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Accelerating instruction is a long-term solution to improve student educational outcomes. While the in-person instruction time students lost due to the pandemic can never be completely replaced, the New Jersey Department of Education is committed to providing the resources, guidance, and tools necessary to move students forward through increased instructional time and accelerated learning opportunities.
To accelerate learning and ensure equitable, culturally responsive educational opportunities for New Jersey’s students, the Department will provide guidance to local educational agencies (LEAs) on increasing educators’ capacity to prioritize student access to grade-level content and increase students’ access to grade-appropriate tasks.
The New Jersey Department of Education is supporting local education agencies’ (LEAs) efforts as they respond to students' increased academic needs and the necessity to accelerate learning by proposing a state-supported high impact tutoring initiative. The initiative will provide targeted funding to districts for high dosage, intensive tutoring, with priority given to students in grades three (3) and four (4). This project will optimize funding for targeted tutoring through recommended vendors or organizations in addition to schools and districts that meet established, research-based criteria. Students receiving tutoring services are those who experienced interrupted instruction and demonstrated disproportionate impact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Jersey Department of Education is excited to announce the release of Maximizing Schedules to Support Learning Acceleration webpage. This resource, part of the New Jersey Partnership for Student Success (NJPSS) Initiative, provides information on the advantages of flexible scheduling, with the purpose of adding time for a learning acceleration block designed to meet students’ needs. It also serves as a resource for local education agencies (LEAs) to reimagine the purpose of a flexible period for schools who currently have this time in place.
Consistent with National Summer Learning Association research, the Department will continue to expand its focus on summer and out-of-school learning time to provide local educational agencies (LEAs) with evidence-based resources and technical assistance workshops focused on learning acceleration, intervention, and support strategies.