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State Assessment Results:�Spring 2024 Administrations ��Warren Township

School District�October 28, 2024�

NJSLA

ACCESS

DLM

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TOPICS

NJSLA Administration Overview
Areas of Note
NJSLA Results Overview
DLM
NJSLA ELA and Math Results
NJSLA Science Overview and Results
NJ ACCESS for ELLs Overview and Results
Action Steps
2025 Assessment Schedule

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NEW JERSEY’S STATEWIDE �ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

Students took the NJSLA English Language Arts and Literacy Assessments (ELA/L) in grades 3 – 8.

Students took the NJSLA Mathematics Assessments in grades 3 – 8 and End of Course Assessments in Algebra I and Geometry.

Students in grades 5 and 8 took the NJSLA Science.

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NEW JERSEY’S STATEWIDE �ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

A small cohort of students with highly specific needs participated in an alternate state required assessment called the Dynamic Learning Map (DLM).

This cohort is so small that results are not shared in this presentation.

All students identified as English Language Learners (ELL) took the state required ACCESS for ELLS Assessment.

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NJSLA Math and ELA Overview

ELA:

NJSLA ELA assesses both Reading and Writing.
NJSLA ELA emphasizes the importance of:

Close reading
Synthesizing ideas within and across texts
Determining the meaning of words and phrases in context
Writing effectively when using and/or analyzing sources.

Math:

NJSLA Math emphasizes the importance of:

Student proficiency with grade or course level skills, knowledge, practices, and concepts.
Grade level major content.
Grade level additional and supporting content.
Reasoning and modeling.

ELA/Math: Student test items vary and not all students are assessed on every grade level standard.

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NJSLA Math and ELA PERFORMANCE LEVELS

Level 1: Not yet meeting grade-level expectations (650-700)

Level 2: Partially meeting grade-level expectations (700-725)

Level 3: Approaching grade-level expectations (725-750)

Level 4: Meeting grade-level expectations (750-800)*

Level 5: Exceeding grade-level expectations (800-850)*

* Note: There are minor differences in cut scores for certain grade levels.

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Areas of Note

The administration environment is unlike other district assessments.

Compared to state summary data, Warren students performed higher across all grade levels in all areas.

Overall NJSLA improvement goals established as part of the District’s Strategic Plan were met:

Overall 2024 passing rates improved 3% in ELA.
Overall 2024 passing rates improved 6% in Math.

Overall results in NJSLA Science improved.

Grade 5 passing rates increased by 23%.

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Areas of Note

ELA/MATH:

A high percentage of Warren ELA / Math scores fall in Level 3: Approaching Grade Level Expectations.

Math: 17% - 29% of students depending on grade.
ELA: 15% - 22% of students depending on grade.
Level 3 is one of the narrowest scoring bands: 25 points.

SCIENCE:

A high percentage of Warren Science scores fall in Level 2: Near Proficiency.

Grade 5: 39%
Grade 8: 46%

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MATH

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Comparison of Warren Township School District’s �Spring 2024 NJSLA Administrations�Mathematics to New Jersey - Percentages for 2024

	Not Yet Meeting		Partially Meeting		Approaching		Meeting		Exceeding		Meeting / Exceeding
Grade	Level 1, District	Level 1, State	Level 2, District	Level 2, State	Level 3, District	Level 3, State	Level 4, District	Level 4, State	Level 5, District	Level 5, State	≥ Level 4, District	≥ Level 4, State
3	.5	11.8	8.6	16	17.2	24.6	41.9	34.6	31.7	13	73.7	47.5
4	4.1	11.6	7.7	19	16.6	24.5	57.4	37.5	14.2	7.5	71.6	44.9
5	3.3	12.2	9.4	22.3	18.2	25.3	47	31	22.1	9.1	69.1	40.2
6	4.2	14.2	6.6	23.5	28.7	26.1	49.1	29	11.4	7.2	60.5	36.2
7	1.7	10.7	7.5	23.9	19	28	47.7	31	24.1	6.5	71.8	37.5
8*	13.6	30.2	13.6	28.9	20	21.5	48.2	17.9	5	1.5	52.7	17.8
Alg	0	17	0	21.4	0	22.2	64.7	35.6	35.3	3.9	100	39.5
Geo	0	6.2	0	14.4	0	30.3	43.8	41.4	56.3	7.7	100	49

*Some students in grade 8 participated in the Algebra I or Geometry assessment in place of the 8^th grade math assessment. Thus, Math 8 outcomes are not representative of grade 8 performance as a whole.

Notes: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

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Comparison of Warren Township School District’s �Percentages for 2024 and 2023

Mathematics

	Meeting / Exceeding 2024			Meeting / Exceeding 2023
Grade	≥ Level 4, District	≥ Level 4, State	Difference	≥ Level 4, District	≥ Level 4, State	Difference
3	74	48	+26	68	46	+22
4	72	45	+27	68	44	+24
5	69	40	+29	62	40	+22
6	60	36	+24	64	34	+30
7	72	38	+34	65	34	+31
8*	53	18	+35	59	18	+41
Alg	100	39	+61	100	35	+65
Geo	100	49	+51	100	51	+49

*Some students in grade 8 participated in the Algebra I assessment in place of the 8^th grade Math assessment. Thus, Math 8 outcomes are not representative of grade 8 performance as a whole.

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Spring 2024 NJSLA: Grade 3-8 Mathematics Subgroup Percentages

Subgroup	Valid Scores	Average Scale Score	Not Yet Meeting Expectations (Level 1)	Partially Meeting Expectations (Level 2)	Approaching Expectations (Level 3)	Meeting Expectations (Level 4)	Exceeding Expectations (Level 5)	≥ Level 4
Female	497	760	5%	10%	20%	47%	18%	65%
Male	574	768	3%	6%	17%	52%	23%	75%
Hispanic / Latino	128	747	8%	17%	28%	38%	9%	47%
Asian	325	780	1%	3%	10%	50%	36%	86%
Black or African- American	49	740	18%	14%	27%	33%	8%	41%
White	768	760	4%	10%	21%	50%	15%	65%
Two or More Races	82	769	2%	6%	21%	51%	20%	71%

Notes: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. Subgroups totals that fall below reporting threshold are not present.

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Spring 2024 NJSLA: Grade 3-8 Mathematics Subgroup Percentages

Subgroup	Valid Scores	Average Scale Score	Not Yet Meeting Expectations (Level 1)	Partially Meeting Expectations (Level 2)	Approaching Expectations (Level 3)	Meeting Expectations (Level 4)	Exceeding Expectations (Level 5)	≥ Level 4
Economic Disadvantaged - No	1051	766	3%	7%	18%	51%	22%	72%
Economic Disadvantaged - Yes	57	737	16%	21%	33%	21%	9%	30%
IEP	177	731	18%	27%	25%	25%	5%	30%
No IEP	832	772	1%	4%	17%	54%	25%	79%
504	60	761	3%	8%	18%	55%	15%	70%
Multilingual Learner	20	727	15%	40%	25%	20%	0%	20%
Not Multilingual Learner	1051	765	3%	7%	18%	50%	21%	71%

Notes: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. Subgroups totals that fall below reporting threshold are not present.

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ELA

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Comparison of Warren Township School District’s �Spring 2024 NJSLA Administrations�ELA to New Jersey - Percentages for 2024

	Not Yet Meeting		Partially Meeting		Approaching		Meeting		Exceeding		Meeting / Exceeding
Grade	Level 1, District	Level 1, State	Level 2, District	Level 2, State	Level 3, District	Level 3, State	Level 4, District	Level 4, State	Level 5, District	Level 5, State	≥ Level 4, District	≥ Level 4, State
3	7	19.8	8.6	15.2	15.1	21.4	52.7	37.2	16.7	6.4	69.4	43.6
4	4.7	13	5.3	14.3	21.9	21.9	47.3	34.6	20.7	16.2	68	50.8
5	4.4	13	4.4	13.8	14.9	21	57.5	40.4	18.8	11.9	76.2	52.2
6	1.2	10.7	11.4	14	22.2	22.2	50.9	37.4	14.4	15.8	65.3	53.2
7	3.7	13	6.9	12.3	15.9	20.7	45	31.5	28.6	22.4	73.5	54
8	10.7	13.7	8.5	13.6	20.9	19.8	37.3	35.2	22.6	17.7	59.9	52.9

Notes: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

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Comparison of Warren Township School District’s �Percentages for 2024 and 2023

English Language Arts

	Meeting / Exceeding 2024			Meeting / Exceeding 2023
Grade	≥ Level 4, District	≥ Level 4, State	Difference	≥ Level 4, District	≥ Level 4, State	Difference
3	69	44	+26	61	42	+19
4	68	51	+17	72	51	+21
5	76	52	+24	72	53	+19
6	65	53	+12	63	49	+14
7	74	54	+20	70	56	+14
8	60	53	+7	60	55	+5

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Spring 2024 NJSLA Administrations: 3-8 ELA

Subgroup Percentages

Subgroup	Valid Scores	Average Scale Score	Not Yet Meeting Expectations (Level 1)	Partially Meeting Expectations (Level 2)	Approaching Expectations (Level 3)	Meeting Expectations (Level 4)	Exceeding Expectations (Level 5)	≥ Level 4
Female	496	769	5%	7%	16%	47%	26%	72%
Male	573	761	6%	8%	20%	50%	16%	66%
Hispanic / Latino	126	746	12%	16%	24%	41%	7%	48%
Asian	325	778	2%	3%	10%	55%	30%	85%
Black or African-American	49	750	12%	18%	16%	35%	18%	53%
White	766	760	6%	8%	22%	46%	17%	64%
Two or More Races	82	771	4%	5%	13%	50%	28%	78%

Notes: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. Subgroups totals that fall below reporting threshold are not present.

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Spring 2024 NJSLA Administrations: 3-8 ELA -

Subgroup Percentages

Subgroup	Valid Scores	Average Scale Score	Not Yet Meeting Expectations (Level 1)	Partially Meeting Expectations (Level 2)	Approaching Expectations (Level 3)	Meeting Expectations (Level 4)	Exceeding Expectations (Level 5)	≥ Level 4
Economic Disadvantaged - No	1012	766	5%	6%	18%	49%	21%	70%
Economic Disadvantaged - Yes	57	740	12%	26%	21%	33%	7%	40%
IEP	179	725	27%	21%	27%	22%	3%	25%
No IEP	830	773	1%	5%	16%	54%	24%	79%
504	60	765	0%	8%	27%	48%	17%	65%
Not Multilingual Learner	1051	765	5%	7%	18%	49%	21%	70%
Multilingual Learner	18	723	17%	33%	28%	22%	0%	22%

Notes: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. Subgroups totals that fall below reporting threshold are not present.

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SCIENCE

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NJSLA Science Overview and

PERFORMANCE LEVELS

The assessment measures students in three areas.

Scientific and Engineering Practices (SEPS)
Context of Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs)
Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs)

NJSLA Science is scored on a four point scale:

Level 4: Advanced Proficiency
Level 3: Proficient
Level 2: Near Proficiency
Level 1: Below Proficiency

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Warren Township School District’s

2024 Spring NJSLA Science�Science to New Jersey - Percentages

	Level 1, District	Level 1, State	Level 2, District	Level 2, State	Level 3, District	Level 3, State	Level 4, District	Level 4, State	≥ Level 3, District	≥ Level 3, State
Grade 5	11	35	39	37	39	21	12	6	51	28
Grade 8	15	36	46	45	28	14	11	5	39	19

Notes: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

Student Assessments: Gr. 5 = 181 / Gr. 8 = 179

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Comparison of Warren Township School District’s �Percentages for 2024 and 2023

English Language Arts

	Meeting / Exceeding 2024			Meeting / Exceeding 2023
Grade	≥ Level 3, District	≥ Level 3, State	Difference	≥ Level 3, District	≥ Level 3, State	Difference
5	51	28	+23	38	26	+12
8	39	19	+20	39	19	+20

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ACCESS for

English Language Learners

(ELL)

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NJ ACCESS for English Language Learners (ELLs) Overview

All school districts in New Jersey must administer the ACCESS for ELLs language proficiency assessment to all ELLs in grades K–12.
Multilingual students identified as ELLs must participate in the assessments even if parents/guardians have refused services for the student.
Results from the ACCESS for ELLs are used in the calculation of schools’ and districts’ performance on the Progress to English Language Proficiency (ELP) indicator for ESSA school accountability.

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ACCESS for ELLs Overall Proficiency Levels

1 – Entering - Knows and uses minimal social language and minimal academic language with visual and graphic support.

2 – Emerging - Knows and uses some social English and general academic language with visual and graphic support.

3 – Developing - Knows and uses social English and some specific academic language with visual and graphic support.

4 – Expanding - Knows and uses social English and some technical academic language.

5 – Bridging - Knows and uses social and academic language working with grade level material.

6 – Reaching - Knows and uses social and academic language at the highest level measured by this test.

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NJ ACCESS for ELLs 2022-2023 Results

(Performance Level: Student Counts)

Overall Level / Grade	K-2	3-8
1 - Entering	3	0
2 - Emerging	3	1
3 - Developing	16	5
4 - Expanding	18	9
5 - Bridging	4	4
6 - Reaching
Reported Scores:	44	19

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Action Steps

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Action Steps

Strategic plan goals for achievement have been set for the 2024-2025 school year.

Increase the passing rate by 7% over the 2022 baseline data in ELA and Math.

The following areas are prioritized:

Implementation of a fully revised K-5 ELA curriculum and associated professional development to more fully address a consistent approach across the four schools.
Staff, grade level and team meetings focused on consistent teacher and student look fors across the district in the areas of ELA and Math.

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Action Steps

Building and staff student growth goals are tied closely to NJSLA and iReady data.
Administrators and teacher conduct an analysis of iReady and NJSLA standards reports to determine any patterns in performance with specific standards that should be proactively addressed within each building and grade level.
Benchmark assessments (iReady, Lexia, etc.) are scheduled to monitor growth and progress during the school year.
Staff review assessment data across the school year to monitor student growth and progress and make planning and instructional adjustments necessary to support students.

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Action Steps

WMS implemented a pilot ASAP program to address a tiered system of supports through use of pull out, coteaching, and WIN ASAP periods.
Federal grant monies are dedicated to the continued provision of extended day high frequency individual and small group tutoring supports for eligible students.
Provide embedded opportunities for students to engage in assessment questions that address the unique demands of the NJSLA and specific New Jersey Student Learning Standards.

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2025 State Assessments

Assessment	Month
ACCESS	February / March
DLM	April / May
NJSLA ELA / Math	May
NJSLA Science	April / May

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