State to Increase Standardized Student Testing in 2014-15
Annual exams, such as NJASK, will be longer, focus more on student needs.
State officials announced Tuesday that beginning in the 2014-15 school year, students in New Jersey schools will spend roughly three more hours per year undergoing annual tests than current testing requires, according to a published report. The new online tests, officials said, will help teachers better understand students’ needs, a Wednesday NorthJersey.com report said. However not all educators and parents are convinced of the effectiveness of the test, saying the new tests will drain more instructional time and increase pressure to “teach to the test,” especially at a time when teachers’ evaluations will be linked in part to their students’ progress on tests, the report said. A 22-state, federally funded consortium known as the …
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