ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL EXAM RETURNS AMID CONTINUED CONCERNS
Six months after a poorly implemented state test disrupted the graduation plans of thousands of seniors, New Jersey’s…
Stakeholders Seek To Prevent Repeat of Graduation Turmoil
GROUP PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS TO NJDOE FOR REVISING ALTERNATIVE TEST Newark NJ — August 25, 2010 A stakeholder group…
ELC TO DOE: RELEASE DATA ON AHSA AND ‘APPEALS PROCESS’
As the NJ Department of Education proceeds with plans to deny diplomas to unprecedented numbers of seniors on…
NJDOE CREATES AHSA APPEALS PROCESS, THOUSANDS STILL AT RISK
Responding to increasing pressure over its mishandling of a new graduation test, the NJ Department of Education has…
NJDOE FLUNKS AHSA TEST, BUT THOUSANDS OF SENIORS WILL PAY
Thousands of high school seniors will not graduate next month unless Education Commissioner Bret Schundler and the NJ…
STUDY FINDS 40% OF ALTERNATIVE TEST STUDENTS GO ON TO COLLEGE
NJDOE MUST KEEP DOOR TO GRADUATION OPEN FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS Joint Press Release From the Institute on…
AHSA RESULTS PUT JUNE GRADUATION AT RISK FOR THOUSANDS
In an April 13 letter Education Law Center asked Commissioner Bret Schundler to set aside the results of…
ELC Asks NJDOE to Release AHSA Data
ELC TO DOE: RELEASE DATA ON AHSA AND ‘APPEALS PROCESS’ As the NJ Department of Education proceeds with…
URBAN SUPERINTENDENTS SEEK CHANGES IN NEW SRA GUIDELINES
New Jersey’s Urban School Superintendents have asked the Department of Education (NJDOE) to revise new guidelines for the…
URBAN YOUTH RESEARCHERS REPORT ON NEW GRADUATION STANDARDS
On Aug. 22, the Urban Youth Research Initiative, including teams of youth researchers from Newark, Paterson, and Jersey…