How Can New Jersey Drive Students Towards Literacy?
JerseyCAN acknowledges its success pushing the State Legislature to pass two bills, sponsored by Sen. Teresa Ruiz and signed by Gov. Phil Murphy, that require school districts...
NJ DOE tips it’s hand on new proposal for student assessments
By: John Mooney at NJ Spotlight News
Published on: September 5, 2019
On September 5th, the Murphy Administration presented a new multiyear plan for replacing the PARCC exams to the Board of Education. The NJSpotlight published a piece by John Mooney regarding the plan and quotes from the joint statement made by JerseyCAN and Better Education for Kids:
“The Department of Education’s plan to issue an RFP this fall for a ‘next generation’ assessment is troubling, given the lack of information being provided about the intended assessment and without first having more a public statewide discussion on what should be included in the succeeding assessment,”
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