Glen Ridge Public Schools

GRPS Report Card

A Newsletter of the Glen Ridge Board of Education Fall 2002

The Glen Ridge Board of Education is proud of how our students perform on standardized tests. Enclosed are indicators of our students’ progress on local, state and national tests. The Board of Education is equally proud to present the colleges the Class of 2002 will be attending this fall (97% are attending 2 or 4 year colleges this fall). Using the Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges; 20% will attend colleges ranked most competitive; 28% highly competitive; 8% special; 20% very competitive; 11% competitive; 8% less competitive; 3% non-competitive; 2 % Prep School.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Boston College (2)

Boston University

Bryn Mawr College

Caldwell College (2)

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Clark University

College of the Holy Cross

Columbia University (2)

County College of Morris (2)

Davidson College (2)

Douglas College/Rutgers

Drexel University

Earlham College

Eastman School of Music/ Rochester

Emory and Henry College

Employment (2)

Essex County College (2)

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Felician College

Florida State University (2)

Fordham University

Franklin and Marshall College

Iona College

James Madison University

Johns Hopkins University

Johnson and Wales University

Lafayette College

Lehigh University (2)

Lincoln Technical Institute

Loomis Chafee School

Loyola College of Maryland

Miami University of Ohio

Montclair State University

Moravian College (2)

Muhlenberg College

Philadelphia University

Rutgers University (4)

Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of Arts

Savannah College of Art & Design

Seton Hall University

Skidmore College

Syracuse University

Temple University

The Catholic University of America

Trinity Pawling School

Tufts University

UMDNJ – Rutgers University

University of Colorado @ Boulder

University of Delaware (2)

University of Florida

University of Maryland

University of Michigan (2)

University of New Haven

University of Scranton (4)

University of Wisconsin

Villanova University (2)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Washington College

Wesleyan University

West Chester State University

Western New England College

William Paterson University (2)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Glen Ridge Public Schools – Testing Report – October 2002

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. Three subject areas have been updated, effective July 2002, (Language Arts Literacy, Mathematics and Science) to comply with the federal standard based reforms in No Child Left Behind. 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, GEPA and HSPA. Students scoring "partially proficient" are considered to be below the minimum standard level of the proficiency set by the state. The partially proficient students on the ESPA and GEPA receive extra remediation in order to make sure they are ready for the HSPA. Students who do not perform well on the HSPA are in jeopardy of not graduating and receive special mandatory interventions.

Grade 4 Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA)

Assesses progress towards mastering of the NJ Core Curriculum Standards

Administered in the spring of 2002

Currently assesses three areas: Language Arts, Mathematics and Science (not in 2002)

	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
Language Arts - 2002	3.2	-	89.6	-	7.2	-
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
Mathematics – 2002	5.6	-	40.8	-	53.6	-
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
Science – 2002 (NA)	NO	TEST	GIVEN

Grade 8 – Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA)

Designed to assess progress towards the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards

Administered in March 2002

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
Language Arts - 2002	1.8	-	82.0	-	16.2
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
Mathematics - 2002	7.2	-	56.8	-	36.0	-
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
Science - 2002	0.9	-	60.4	-	38.7	-

Grade 11 – High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA)

Administered in April 2002 to grade 11 students

Graduation Requirement – Test may be retaken in October 2002

Currently three areas assessed: Reading, Mathematics, and Writing

11^th Grade N = 89 all education students (regular and special education)

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

New test for 2002 not the HSPT	Partially Proficient		Proficient		Advanced Proficient
	Percent		Percent		Percent
	GR	NJ	GR	NJ	GR	NJ
Language Arts - 2002	1.1	-	70.8	-	28.1	-
Mathematics - 2002	5.6	-	51.7	-	42.7	-

NOTE: Glen Ridge students perform extremely well on all three state 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		Writing
	N	GR	Nation	GR	Nation	GR	Nation
1999	91	55.4	48.3	56.4	49.2	NA	NA
2000	91	55.0	48.3	54.8	48.7	NA	NA
2001	92	53.2	48.3	53.3	49.0	52.8	48.9

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	87	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. (**Taught with G&T Art)

AP Grade	US History	**Art- Studio	Biology	Chem	Comp. Science	English Lit.	French	Calc AB	Physics B	Spanish	Total Grades
5	4	0	15	2	0	8	0	11	3	2	45
4	5	0	4	7	3	6	0	5	3	3	33
3	0	0	1	2	0	6	6	1	10	3	27
2	1	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	2	3	14
1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	10	1	19	13	6	21	9	17	18	11	122
% 3 or Higher	90	0	100	85	50	95	67	100	189	73	86

A publication of the Non-Profit Org.

Glen Ridge Public School District Bulk Rate

12 High Street US Postage

Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 PAID

Glen Ridge, NJ 07028

Glen Ridge Board of Education Permit 603

Elisabeth Ginsburg, President

Robert Salvatelli, Jr., Vice President

Robert McGovern, Vice President

Sharon Dougherty

Karen Eisen

Dr. George Kirsch Local Resident

James O’Brien Glen Ridge, NJ 07028

Janet Schiller

Dr. Christopher Ward

Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

Peter R. Caprio

Business Administrator/Board Secretary