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Board hears NJGPA and ACCESS results: ELA pass rate strong, math improvement lags
Summary
District leaders presented results showing 88.5% of the class of 2025 passed NJGPA ELA on the first sitting while 55.3% passed math; presenters noted substantial subgroup gains and a 108.7% increase in multilingual learner enrollment over three years and the board requested further disaggregation of math results.
The West Orange Board of Education reviewed the district’s spring 2024 NJGPA and ACCESS-for-ELLs results and discussed implications for fall instruction.
Michelle Martino, director of assessment, accountability and intervention, explained the state’s three pathways for meeting the new graduation requirement — the NJGPA assessment, substitute competency tests such as SAT/PSAT, or a portfolio appeal — and presented district-level scores for the class of 2025. “In ELA, 88.5 percent of our students passed the NJGPA with the…
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