More than 800 N.J. schools failed to meet No Child Left Behind standards

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More than 800 of New Jersey’s public schools did not meet federal goals for student performance on standardized tests, the state announced today.

That is an increase of 150 schools -- of the 2,200 schools where students were tested -- compared to 2008 that did not meet the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

State officials said the increase was largely due to New Jersey’s ongoing efforts to raise academic standards and the decision to raise the bar last year on its tests for elementary grades, requiring students to earn a higher score to pass the exams.

This is the first year those changes went into effect and the comparisons with the previous year were stark: Some 37 percent of fourth graders failed the language arts test in 2009, compared to 17 percent in 2008. In math, about 27 percent failed the test, while nearly 15 percent did the prior year.

The information is part of the state’s annual report on how New Jersey schools are doing under the federal No Child Left Behind act, which requires that every school reach student achievement goals in more than 40 categories.

District Name CRANBURY TOWNSHIP
School Name CRANBURY
Pass reading/language arts? Y
Enough students take reading/language arts test? Y
Pass math? Y
Enough students take math test? Y
Overall, school pass? (if fail, see note below) Passed

Year X means the school failed a test for X years in a row. Details about the failure classifications, "Early Warning" and consequences is here.

The tests were administered in the spring of 2009.
For more detailed information on the 2009-2010 Adequate Yearly Progress Status of each school and district under No Child Left Behind accountability requirements, visit the New Jersey Department of Education

Source: New Jersey Department of Education data; Star-Ledger analysis and presentation

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