Secondary
URBAN SUPERINTENDENTS SEEK CHANGES IN NEW SRA GUIDELINES
Published on: October 22, 2009
New Jersey’s Urban School Superintendents have asked the Department of Education (NJDOE) to revise new guidelines for the Special Review Assessment (SRA) for the 2009-10 school year.
URBAN YOUTH RESEARCHERS REPORT ON NEW GRADUATION STANDARDS
Published on: August 25, 2009
On Aug. 22, the Urban Youth Research Initiative, including teams of youth researchers from Newark, Paterson, and Jersey City, released the findings of a statewide survey on New Jersey’s new high school graduation requirements.
ED ADVOCATES CHALLENGE NJDOE ON SECONDARY REFORM COSTS
Published on: July 11, 2009
Despite deepening state and local budget crises, the NJ State Board of Education is set to mandate tougher high school graduation standards and new exit exams that will affect every school district in the state.
SUPPORT FOR URBAN SCHOOLS MISSING FROM NJDOE SECONDARY PROPOSALS
Published on: April 16, 2009
The following testimony was presented to the State Board of Education on April 15 by Stan Karp, Director of ELC’s Secondary Reform Project.
HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN EFFORT NEEDS NEW DIRECTION
Published on: September 23, 2008
At the September 17 meeting of the New Jersey State Board of Education, Commissioner of Education Lucille Davy presented plans for "secondary school transformation.
NJ MISSTEPS ON SECONDARY REFORM PLAN
Published on: April 30, 2008
On April 25, the New Jersey High School Redesign Steering Committee released its long-awaited recommendations for secondary reform in a report entitled NJ Steps: Re-designing Education in NJ for the 21st Century.
STATE BOARD VOTES TO RETAIN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO GRADUATION
Published on: March 4, 2008
At its March 19 meeting, the New Jersey State Board of Education passed a resolution to retain and reform the Special Review Assessment (SRA), the alternative high school assessment used in recent years by over 10,000 students to earn a high school diploma. The resolution, which passed by an 8-0 vote:
ELC SUPPORTS PLAN TO RETAIN ALTERNATIVE GRADUATION ASSESSMENT
Published on: January 9, 2008