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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS
The Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) was administered
at grade 4 from 1997 through 2002 to provide an early indication of student
progress toward achieving the knowledge and skills identified in the
Core Curriculum Content Standards (CCCS). In spring 2003, the department
replaced the ESPA with the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge
(NJ ASK), a comprehensive, multi-grade assessment program. Along with
other indicators of student progress, the results of the elementary-level
assessments are intended to be used to identify students who need additional
instructional support in order to reach the CCCS.
 New
Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK)
With
the enactment of the NCLB Act, New Jersey’s
statewide assessment of elementary students has undergone further change.
Under the provisions of this federal legislation, every state is required
to administer annual standards-based assessment of all children in grade
3 through 8. Federal expectation is that each state will provide tests
that are grounded in that state’s content standards and that assess
students’ critical thinking skills in three content areas: language
arts literacy, mathematics and science.
All
New Jersey third and fourth grade students took the New
Jersey Assessment of Skills and
Knowledge for the first time in May 2003. Since the NJ
ASK 3 was
a field test in 2003, the first operational third-grade assessment will
occur in spring 2004. The statewide science assessment, which is not
required at every grade level, will be field tested at the fourth-grade
level in 2004.
Test
Results
State Summaries for NJ ASK/ESPA:
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) State Reports:
2001-02 No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) report for school, district, and state
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2002-02 NCLB
State-level report
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Test
Specifications
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