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South Plainfield superintendent team reports mixed NJSLA cohort gains and strong AP results; action plan outlined
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Mary Maleska presented district assessment results and instructional actions to the South Plainfield Board of Education, reporting elementary cohort gains on NJSLA tests, ongoing challenges in secondary transitions and Advanced Placement scores above global averages.
Assistant Superintendent Mary Maleska presented district assessment results and a set of instructional actions to the South Plainfield Board of Education during the board’s October meeting.
Maleska reviewed five assessments the district reports externally—NJSLA (English language arts, mathematics and science), ACCESS for ELLs (English-language proficiency), Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM, for students with significant cognitive disabilities), and Advanced Placement (AP) exams—and highlighted areas of growth and remaining challenges. “We are really making amazing strides,” Maleska said of cohort gains at the elementary level.
Nut graf: The presentation showed substantial year-to-year cohort improvements in several elementary grades on NJSLA measures (for example, multiple schools rising from the mid-30s and 40s to the mid-50s and higher for levels 4–5). At the same time, Maleska flagged the middle-to-high-school…
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