TRENTON – Some state education officials are sounding the alarm after midyear assessments showed three of every eight New Jersey public school students scored below grade level in math and English language arts.
The coronavirus pandemic upended education, pushing classes online at all schools for three months last spring and still continuing more than a year later at a handful of schools. It also messed with New Jersey’s statewide standardized tests, which were canceled both last and this school year.
All students will take a new ‘Start Strong’ assessment when they return next fall. Districts were also directed to administer locally selected assessments this past winter and report results to the state, and the results underscore the challenges posed by the pandemic:
Students with disabilities may receive additional year of special education
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Middlesex Vo-Tech gets $23M to expand programs at East Brunswick
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School district receives funding for new technical education facility
Bayonne Academy, on the BHS campus, will receive over $9 million in state funds ×
Bayonne Academy will soon have its own facility at BHS.
Bayonne Academy, on the Bayonne High School campus, is set to receive over $9 million in funding from the Securing Our Children’s Future Bond Act (SOCFBA). The state funding, allocated for county vocational schools, will fund renovation and new construction to increase student capacity.
Governor Phil Murphy, Acting Commissioner of Education Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan, and Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges announced on May 28 that Bayonne Academy will receive a total of $9,930,113.