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Dover reports lower NJGPA pass rates than state; board discusses targeted interventions and graduation pathways
Summary
District presenters told the board that 65% of Dover 11th-graders passed the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA), compared with 80% statewide. Board members pressed staff on use of interim measures, impacts on graduation, and interventions for students near the cut score.
Patrick Pandolfo, the district's director of student intervention and district testing, told the Dover Public School District Board of Education that 65% of the district's 11th-grade students passed the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) this spring, compared with an 80% statewide pass rate.
Pandolfo said the NJGPA is a binary, end-of-course measure: students either meet the state's cut score (725) and are considered —graduation ready,— or they do not. Students who do not pass in spring may retake the exam in October; alternate pathways include additional state-approved assessments and, if eligible, a portfolio review organized by guidance counselors and teachers. Pandolfo emphasized that students must sit for…
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