New Jersey Graduation Proﬁciency Assessment (NJGPA)
New Jersey Graduation Proﬁciency Assessment Results Spring 2024 Administration

Teaneck Public Schools September 11, 2024

Patricia Dent
Director of School Innovation, English, ESL and School Counseling

Alicia Lyle
K-12 Supervisor of Mathematics

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Understanding the New Jersey Graduation Proﬁciency Assessment

● Statute requires the State graduation proﬁciency assessment to administered to all grade 11 students. (N.J.S.A. 18A:7C-6)
● The New Jersey Graduation Proﬁciency Assessment is designed to measure the extent to which students are graduation ready in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics.

● Graduation readiness is reported separately for each content component. ● The ELA component is aligned to the grade 10 standards.
● The Mathematics component is aligned to Algebra I and Geometry standards.

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Understanding the New Jersey Graduation Proﬁciency Assessment

• Students who take but do not meet the minimum required score (725) on each component of the assessment will have the opportunity to receive additional supports and may take the following steps:

• Retake the ELA and/or mathematics components of the New Jersey Graduation Proﬁciency Assessment in the following summer or fall;

• Meet a designated cut score from the menu of substitute competency tests; or

• Complete a portfolio appeal.

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Description of the Individual Student Report (ISR)

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Description of the Individual Student Report (ISR)

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NJGPA: English/Language Arts Scoring

Scoring Subclaims for Reading Complex Text: 44 total points
• Reading Literature: Students demonstrate comprehension and draw evidence from readings of grade 10, complex literary text.
• Reading Informational Text: Students demonstrate comprehension and draw evidence from readings of grade 10, complex informational texts.
• Vocabulary Interpretation and Use: Students use context to determine the meaning of words and phrases.

Scoring Subclaims for Writing: 30 total points
• Written Expression: Students produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.

• Knowledge of Language and Conventions: Students demonstrate knowledge of conventions and other important elements of language.

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NJGPA: Composition of the Mathematics Assessment

Standards for Mathematical Content (30 out of 55 points) •	Major Content

The student solves problems involving the Major Content in Algebra I and Geometry. •	Supporting Content
The student solves problems involving the Additional and Supporting Content in Algebra I and Geometry.
Standards for Mathematical Practice (25 out of 55 points) •	Reasoning (10 out of 55 points)

The student expresses Algebra I and Geometry course-level appropriate mathematical reasoning by constructing viable arguments, critiquing the reasoning of others (MP.3), and/or attending to precision when making mathematical statements(MP.6).
•	Modeling (15 out of 55 points)
The student solves real-world problems by applying knowledge and skills articulated in the standards for Algebra I and Geometry, engaging particularly in the Modeling practice, and where helpful making sense of problems and persevering to solve them (MP.1), reasoning abstractly and quantitatively (MP.2), using appropriate tools strategically (MP.5), looking for and making use of structure (MP.7), and/or looking for and expressing regularity in repeated reasoning (MP.8).

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Teaneck Public School’s Number of Students Tested for Spring 2024 NJGPA Administration

Number of Students Tested

Content Component
	Grade 11
	Grade 12
	Total Students Tested
	
English Language Arts (ELA)
	350
	8
	358
	
Mathematics
	352
	5
	357

Participation

Content Component-
	Eligible Test Takers
	Grade 11
	
English Language Arts (ELA)
	355 eligible students
	350 valid scores
	
Mathematics
	355 eligible students
	352 valid scores

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Spring 2024 NJGPA Test Administration:
Graduation Ready: Teaneck Public Schools vs the State

State

Teaneck

State

Teaneck

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Spring 2024 NJGPA Test Administration:
Graduation Ready: Two Year Comparison [2023 vs 2024]

2023

2024

2023	2024

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NJGPA: English / Language Arts - Two Year Subgroup Comparison

51.6% 46%

39.7%

NJGPA: Mathematics - Two Year Subgroup Comparison

51.6% 46%

39.7%

Graduation Requirements

Current Senior Class: Class of 2025

If, after completing the New Jersey Graduation Proﬁciency Assessment in grade 11, students do not demonstrate proﬁciency by passing the ELA or Mathematics component, such students may access the following pathways:

• Second Pathway: By meeting the designated cut score on a substitute competency test such as the PSAT, SAT, ACT, or ACCUPLACER; or
• Third Pathway: By submitting, through the district, a student portfolio appeal to the New Jersey Department of Education.

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Meeting the Assessment Requirements

* New Initiative

July 2024

Teaneck High School

ACCUPLACER Assessment

October 2024

Retake the New Jersey Graduation

Proﬁciency Assessment

September 2024 to January 2025

Pathways offered to take alternative

Assessments

Teachers     worked     with     groups     of                             Eligible seniors who have not yet taken the                  Eligible seniors will continue to work with the school students over the summer to take the                             NJGPA will take the Graduation Proﬁciency                  counseling     department     to     determine     alternative

ACCUPLACER assessment, clearing 20%

of students in mathematics and 17% of

Assessment during the October testing window.	assessments to meet the graduation requirements, if

needed. Coordination of alternative assessments will

students in ELA who needed an	continue for any senior who is yet to be graduation ready. alternative assessment for graduation.

Current Seniors: Class of 2025

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NJGPA ELA Instructional Planning

Current Junior Class: Class of 2026 Item Analysis and Supporting Content
• Department meetings will be used to review NJGPA question types, and complete an item analysis in support of addressing the three key standards of focus.

• RI.9-10.6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetorical devices to advance that point of view or purpose.
• RH.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history and the social sciences; analyze the cumulative impact of speciﬁc word choices on meaning and tone.
• RH.9-10.5. Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.

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NJGPA Mathematics Instructional Planning

Current Junior Class: Class of 2026 Item Analysis and Supporting Content
• Department meetings will be used to review the question types, and complete an item analysis in support of sharpening content area instruction in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra II.

Increasing Opportunities to Engage in Rich Mathematics Tasks:
• We will continue to work on opportunities for students to engage in rich mathematical tasks in the classroom. Rich mathematical tasks engage scholars in sense-making of content standards through multi-part items that require high levels of critical thinking, reasoning, mathematical modeling, and problem-solving.

Focused Skill Review
• After students take the NJGPA LinkIt Benchmark Assessment in September, the Supervisor of Mathematics will identify the top 6 skills in need of remediation and will assign practice assignments via Delta Math to each student.
• Teachers will provide mini-lessons on these previously learned topics in their courses to support student work.
• Students will be re-assessed in January to determine the eﬀectiveness of the intervention and to identify any new areas needed to target.

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Questions

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