The State Board is beginning the re-adoption of the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards process this spring. Review of the first set of standards to be considered will include: Visual & Performing Arts, Comprehensive […]
Report Finds Teachers Value Assessments that Provide Feedback
The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) released a report, Make Assessment Matter: Students and Educators Want Tests that Support Learning May 6. Among the report’s findings: Students, teachers, and administrators all agree that learning needs […]
NJDOE Releases 1st Ed Prep Provider Report
The New Jersey Department of Education released the first Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) Annual Report on May 13. The report provides a snapshot of performance data, including information on teacher certification area and employment, […]
USED & AG Issue Guidance for School Districts to Ensure Equal Access for All Children to Public Schools, Regardless of Immigration Status
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder released updated guidance to assist public elementary and secondary schools to ensure enrollment processes are consistent with the law and fulfill their obligation […]
State Board Gets Second View of New Eval Regs, Hears About PARCC Field Test at May Board Meeting
The State Board of Education’s May meeting included: a second discussion on newly proposed evaluation regulations, an initial approval of charter regulations, a presentation on the recent PARCC field test, a process for approval […]
Clarifying Evaluation for Teaching Staff Members Not Covered By TEACHNJ
“Confusion” is the term that many members have expressed when trying to navigate the evaluation requirements for teaching staff members and personnel other than principals, vice / assistant principals and teachers. While the TEACHNJ […]
Deciphering the NJDOE Eval Waiver Process
In recent discussion with members it has become apparent that there is confusion around what options districts have to apply for a “waiver” or “equivalency determination” of current regulation associated with evaluation. Districts seeking […]
NJDOE Release Guidance for Determining 2013-14 HIB Grades
The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) announced May 6 the opening of the 2013-2014 School Self-Assessment (Self-Assessment) program to grade school district’s efforts in implementing the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (ABR). The […]
Assembly Budget Committee Hears from Acting Commissioner
Acting Commissioner Dave Hespe appeared before the Assembly Budget Committee on May 5 on the FY2015 education budget. The free wheeling conversation ranged from the current projected budgetary shortfall and its impact on school […]
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