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ELC URGES NJ STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REJECT PROPOSED GRADUATION RULES
Published on: July 28, 2021
The plan would mandate a new 11th-grade state graduation test starting next spring and place new restrictions on alternatives for satisfying the assessment requirement.
ELC CALLS ON MURPHY ADMINISTRATION TO WAIVE GRADUATION TEST FOR CLASS OF 2022
Published on: July 20, 2021
The anticipated resumption of normal schooling in the fall does not undo the impact of the multiple year suspension of state testing for incoming seniors.
NJDOE PLANS TO RESUME GRADUATION TESTING
Published on: June 9, 2021
The NJDOE is planning to resume high school graduation testing next school year, including a new 11th-grade test and a new set of graduation rules for the classes of 2023 and beyond.
STATE BOARD SET TO RESTRICT HIGH SCHOOL TEST OPT OUTS
Published on: April 6, 2021
ELC objects to NJDOE’s last minute change to graduation assessment regulations without providing the opportunity for public comment.
ELC URGES GOVERNOR TO SEEK WAIVER OF FEDERAL TESTING MANDATES
Published on: February 3, 2021
ELC is asking Gov. Murphy to reconsider the administration’s recently announced plans to proceed with state testing this spring despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
HALF OF NJ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STILL HAVE NO GRADUATION RULES
Published on: September 23, 2020
Nearly two years after an appellate court struck down NJ’s high school graduation assessment rules, the State Board of Education has failed to adopt new ones.
STATE BOARD PROPOSES NEW GRADUATION RULES FOR CLASS OF 2023 AND BEYOND
Published on: October 30, 2019
Ten months after an Appellate Court invalidated NJ’s graduation testing rules, the State Board of Education has proposed new ones that would go into effect for current freshmen.
AGREEMENT EXTENDS GRADUATION PATHWAYS FOR ALL CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Published on: June 6, 2019
An agreement reached with the New Jersey Department of Education will provide clear pathways to graduation for all current high school students.