NYSAWLA is committed to ensuring that all assessment items are original, high-quality, and legally compliant.
- Test writers may not use prompts, questions, reading selections, or video clips from prior Regents or Proficiency exams, or copyrighted or proprietary textbooks, workbooks, examinations, or test-prep materials.
- Test writers are encouraged to use authentic sources, such as publicly available videos (e.g., YouTube), articles, advertisements, or other online materials, that reflect real-world language use.
- When authentic sources are used, they must be cited appropriately within the submission.
- All submissions should reflect a good-faith effort to review for grammatical accuracy and lexical appropriateness before being submitted.