Roxbury superintendent: 52% of students met language-arts proficiency on 2025 NJSLA; district outlines targeted interventions

Superintendent Frank Santora told the Roxbury Township Board of Education on Oct. 13 that district students scored “52 percent” proficient on the 2025 New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA) language-arts test and that math and science results showed areas needing targeted attention.

Santora opened a 40‑minute presentation by explaining score levels and showing district trends by grade, subject and subgroup. “When you take those two metrics and combine them, that is what's considered our proficiency rating for this particular area,” he said while reviewing language-arts and math distributions.

The nut graf: The results show mixed performance across grades and demographic groups and prompted the district to expand direct instructional supports. Santora described adjustments aimed at raising proficiency — especially in math and science — including increased in‑support‑of‑learning (ISL) staffing, two pilot elementary ELA programs, expanded use of benchmark tools (IXL and LinkIt), and committee review of science course sequencing.

Most important findings and district response

- Language arts: Santora said 52 percent of assessed students scored at the proficiency levels (meeting or exceeding). He reported 1,767 students tested in language arts in 2025. Santora noted Roxbury’s combined level‑4 (meeting) percentage was 40 percent compared with roughly…