Eleanor Van Gelder School students scored well above the state average for proficiency standards last year.
The 2008 New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge results were presented to the school board Sept. 25.
"Overall we’ve done very nicely," Curriculum Coordinator Susan Perl said. "The numbers are pretty comparable from one year to the next."
| Local state exam results
Figures are percentages. Advance Proficient scores are counted in the Proficient total. Some English Language students’ scores were not counted so totals may not equal 100. The state introduced higher proficiency standards for fifth and sixth grades.
Third Grade (60 students) Language Arts: 94.7 proficient, 5.4 partially proficient
Math: 96.7 proficient, 3.3 partially proficient
Fourth Grade (50 students)Language Arts: 85.2 proficient, 14.9 partially proficient
Math: 98 proficient, 2 partially proficient
Science: 98 proficient, 2 partially proficient
(50 students)Language Arts: 85.2 proficient, 14.9 partially proficientMath: 98 proficient, 2 partially proficientScience: 98 proficient, 2 partially proficient
Fifth Grade (49 students)Language Arts: 69.4 proficient, 30.6 partially proficient
Math: 87.8 proficient, 12.2 partially proficient
(49 students)Language Arts: 69.4 proficient, 30.6 partially proficientMath: 87.8 proficient, 12.2 partially proficient
Sixth Grade (59 students)Language Arts: 74.1 percent, 25.9 partially proficient
Math: 87.9 proficient, 12.1 partially proficient
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Approximately 95 percent of last year’s third graders tested proficient or advanced proficient in language arts and math. The 2007 class compared with 94 and 100 percent, respectively.
The state average for testing "partially proficient" was approximately 13 percent. The district had 5.4 percent in language arts and 3.3 percent in math.
Fourth graders also tested in science and 98 percent were proficient or advanced proficient, compared with 88 percent in 2007. Language arts proficiency dropped from 91 percent to 85 percent last year. Math scores went up from 92 percent in 2007 to 98 percent.
The State Board of Education adopted higher proficiency standards for grades five through eight this summer before announcing the results. Commissioner Lucille Davy sent a letter to school districts explaining that more students would have tested proficient or advanced proficient under 2007 standards, but the numbers appear lower this year.
"It is our hope that higher expectations in the earlier grades will ensure that students enter ninth grade better prepared," Davy said.
Perl said she heard the higher standards could be implemented for third and fourth grade next year.
The school’s fifth grade students tested proficient or advanced proficient in language arts at 69 percent and 88 percent in math. Sixth graders scored 74 percent in language arts and 88 percent in math.
"Language arts is the area that we’re going to address more critically this year," Perl said.
Perl said grading the writing portion can be subjective, but the school will focus on finding ways to improve the students’ abilities. She also noted that language arts scores were lower than math across the state.
Eleanor Van Gelder School students scored well above the state average for proficiency standards last year.
The 2008 New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge results were presented to the school board Sept. 25.
"Overall we’ve done very nicely," Curriculum Coordinator Susan Perl said. "The numbers are pretty comparable from one year to the next."
Approximately 95 percent of last year’s third graders tested proficient or advanced proficient in language arts and math. The 2007 class compared with 94 and 100 percent, respectively.
The state average for testing "partially proficient" was approximately 13 percent. The district had 5.4 percent in language arts and 3.3 percent in math.
Fourth graders also tested in science and 98 percent were proficient or advanced proficient, compared with 88 percent in 2007. Language arts proficiency dropped from 91 percent to 85 percent last year. Math scores went up from 92 percent in 2007 to 98 percent.
The State Board of Education adopted higher proficiency standards for grades five through eight this summer before announcing the results. Commissioner Lucille Davy sent a letter to school districts explaining that more students would have tested proficient or advanced proficient under 2007 standards, but the numbers appear lower this year.
"It is our hope that higher expectations in the earlier grades will ensure that students enter ninth grade better prepared," Davy said.
Perl said she heard the higher standards could be implemented for third and fourth grade next year.
The school’s fifth grade students tested proficient or advanced proficient in language arts at 69 percent and 88 percent in math. Sixth graders scored 74 percent in language arts and 88 percent in math.
"Language arts is the area that we’re going to address more critically this year," Perl said.
Perl said grading the writing portion can be subjective, but the school will focus on finding ways to improve the students’ abilities. She also noted that language arts scores were lower than math across the state.
