The New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge September 2012 Score Interpretation Manual Grades 3 to 8 which is applicable to all the parents students and private tutors at all three Math Genie abacus math for kids schools in New Jersey in the United States of America, continues on to state the following, quote “Indicators (CPIs), the CCCS define expected achievement in nine core content areas which are visual and performing arts, comprehensive health and physical education, language arts literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, technology and career education and consumer, family and life skills. The NJ CCCS informed the development of three state wide assessments which are as follows. (1) the fourth-grade Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA), which was administered from 1997–2002. (2) the Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA), which replaced the EWT in 1998 and (3) the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), which replaced the HSPT11 as the state’s graduation test in 2002 following three years of field testing. State regulations (N.J.A.C. 6A8-2.1(a)5i) stipulate that the CCCS must be reviewed for possible revision every five years. Thus, the CCCS constitute a dynamic entity, not a fixed, final set of standards. Similarly, New Jersey’s assessments reflect continuous refinements and evolving understandings of the CCCS, while using assessment instruments that are highly standardized for the purposes of ensuring validity, reliability, and comparability. Revisions to the CCCS were completed in 2004. The Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) test specifications were aligned with the Core Curriculum Content Standards. In May 1997, and again in May 1998, a field test of the ESPA in Language Arts Literacy (Reading and Writing), Mathematics, and Science was administered to all fourth-grade students in New Jersey. In May 1999, the ESPA was administered for the first time as an operational assessment. National trends in support of standards-based education and educational accountability led to the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). NCLB required that every state establish standardized assessments in reading and mathematics, annually in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, no later than 2005–2006, and in science at three benchmark grade levels no later than 2007–2008. As a result of these requirements, New Jersey established additional state wide assessments in grade 3 (starting in 2003) and in grades 5 through 7 (starting in 2006). In response to NCLB requirements and to New Jersey’s own expectations that children be reading on grade level by the end of third grade, New Jersey revised its elementary assessment to develop a comprehensive, multi-grade testing program” end quote. Visit Math For Kids Problems Abacus Lessons Everyday Cool Games Private Tutors to contact Math Genie and enroll your child to improve their math ability. To learn more about math for kids provided by Math Genie in South Plainfield and East Brunswick New Jersey USA visit this link Math For Kids Problems Abacus Lessons Everyday Cool Games Private Tutors.
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