New Jersey’s State Assessment Goals
·
To measure and
promote student achievement of challenging state curriculum standards
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To provide
accurate and meaningful information about student performance
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To meet state and
federal accountability requirements
What’s new in testing for 2010?
http://www.state.nj.us/education/assessment/updates/update120309.pdf
Use of Calculators: NJDOE Memo, September 23,
2009, Grades 3 through 8 http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/math/092309assessment.pdf
New Jersey State Benchmarks for Adequate Yearly
Progress
Effective November 2008
|
Content Area |
Grade Span |
Starting Point 2003 |
2005-2007 |
2008-2010 |
2011-2013 |
2014 |
|
Language Arts Literacy |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
68 |
75 |
73 |
86 |
100 |
|
|
Middle School (Grades 6-8) |
58 |
66 |
72 |
86 |
100 |
|
|
High School (Grade 11) |
73 |
79 |
85 |
92 |
100 |
|
Mathematics |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
53 |
62 |
69 |
84 |
100 |
|
|
Middle School (Grades 6-8) |
39 |
49 |
61 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
High School (Grade 11) |
55 |
64 |
74 |
86 |
100 |