ELC to NJ State Board of Education: Eliminate High School Exit Exam or At Very Least Increase Equity
Continuing a yearslong effort to rid New Jersey of a high school exit exam, Education Law Center testified…
More States Reject Exit Exams, Will New Jersey Follow?
BILL TO END GRADUATION TEST STILL PENDING IN THE STATE SENATE “Exit testing” is the policy of requiring…
Portfolio Appeals Put Enormous Burden on High Need Districts and Students
In 2022, 96,987 students graduated from New Jersey high schools. Each one had to satisfy the state’s “exit…
Exit Testing is Lowering NJ’s Graduation Rate
New Jersey’s official federal graduation rate, long one of the highest in the nation and a source of…
NJ STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO VOTE AGAIN ON GRADUATION CUT SCORES
BOARD’S HIGHER SCORE DOUBLED FAILURE RATE ON 2022 FIELD TEST On May 3, the New Jersey State Board…
NJ STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, NJDOE FAIL TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK
Promised review of high school graduation test ‘cut scores’ still missing March 6, 2023 This month nearly 100,000…
ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION MESS COURTESY OF THE NJ STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
November 30, 2022 The NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) is keeping complete statewide test results under wraps, but…
THOUSANDS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS REMOVED FROM NJ’S OFFICIAL FEDERAL GRADUATION RATE
The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) is removing thousands of special education students from its calculation of…
TIME TO DITCH NEW JERSEY’S HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM?
Legislature Blocks Use of New Graduation Test for Class of 2023 For the third time in four years,…
NJ’S FAILURE TO FOLLOW GRADUATION AGREEMENT PUTS DIPLOMAS AT RISK FOR THOUSANDS
High school seniors, school districts scrambling to file portfolio appeals After a two-year pandemic suspension, New Jersey has resumed…