2/8/22-Higher Scores Needed to Pass NJ’s New High School Tests
- February 08 2022
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Higher Scores Needed to Pass NJ’s New High School Tests
February 3, 2022| njspotlightnews.org
Going back a half-century, if not longer, New Jersey has debated what the state should demand its public high school students know and be able to do when they graduate, an argument with terms like “basic skills” and “college and career ready.”
With the pandemic still roiling and schools in an uncertain place, those terms were back on stage Wednesday (2/2/22) as the State Board of Education held a lively and sometimes tense debate over how rigorous the state’s next high school exit exam should be.
And at least for now, the “more rigorous” camp won.
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