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Measuring College and Career Readiness

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NJSLA Results: Spring 2019 Administrations Cedar Grove School District October 29, 2019

◼ 2019 marks the first administration of the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) and the third opportunity to compare year-to-year results as the following slides will show. ◼ Students took NJSLS English Language Arts (ELA) in grades 3–11. ◼ Students took NJSLS Mathematics in grades 3–8 and End of Course Assessments in Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II, but only up to Grade 10.

◼ Proposed Modifications for Spring 2020 and beyond...

NEW JERSEY’S STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS: Classes of 2020 - 2022

◼ Level 1: Not yet meeting grade-level expectations (650-699) ◼ Level 2: Partially meeting grade-level expectations (700-724) ◼ Level 3: Approaching grade-level expectations (725-749) ◼ Level 4: Meeting grade-level expectations (750-809) ◼ Level 5: Exceeding grade-level expectations (810-850)

NJSLA PERFORMANCE LEVELS

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COMPARISON OF CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S STUDENTS TESTED SPRING 2018 AND SPRING 2019 PARCC ADMINISTRATIONS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY

Students Tested

Year to Year Increase 2018 2019 Grade 3 123 82

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Grade 4 128 120

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Grade 5 110 128 +18 Grade 6 127 109

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Grade 7 124 127 +3 Grade 8 131 124

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Grade 9 127 124

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Grade 10 113 128 +15 TOTAL 983 942

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*Grade 11 does not include students who took an AP/IB test. Note: “Students Tested” represents individual valid test scores for English Language Arts/Literacy.

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SPRING 2018 AND SPRING 2019 PARCC/NJSLA ADMINISTRATIONS English/Language Arts Literacy LEVELS 4 and 5 COMBINED

Total Meeting and Exceeding Year to Year Increase 2018 2019 Grade 3 71.6 70.8

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Grade 4 82.0 77.5

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Grade 5 76.3 79.7 3.4 Grade 6 71.7 75.2 3.5 Grade 7 79.8 85.8 6.0 Grade 8 61.8 74.2 12.4 Grade 9 54.3 70.1 15.8 Grade 10 61.1 60.9

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◼ Continued implementation of student-centered differentiated instruction in all grade levels ▪ Emphasis on Grades 2 and 3 ◼ Further analysis of assessment data to determine student needs in order to drive instruction ▪ Link It! ◼ Cross-Curricular alignment of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for English Language Arts into other subject areas

▪ Social Studies ▪ Science

◼ Continued professional development to address reading and writing skills

DISTRICT INITIATIVES LANGUAGE ARTS

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COMPARISON OF CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S STUDENTS TESTED SPRING 2018 AND SPRING 2019 PARCC ADMINISTRATIONS MATHEMATICS

Students Tested

Year to Year Increase 2018 2019 Grade 3 123 82

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Grade 4 128 120

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Grade 5 111 128 +17 Grade 6 127 109

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Grade 7 125 127 +2 Grade 8* 79 84 +5 Algebra I 145 117

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Geometry 100 132 +32 Algebra II 112 65

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TOTAL 1050 964

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*Some students in grade 8 participated in the PARCC Algebra I assessment in place of the 8th grade Math assessment. Thus, PARCC Math 8

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Notes: “Students Tested” represents individual valid test scores for Mathematics.

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SPRING 2018 AND SPRING 2019 PARCC ADMINISTRATIONS MATHEMATICS LEVELS 4 and 5 COMBINED

Total Meeting and Exceeding Year to Year Increase 2018 2019 Grade 3 60.2 69.6 9.4 Grade 4 71.1 75.8 4.7 Grade 5 63.1 75.8 12.7 Grade 6 44 50.5 6.5 Grade 7 41.6 52.7 11.1 Grade 8* 16.5 26.2 9.7 Algebra I 46.2 44.5

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Geometry 19 23.5 4.5 Algebra II 17.9 27.7 9.8

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COMPARISON OF CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S SPRING 2017 to 2019 PARCC ADMINISTRATIONS EVIDENCE STATEMENTS

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COMPARISON OF CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S SPRING 2017 to 2019 PARCC ADMINISTRATIONS EVIDENCE STATEMENTS

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COMPARISON OF CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S SPRING 2017 to 2019 PARCC ADMINISTRATIONS EVIDENCE STATEMENTS

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COMPARISON OF CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S SPRING 2017 to 2019 PARCC ADMINISTRATIONS EVIDENCE STATEMENTS

DISTRICT INITIATIVES MATHEMATICS

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◼ Continued professional development to address problem solving skills

▪ Department Goals ▪ Self-Assessment, Mathematical Practices, Conversation - “Math Talk” ▪ Conquer Math (Grades K - 10) ▪ Open-Ended Questions + Financial Literacy - Grades 5 - 8

▪ Algebra I, Geometry + increased investigation-based instruction, manipulatives

▪ Interdisciplinary Connections, Literature in Math, Special Education, Open-Ended - K - 4 ◼ Modified Assessments for SGO Process in Mathematics ▪ Standards-based “point of entry” approach ▪ Increased vertical and horizontal articulation and Consistency K - 12

◼ Further analysis of assessment data to determine student needs in order to drive instruction

▪ Moby Max in K - 8 ▪ Link It!