1. 2011 State Assessments Summary Results Dr. Bari Anhalt Erlichson Chief Performance Officer February 1 st, 2012

2. Introduction New Jersey conducts statewide tests in grades 3 through 8 and one time in high school for Language Arts and Math. For Science, every student is assessed in 4 th, 8 th and one time in high school.

3. Language Arts Literacy (LAL)

4. New Jersey’s LAL Standards

6. Overall LAL Performance

7. Impact of Raising LAL Standards

8. LAL Proficiency By Grade Grade 2010 Proficiency 2011 ProficiencyDifference 359.7633.3 459.662.73.1 563.160.9-2.2 665.366.71.4 769.263.3-5.9 882.482.2-0.2

9. NJASK LAL Trends

10. NJASK LAL Gaps

11. HSPA Gaps

12. Spotlight on Third Grade Reading Proficiency In 2010-2011, over 37,500 3 rd grade students in New Jersey did not pass NJASK – LAL. 42% of these students were educated in DFG A or B districts. About 16% were educated in our five largest urban districts. And 43% of them were educated in schools that had a poverty rate lower than the state school average.

13. 3 rd Grade Reading Proficiency

15. Mathematics

16. New Jersey’s Math Standards

18. Overall Math Performance

19. Impact of Raising Math Standards

20. Math Proficiency By Grade Grade 2010 Proficiency 2011 ProficiencyDifference 378.178.90.8 47779.32.3 578.780.61.9 671.877.35.5 764.365.71.4 868.571.53.0

21. NJASK Math Trends

22. NJASK Math Gaps

23. HSPA Math Gaps

24. Science

25. Overall Science Performance

26. Science Proficiency By Grade Grade 2010 Proficiency 2011 ProficiencyDifference 493.490-3.4 88381.2-1.8

27. NJASK Science Gaps