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District presents high NJSLA proficiency; board presses for student‑level growth data and early‑literacy targets
Summary
District presenters said Montgomery Township students outperformed state proficiency averages across several grades and subjects, including notable gains in 8th‑grade math. Board members pressed administrators for cohort and student‑growth measures and asked whether the district can set measurable early‑literacy targets; administrators said growth measures (SGP and local benchmarks) exist but were not part of the proficiency presentation.
At its Nov. 18 meeting the Montgomery Township Board of Education received the district’s spring assessment briefing. Presenter Fiona Gorlin explained two assessment streams: Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) for students with significant intellectual disabilities (not publicly reported where n<10) and the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA), which the district reported in proficiency bands and three‑year cohort comparisons.
Gorlin said the district typically exceeds statewide proficiency in English language arts by roughly 30 percentage points and in some math areas by as much as 50 percentage…
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