Language criteria.Ìý One way in students may earn points toward these criteria is to earn a passing score on an assessment that has been approved by NYSED for use with the NYSSB.Ìý A complete list of all approved assessments in English and in world languages can be found in the NYSSB Handbook available on our website.Ìý To facilitate the identification and selection of available assessments by language, OBEWL has developed an online tool called the NYSSB Assessment Finder.Ìý This online tool lists all of the same assessments as the NYSSB Handbook, however, the tool allows users to quickly search for approved assessments by language.Ìý This online tool is updated whenever a new exam is approved by NYSED for use with the NYSSB.Ìý Individual vendors may discontinue one or more of their exams at any time.Ìý It is important, therefore, that once a school has identified the list of approved assessments for a particular language, that they also then verify with the vendor that the exam is available in the current school year and the terms for use (e.g., cost, administration).Ìý Click to access the NYSSB Assessment Finder.
How to use the .
- Open the NYSSB Assessment Finder.
- Click on the language(s) for which you would like to see the available assessments from the language listed in column A.
- The available assessment(s) and the minimum required score(s) for that (those) language(s) will be displayed in columns D & E. (If there is more than one approved assessment, they are listed one after the other.)
- Click on the filter icon in the upper right-hand corner of the slicer in column A to reset it and display all languages.
For any questions on how to use the NYSSB Assessment Finder, please email .
Webpage last updated on SeptemberÌý15, 2025