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2011 State Assessments Summary Results. Dr. Bari Anhalt Erlichson Chief Performance Officer February 1 st , 2012. Introduction. New Jersey conducts statewide tests in grades 3 through 8 and one time in high school for Language Arts and Math.
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2011 State Assessments Summary Results Dr. Bari Anhalt Erlichson Chief Performance Officer February 1st, 2012
Introduction • New Jersey conducts statewide tests in grades 3 through 8 and one time in high school for Language Arts and Math. • For Science, every student is assessed in 4th, 8th and one time in high school.
Spotlight on Third Grade Reading Proficiency • In 2010-2011, over 37,500 3rd grade students in New Jersey did not pass NJASK – LAL. • 42% of these students were educated in DFG A or B districts. • About 16% were educated in our five largest urban districts. • And 43% of them were educated in schools that had a poverty rate lower than the state school average.