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 and DOE to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Education Committee on May 18, 2015, with amendments.
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 1[five] 101 days of the district’s completion of the administration of any PARCC assessment to any grade level. 1A school district shall also provide the information to the Department of Education within the same period of time.
d. Within a reasonable time after receiving the information required by subsection b. of this section from all school districts, the Department of Education shall post on its website data regarding the total number of students in each grade level Statewide who participated in the administration of a PARCC assessment and the total number of students in each grade level Statewide 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 dates of the testing window in which the assessment was administered.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.