There are several assessments available to measure student outcomes in VE students:

1. Pre Assessment (required for New York City VE students)

Pre Assessment is administered online over two days in late September or early October and is comprised of two parts.

• Part I contains 80 multiple choice questions in five sections: business awareness; problem solving; business communication; technology; business and personal finance) and is administered in 90-minutes.
• Part II is a thematic essay administered in 45 minutes.
2. Post Assessment (required for New York City VE students)

Post Assessment is administered online over two days in late May or early June and is comprised of two parts.

• Part I contains 80 multiple-choice questions in five sections: business awareness; problem solving; business communication; technology; business and personal finance).
• Part II is a thematic essay administered in 45 minutes.
3. Virtual Enterprises Economics Exam (required for New York City VE students receiving Economics credit for VE)

Virtual Enterprises Economics Exam is administered online over two days and is comprised of three parts.

• Part I contains 40 multiple-choice questions that are designed to measure students’ knowledge in the areas of business, entrepreneurship, the enterprise system, finance, personal finance and economic theory.
• Part II contains a thematic essay question.
• Part III contains multiple documents (chart, quotations, cartoon, etc.); each document is followed by a question pertaining to that particular document.

Test Directions

• To register for the pre, post-assessment, for VE Economics exam, student information must first be entered in the data portal at least one week before the scheduled exam.
• VE Coordinators will then receive a user ID and password from the New York City VE Office.
• Prior to the exam coordinators should log onto http://schools.nyc.gov/ve/anew/newyork/LEAGuide.pdf to review instructions for administering the test, and to download a list of their students and student login information. Provide each student with his/her user ID and password.
• On the date of the test, students will log onto Learning Express and enter their user ID and password which has been provided to them by their VE coordinator.
• Upon login, coordinators should advise their students which test to select.
• The Virtual Enterprise Program’s assessments are typically comprised of two components: An instantly scored multiple-choice section, and an essay and/or free-response section, which must be graded on the Learning Express Web site by the class instructor. Access a guide that describes the grading process for those essay or free-response sections.
4. NOCTI VE Assessment (required for New York City VE students who have completed a three-year Entrepreneurship sequence and wish to receive a NYSED technical endorsement on their diploma).

The NOCTI National Assessment for VE is comprised of three parts:

• Part I, administered through NOCTI, contains 90-100 multiple-choice questions.
• Part II, administered through NOCTI, is a student demonstration where students:
  o Complete a job application for one of three jobs (based on their experience in VE).
  o Write an appropriately formatted, persuasive cover letter (using word processing software) explaining why they should be hired.
  o Prepare an annual personal budget using spreadsheet software.

• Part III is comprised of student projects (student portfolio of work samples, technical writings and directed writings). Download Entrepreneurship Sequence Final Assessment Part III: Student Portfolio.

For information on ordering the NOCTI VE Assessment, contact us.