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N.J. students keep test scores up despite harder exams
By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger
on November 13, 2013 at 1:25 PM, updated November 13, 2013 at 2:51 PMNew Jersey’s public school students performed about the same on their annual tests last year as they did the previous year, despite changes to the tests that made them more difficult.
About 67 percent of third through eight graders were proficient in language arts, and 75 percent were proficient in math, according to data released this morning. In high school, 93 percent scored proficient in language arts and almost 86 percent were proficient in math.
State education officials were pleased with the results for tests that are changing every year as New Jersey transitions to the new Common Core State Standards and the more rigorous tests that accompany them.