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Hunterdon Central shows cohort growth on NJGPA; ACCESS gains lag for multilingual learners
Summary
District leaders told the board July 21 that new cohort tracking shows notable gains from eighth to 11th grade on the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA), while English-proficiency growth for multilingual learners (ACCESS) did not meet state growth targets and remains a concern.
Hunterdon Central Regional High School administrators reported July 21 that cohort tracking of state and federal assessments shows substantial gains for the district's current 11th-grade cohort on the NJGPA in English language arts and mathematics, but that English‑language proficiency growth measured by the ACCESS test fell short of state targets for many multilingual learners.
The presentation, led by Dr. Matt Hall, director of curriculum and instruction, put the district's spring NJGPA results into context with new longitudinal data enabled by the district's student information system. "This is the test that really is the opportunity for students to demonstrate that they're, quote, 'graduation ready,'" Hall said, describing NJGPA as a primary graduation pathway in English language arts and mathematics.
Hall reported that roughly 88 percent of the district's 11th graders met the NJGPA standard in English language arts and about 69 percent met it in mathematics. Using cohort tracking,…
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