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Mount Olive juniors outperform state averages on NJGPA; district targets supports for special education students
Summary
Board received spring NJGPA results showing junior-year graduation readiness of 88% in ELA and 77% in math; district described ACCUPLACER competency pathway and curriculum adjustments intended to raise outcomes for students with IEPs and other subgroups.
Mount Olive Township School District officials presented spring NJGPA (state graduation assessment) results to the Board of Education and described steps to support students who did not meet graduation-readiness thresholds.
The district’s report, presented by Miss McDermott, said 88% of juniors were "graduation ready" in English language arts (ELA), compared with 80% statewide; 77% of juniors met the math graduation-ready standard compared with a state rate the presentation gave as 58%.
Miss McDermott described the ACCUPLACER competency pathway and other alternate routes for students who do not meet the NJGPA cut score: "We offer the ACCUPLACER…
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