DLM

The DLM Alternate Assessment System helps educators facilitate student success by illustrating the interrelation among the knowledge, skills, and understandings necessary to meet academic content standards in a learning map model. The basis of all DLM assessments, the learning map model, was developed by teams of researchers through extensive review and synthesis of research literature. It undergoes continual review and refinement by experts in academic content, special education, and cognition.

Think of the learning map model as a common road map. Although students may share a common destination, they often begin their journeys from different points on the map. The learning map model helps parents and educators guide students to success by showing them where a student is now, where the student has been, and where the student is going. That is, the learning map model helps parents and educators identify a student’s current knowledge and skills, see how the student has developed over time, and look forward to more advanced academic content the student can learn next.

In short, the learning map model helps us see beyond where students are today to show us how they can get to where they need to go.

The New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA) are statewide assessments that assess students’ progress toward the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. The New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) consists of an ELA and a mathematics component to be administered to students in grade 11 for the purpose of meeting the state graduation assessment requirement. Each assessment is typically administered in computer-based (CBT) format, although paper-based testing (PBT) is available as an accommodation. ELA assessments will focus on writing effectively when analyzing text. Mathematics assessments will focus on applying skills and concepts and understanding multi-step problems that require abstract reasoning and modeling real-world problems, precision, perseverance, and strategic use of tools. Science assessments will focus on applying scientific concepts and practices within the domains of Earth & space, life, and physical science. Students will demonstrate their acquired skills and knowledge by answering selected-response items, constructed response items and technology-enhanced questions. 

• Training and Review site : which is a training website separate from Educator Portal.

  • To automatically be registered in Training Courses for training, the test administrator must have only one active, up-to-date account in Educator Portal, have the Teacher role selected, and have their educator identifier on their account.

• DLM IE website

CONTACT: Testing  Office