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Glen Ridge Public Schools – Testing Report – October 2001

In May 1996, the New Jersey State Board of Education adopted the Core Curriculum Content Standards to describe what all students should know at the end of fourth grade and eighth grade upon completion of a New Jersey public education. The Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) was seen as a way to increase the effectiveness of the instruction by providing an accurate measure of how elementary students progress towards the knowledge and skills required by the fourth grade and in mastering knowledge and skills needed to pass the eighth grade test. The Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) is also aligned with the Core Curriculum Content Standards and is intended to indicate the progress students have made in mastering knowledge and skills they will need to pass a proficiency test in high school. Students must pass the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) to receive a diploma from a New Jersey public high school.

Three proficiency levels have been established for each of the sections of the ESPA and GEPA. Students scoring partially proficient are considered to be below the minimum standard level of the proficiency set by the state. These students receive extra remediation in order to make sure they are ready for the HSPA.

Grade 4 - Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA)

· Assesses progress towards mastering of the NJ Core Curriculum Standards

· Administered in the spring of 2001

· Currently assesses three areas: Language Arts, Mathematics and Science

	Partially Proficient		Proficient		Advanced Proficient
	Percent		Percent		Percent
	GR	NJ	GR	NJ	GR	NJ
Language Arts - 1999	21.2	53.9	76.8	45.4	2.0	0.6
Language Arts - 2000	12.1	38.9	76.6	57.2	11.2	3.9
Language Arts - 2001	0	14.8	87.3	74.7	12.7	10.5

Mathematics - 1999	13.1	34.2	53.5	47.5	33.3	18.2
Mathematics - 2000	3.7	28.6	35.5	49.6	60.7	21.8
Mathematics - 2001	3.6	28.8	53.6	46.7	42.7	24.5

Science - 1999	3.0	10.3	48.5	51.8	48.5	37.8
Science - 2000	0	10.4	32.7	32.4	67.3	32.4
Science - 2001	2.7	9.5	25.5	49.4	71.8	41.0

Grade 8 - Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA)

· Designed to assess progress towards the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards

· Administered in March

· Currently three areas are assessed: Language Arts, Mathematics and Science

	Partially Proficient		Proficient		Advanced Proficient
	Percent		Percent		Percent
	GR	NJ	GR	NJ	GR	NJ
Language Arts - 2000	3.6	16.3	86.7	76.3	9.6	7.4
Language Arts - 2001	1.2	17.7	82.9	74.0	15.9	8.3

Mathematics - 2000	8.4	32.7	55.4	47.6	36.1	19.7
Mathematics - 2001	3.7	29.9	52.4	48.4	43.9	21.7

Science - 2000	6.0	19.9	43.4	58.1	50.6	22.0
Science - 2001	1.2	18.4	50	59.6	48.8	22.0

Grade 11 - High School Proficiency Test (HSPT)

· Administered in October to Grade 11 students

· Graduation Requirement – Test may be retaken in April

· Currently three areas assessed: Reading, Mathematics, and Writing

· 11^th Grade N = 75 regular education students

· Students who don’t pass need to take a special individualized assessment

Reading		Mathematics		Writing
% Passing	N	% Passing	N	% Passing	N
98.6	74	100	75	100	75

Glen Ridge students perform extremely well on all three tests, passing the state standards. The state tests are only part of the district’s overall assessment program. Students Pre-K through Grade 2 use portfolios to assess educational progress. Students in Grades 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 take the Terra Nova standardized test.

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)

· Students take this test to practice for the SAT and also to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program.

		Verbal		Mathematics
	N	GR	Nation	GR	Nation
1998	111	53.7	47.8	54.3	48.9
1999	91	55.4	48.3	56.4	49.2
2000	121	55.0	48.3	54.8	48.7

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

· Students take the SAT as an indicator to colleges their aptitude for success at college.

		Verbal			Mathematics
	N	GR	NJ	Nation	GR	NJ	Nation
1999	61	585	498	505	604	510	511
2000	90	559	498	505	569	513	514
2001	68	575	499	506	592	513	514

Advanced Placement Test (AP)

· Students take these tests as the culminating activity for our AP classes. All students are required to take the test. (* Independent study) (**Taught with G&T Art)

AP Grade	US History	**Art- Studio	Biology	Chem	Comp. Science	Stat. Ind. *	English Lit.	French	Calc AB	Physics B	Spanish	Total Grades
5	4	0	13	1	1	0	7	1	10	5	2	44
4	4	0	1	2	4	2

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Mathematics

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