New Jersey Curriculum Template

http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/2009/updtemplate.pdf

Ghanging Education Paradigms

Shift Happens

How Well Did New Jersey Close the Achievement Gap?

Since 2002, NJ teachers have been charged with two tasks…
Raise test scores
Lower the achievement gap.

In some cases, New Jersey teachers cut the achievement gap
in half!

Knowing Which Data Are Important for Analyzing Student Achievement

ASK & HSPA Tests
Tests
Quizzes
Norm Referenced, Standardized Tests (CATs. IOWAs, Terra Novas, etc.)
Homework
Teacher’s Anecdotal Information
Rubrics
Portfolios
Running Records/Observational Surveys (lower grade levels)

Ways NJ Educators Are Leading the Nation

• Higher graduation rates

• Higher test scores

• Higher national rankings.

• The average scores of black and Latino students in New Jersey are as high as the average cores of all students in California.

• If we compare the middle and upper class students in NJ to the rest of the world, they are among the top four nations.

• NJ has the best graduation rate in the nation.

• NJ has the most students entering college in the nation.

• NJ has the best writing scores in the nation.