Field 130: American Sign Language Content Correlation Table

Published February 2020

Authorized for Distribution by the New York State Education Department

The table below indicates the section or sections of State, National, and other Professional Standards that are addressed fully or in part by each test competency.

NYSTCE® American Sign Language Test Competencies	Source Documents New York State Learning Standards for Languages Other Than English (NYLS). (1996). New York State Education Department. New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards Grade P-12 (NYSLS). (2017). New York State Education Department. New York State Teaching Standards (NYSTS). (2011). New York State Education Department. Standards for Learning American Sign Language (SLASL). (2012). American Sign Language Teachers Association. Program Standards for the Preparation of Foreign Language Teachers (ACTFL PS). (2013). American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Proposed Standards for Teachers of American Sign Language (ASLTA). (1998). American Sign Language Teachers Association.
0001: Receptive Comprehension	NYLS: 1-2 NYSLS: SL1-3, L3-6 SLASL: 1-4 ACTFL PS: 1-2 ASLTA: I, II, IX
0002: American Sign Language Structures and Comparisons	NYLS: 1-2 NYSLS: SL1-3, L3-6 SLASL: 1, 3, 4 ACTFL PS: 1-2 ASLTA: I, III
0003: Deaf Culture	NYLS: 2 SLASL: 2-4 ACTFL PS: 2 ASLTA: II, IV
0004: Expressive Production	NYLS: 1-2 NYSLS: SL1-4, SL6, L3-6, W1-5 SLASL: 1-4 ACTFL PS: 1-2 ASLTA: I-X
0005: Pedagogical Content Knowledge	NYSTS: I-V ACTFL PS: 3-5 ASLTA: V-XI