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Roxbury presents test gains, board to accept antibullying self‑assessment
Summary
District staff reported year‑over‑year gains on state assessments, highlighted NJ GPA and subgroup progress enabled by a new LinkIt data partnership, and presented an anti‑bullying self‑assessment (district score 73) the board moved to accept as part of education resolutions that later passed.
District staff presented standardized testing results and compliance measures at the Oct. 14 Roxbury Township Board of Education meeting, reporting gains in several grades and describing new data tools for targeted interventions.
Dr. Charles Sipe presented the district’s assessment overview, explaining New Jersey testing programs (NJSLA and NJ GPA) and noting that the district’s eighth‑grade English language arts results rose significantly year‑over‑year (Sipe cited a roughly 16% gain in that grade). He told the board that Roxbury’s NJ GPA figures for eleventh grade were above state averages: Sipe read the district ELA NJ GPA as 88.8% vs. the state average of 81.6%, and cited math performance at about 66% vs. the state’s 55%.
Sipe highlighted the…
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