Commissioner Hespe Testifies Before Senate Ed Committee on PARCC Commissioner David Hespe testified before the Senate Education Committee Marc h 12 on the new State assessment system, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for […]
Assembly Moves Assessment Reporting & K-2 Limitation Forward
The full Assembly moved several measures forward related to standardized assessment March 9. Among the bills was legislation, A-3079 (Jasey), which limits K-2 assessments to only those needed for diagnostic and formative purposes, as […]
State Board Gets Overview on SGP Scores, Hears from Stakeholders on Changes to Teacher Prep, Licensure and PD
The New Jersey State Board of Education received a presentation on Student Growth and how it interrelates with evaluation from Chief Talent Officer Peter Shulman and Chief Performance Officer Bari Erlichson at their March […]
NJPSA Announces Visionary Award Winners
The New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2014-2015 Visionary Leadership Awards. Emil Carafa, principal of Washington School in Lodi, was named Visionary Leader of the […]
Want Details on the Report of the NJ Pension & Health Benefit Study Commission?
NJPSA Director of Retirement Services, Robert Murphy, provided analysis on the recent report released by the New Jersey Pension and Health Benefit Study Commission, A Roadmap to Resolution: Report of the New Jersey Pension and […]
Pat Wright's Message to NJPSA Members Following Budget Address
Dear NJPSA Members, Yesterday, Governor Christie delivered his annual budget address to the NJ Legislature and the people of this state. Instead of laying out an agenda dedicated to growing the state’s economy […]
JUDGE JACOBSON RULES IN FAVOR OF EMPLOYEE PENSIONS
On Monday of this week, less than 24 hours before Governor Christie unveiled his budget for FY2016, Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson, found in favor of the plaintiffs, including the NJPSA, in a lawsuit […]
Governor Delivers Budget Address Focused Almost Exclusively on Pension & Health Benefits
Governor Chris Christie delivered his annual budget address to the Legislature February 24 but the larger budget specifics were eclipsed by his plan to address pension and health benefit issues. Pension Roadmap? Top on […]
Teacher Leader Bill Held
Teacher Leader Bill Held Legislation, A-448 (Jasey, Diegnan) / S-165 (Whelan)), which would create a new teacher -leader endorsement was held during the full Assembly session yesterday to do a bit of re-tooling and […]
PARCC Moratorium Legislation Passed by Assembly
Legislation, A-4190 (Diegnan), which would establish a three year moratorium on the use of PARCC scores for students and educators was passed by the Assembly February 23 by a vote of 63-7-4. The legislation […]