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Additional Data
The NJDOE releases many data reports outside of the School Performance Reports, many of which can be found on the Data & Reports Portal.
Links to additional data related to the data in the School Performance Reports can be found below.
Academic Achievement
The NJDOE assessment office releases annual assessment results. Please note, these results may differ from the results included in the School Performance Reports. The School Performance Reports combine data across spring and fall administrations, some results include alternate assessments, and additional accountability rules may have been applied.
Additional assessment results, including data cross-tabulated by student group and other federally required reports, can be found on the NJDOE Accountability webpage:
Results from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are available on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) webpage:
Graduation & Postsecondary
Additional graduation rate reports starting with 2011, when the adjusted cohort graduation rate was first introduced, are also available:
The NJDOE receives data annually from the National Student Clearinghouse, which collects data from higher education institutions nationwide.
Climate and Environment
The School Performance Reports include device ratios as reported in the NJTRAx survey. The NJDOE also collects information about student devices and access to technology/internet through NJ SMART/NJSLEDS, which can be found in the following reports:
- District Reported Student Device Information – November 2020
- 2020-2021 Student Access to Technology and Internet Connectivity Data
- 2021-2022 Student Access to Technology and Internet Connectivity Data
- 2022-2023 Student Access to Technology and Internet Connectivity Data
- 2023-2024 Student Access to Technology and Internet Connectivity Data
The School Performance Reports include safety and discipline data collected through the Student Safety Data System. The Commissioner’s Annual Report to the State Legislature and additional reports and databases are also available:
States are federally required to report on data from the most recent Civil Rights Data Collection:
Staff Data
The following data files provide additional data on the professional qualifications of teachers, with comparisons between staff assigned to high and low economically disadvantaged schools:
Accountability
In addition to the accountability results included in the School Performance Reports, the NJDOE releases annual data related to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability system on the NJDOE Accountability webpage. This includes the ESSA Profiles, annual targets, accountability workbooks, and cross-tabulated accountability results.