Standardized Assessment Requirements

Standardized Assessment Requirements 

Students in 9th grade will be required to take the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) English Language Arts (ELA) 9 assessment and the NJSLA Mathematics assessment corresponding to their current mathematics course. Students in grades 10 - 12 who are enrolled in Algebra I for the first time must take the NJSLA Algebra I assessment. 

All students will take the NSLA Science in the Spring of their junior year. 

All students will take the NJGPA in their junior year in English Language Arts and Mathematics. 

Graduation Requirements for the class of 2025

First Pathway

Students must take and demonstrate proficiency in grade 11 on the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA), which includes content aligned to the grade 10 New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) in ELA, and the NJSLS in Algebra I and Geometry. If after completing the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment a student does not demonstrate proficiency on the ELA or mathematics section, the student may retake the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment the following summer or fall. 

Second Pathway

Students who completed the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment in grade 11 and did not demonstrate proficiency are able to demonstrate proficiency in ELA and/or mathematics by meeting the designated cut score on one of the assessments on the following competency tests. 

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Third Pathway

Students who completed the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment in grade 11 and did not demonstrate proficiency are able to demonstrate proficiency in ELA and/or mathematics through a portfolio appeal in grade 12.