the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Trenton NJ, In December, the NJ Appellate Court struck down the PARCC graduation requirement because the high school PARCC multi-year, multi-test requirement did not align with the state law’s graduation requirement of one 11th grade test. The state has until today, February 11th , to respond to the court and the Education Law Center’s request to maintain the current pathways to graduation for the 2019 through 2022 graduates.
In January, Senator Ruiz introduced S3381 in the Senate. This bill, if enacted, would keep the PARCC high school exams as a graduation requirement for students graduating in 2019 and 2020. This bill was sent to committee, but no hearings have been scheduled since the Murphy administration asked for this bill to be held.
Also in January, A672 was introduced in the Assembly seeking to temporarily suspend the graduation-testing requirement, hold hearings, and develop a new assessment. This bill has not gained any traction in the Assembly.
Finally, the New Jersey Department of Education has instructed districts to administer the PARCC tests as scheduled and to wait for further instructions.