Reading and math scores dip slightly on N.J. standardized tests
NOVEMBER 5, 2014, 8:31 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014, 8:36 PM
BY HANNAN ADELY
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Student scores on New Jersey tests in reading and math last spring dipped slightly from the previous year, dropping by less than a percentage point in high school and in Grades 3 to 8.
The scores come from the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge and High School Proficiency Assessment — which are in their final year of use in the state. They are being replaced with a new exam, the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, which is tied to the Common Core curriculum standards.
The state adopted the Common Core in 2010 and has spent the past few years teaching those standards and preparing for the new online tests that will be required this spring.
Acting Education Commissioner David Hespe said that the tests given last spring were also aligned with those standards as part of that transition. He noted that the scores were nearly the same as last year.
“Even with the higher standards being incorporated in New Jersey classrooms, the high levels of student performance have remained steady,” Hespe said.
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