N.J. statewide school test results stay the same as questions get harder
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Last updated: Thursday November 14, 2013, 12:38 AM
BY LESLIE BRODY
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Students passed New Jersey tests in reading and math at roughly the same rates in spring as the year earlier — and education officials hailed that as an accomplishment Wednesday because some of the questions were tougher.
Statewide, about 67 percent of students in Grades 3 through 8 scored as proficient or better in language arts, and 75 percent did so in math.
These results come as New Jersey adjusts to a new set of expectations for what children should master in every grade. Known as the Common Core, these guidelines aim to change what’s taught from “a mile wide and an inch deep” to a more focused set of analytical abilities.
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