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The New York State Education Department is the state Education department in New York State . It is responsible for the supervision for all Public Schools in New York State , all Standardized Testing , as well as the production and administering all state tests and Regents Examinations . STATE EXAMS The NYS Education Department requires that all students in Grade 4 take State Tests in the areas of Mathematics , English , Science , and Social Studies . All Grade 8 students are tested in these subjects as well as a Foreign Language test in a Language Other Than English of the student's choice. Regents Exams are administered to the students up until their Junior Year of High School , in the subjects of English , Mathematics , Science , Social Studies and a LOTE (Language Other Than English) . Students who decide not to study a foreign language may make up the regents credit by taking an appropriate number of Business Education , Art , Music , and Technology classes. TEACHING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS In order to teach in New York State , the applicant must hold a valid New York State Teaching License. Most new certified teachers come from NYS-approved teaching programs in Colleges or Universities either in New York State or another state that has an agreement with New York State . Upon graduation, they must past the New York State '''Liberal Arts & Science''' ('''LAST''') test, the '''Assessment of Teaching Skills Test-Written''' ('''ATS-W'''), and a '''Content Specialty Test''' ('''CST'''), appropriate to the subject the student wishes to teach. This initial Teacher Certification is temporary and will expire after a few years. To become a full-time, permanent Teacher , the applicant must attend a NYS-approved Teacher Education program at a Graduate School . This is not the only way to become a teacher, however. Foreign teachers and career changers For students that have: , are changing careers, or did not graduate from a teacher education program, they can earn a teaching certificate by completing the above-mentioned tests, completing satisfactory work in College , and finally apply for a License for teaching with the ''NYSED Office of Teaching Initiatives.'' Some new teachers will have College Degrees in an Academic Field (e.g. English or History , but do not have a Teaching Certificate . If they wish to enter teaching, they must have a Baccalaureate degree with a satisfactory GPA , take all of the above mentioned tests, and apply for a license with the Office of Teaching Initiatives. Teachers from another state If a teacher moves to New York from a state that has an agreement with NY, all they have to do is apply for a teacher's license from the NYSED, and then two years later, completing all required tests. A teacher that has moved to New York that does NOT have an agreement with NYS, must have at least a Bachelor 's degree with satisfactory hours, complete all required tests, and then apply for the certificate. For teachers that wish to gain additional certification in another subject, they must have a valid NYS classroom teaching certificate, apply for the new certificate, complete 30 hours of satisfactory Semester work, in the subject, and take a CST. Regents exams See '' Regents (Examinations) ''. SEE ALSO SOURCES
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