NYSED Resources
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Accreditation
The Substantial Equivalency Accreditor Application should be completed by those entities seeking to become an approved accrediting agency for religious and independent schools looking to utilize pathway 3 to be deemed substantially equivalent.
A list of all accreditors will be coming soon.
Assessments
Standardized assessments are those that employ a systematic method of gathering information for objectively scored items that allow the test taker to select one or more of the given options or choices as their response.
The Substantial Equivalence New Assessment Consideration Application should be completed by those seeking to utilize assessment Pathaway 6 to be deemed substantially equivalent.
Local School Authority
The regulation requires that "by September 1, 2023* (each September thereafter): LSA will report (1) all the nonpublic schools that serve compulsory age children (from age 6 to 16 in most jurisdictions, age 17 in others) within their geographical boundaries and (2) the date of the last substantial equivalency determination made for each nonpublic school to the Department via the NYSED Business Portal or anotehr electronic portal as determined by the Department. Such report must include all nonpublic schools within the LSA geographic boundaries, even nonpublic schools without basic educational data system (BEDS) codes"
*The initial date has been extended to October 9, 2023.
For directions on how to fulfill this reporting requirement, please see LSA Religious & Independent School Survey Instructions
The School Districts: Active School District Superintendent Contact Info and Institution URL report is updated daily and can be found on the SED Public Reports Portal.
Information on the process by which LSAs will conduct reviews will be coming soon.
SEDREF - NYSED's Reference File
March 2022 Drafted Substantial Equivalence Regulation Presentation
