Sponsored by:
Senator NIA H. GILL
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Ruiz
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning student participation in certain assessments and supplementing chapter 7C of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, “PARCC assessment” means the assessments developed by the consortium of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
b. A school district shall post on its website, and make publicly available upon request, information regarding the number of students in each grade level who participated in the administration of a PARCC assessment and the number of students in each grade level who did not participate in the administration of a PARCC assessment. The information shall include the subject area of the PARCC assessment, the grade levels covered by the assessment, and the date or dates on which the assessment was administered.
c. A school district shall post the information required by subsection b. of this section on its website within five days of the district’s completion of the administration of any PARCC assessment to any grade level.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires school districts to post information on their websites regarding student participation in the assessments developed by the consortium of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC assessments). Under the bill, a school district must provide on its website, and make publicly available upon request, information regarding the number of students in each grade level who participated in the administration of a PARCC assessment and the number of students who did not participate in the assessment. The information will include the subject area of the PARCC assessment, the grade levels covered by the assessment, and the dates on which the assessment was administered. A school district must provide the required information on its website no later than five days after the district completes its administration of any PARCC assessment to any grade level.