Lacey Township School District Assessments

On this page you will find a wealth of information regarding the NJ Statewide Assessment Program as well as information about Lacey Township School District assessments, (referred to as local assessments).

New Jersey has administered statewide assessments since the 1970s. However, the testing program has evolved over the years to coincide with changes that have been made to the state’s academic standards, now called the New Jersey State Learning Standards. These standards, adopted in May 2016, changed the expectations in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics to emphasize higher-order thinking skills and not just memorizing information.

The New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA) are statewide assessments that assess students’ progress toward the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. The NJSLA assessments are designed to accurately measure the higher-level skills developed under the New Jersey Student Learning Standards and provide parents and educators with meaningful information to improve teaching and learning.

While the New Jersey State Assessments provide parents and districts with valuable information regarding College and Career Readiness, it is only one data point. When combined with information that educators receive from district assessments, such as NWEA MAPs (Measurements of Academic Progress), Developmental Reading Assessments (DRA), benchmark assessments, and teacher tests and quizzes, a comprehensive student portfolio emerges. This is what we call multiple measures of assessment.

In 2016, The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) published the results of an important study entitled, Make Assessment Work for All Students: Multiple Measures Matter. The study revealed that multiple measures of assessment provide “education stakeholders — from state officials to teachers and principals, to students and parents — with the necessary information to adapt the learning process at various levels to meet the needs of each and every student.”

We invite you to explore the tabs to the left that provide information about both state and local assessments.