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New Jersey

Adoption Status

Adoption Status: Adopted with Modifications
Adoption Date: 06/16/2010

Implementation Status

Implementation Type: Incremental
Implementation Timeline: ELA Sept. 2012, all grades MATH (by Grades) Sept. 2011, K-2; Sept. 2012, 3-5, 9-12; Sept. 2013, 6-8 May 2016, NJ Repeals CCSS

Assessment

Assessment Consortia: PARCC

New Jersey Details

Name of Standards: New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
Standards Numbering Example: New Jersey follows Common Core numbering
Common Core Numbering Example: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1
State Documents: English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Last Reviewed: 02/13/2017

New Jersey News

Should NJ wait for a new govenor, president before finishing new education plan? (October 12, 2016)

New Jersey Lawmaker move to remove PARCC scores from teacher evaluations (September 21, 2016)

Final Year of Christie Administration Could See Big Education Battles (September 6, 2016)

Opting out? 5 things to know about PARCC (August 31, 2016)

New Jersey Ties Graduation to Tests Aligned With Common Core Standards (August 5, 2016)

N.J. officials give PARCC tests a pass despite failing marks (August 4,2016)

N.J. schools get first look at 2016 PARCC results (July 4, 2016)

Interactive Map: Taking the Portfolio Review Route to Graduation (June 25, 2016)

New Jersey Adopts New Standards to Replace Common Core (June 7, 2016)

PARCC reporting bill passes Assembly (May 30, 2016)

NJ Graduation Lawsuit Settled: ‘Portfolio’ Can Be Used As PARCC Substitute In 2016 (May 10, 2016)

New Jersey Changes Names of Common Core Standards, Makes Few Changes (May 6, 2016)

PARCC Foes Vow to Keep Fighting High-School Graduation Requirement (May 4, 2016)

N.J. school gave students the wrong PARCC test (April 29, 2016)

Pearson owes us for PARCC problems (April 26, 2016)

Christie: ‘We don’t know enough about PARCC’ to make it a grad requirement now (April 22, 2016)

N.J. PARCC glitch fixed, testing to resume Thursday, state says (April 21, 2016)

PARCC close to becoming a graduation requirement in N.J. (April 7, 2016)

One more chance for Common Core comment (February 25, 2016)

N.J. one of just a few states still using PARCC tests in 2016 (March 29, 2016)

Critics of PARCC tests want NJ to drop them as graduation requirement (March 17, 2016)

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) presented to Madison Board of Education (March 10, 2016)

PARCC testing not going away (February 19, 2016)

PARCC 2015 test results: Look up your school’s score (February 3, 2016)

PARCC results: New Jersey’s poor and black students perform worst on statewide exam (January 1, 2016)

New bill would end PARCC testing in N.J. (December 8, 2015)

N.J. students beat PARCC average on most exams (December 2, 2015)

PARCC testing addressed by W.M. board of education(November 26.2015)

NJ’s Decision to Stick with PARCC Puts It Among Small Minority of States (November 12, 2015)

Common Core Review Committee Rolls Up Sleeves, Gets to Work on Revisions (September 16,2015)

State broke law in imposing new tests, lawsuit charges (September 6, 2015)

Real test after Christie’s call to drop CCSS: What happens next? (June 2, 2015)

Christie drops Common Core, but sticks with PARCC tests (May 29, 2015)

Chris Christie to Pull New Jersey Out of Common Core (May 28, 2015)

Despite agreement, new PARCC policy is not official (April 29. 2015)

NJEA to education chief: Don’t take away state funds over PARCC opt outs (April 25, 2015)

NJ schools with high PARCC opt outs could have to make changes (April 23, 2015)

NJ PARCC refusals top 50,000 (March 31, 2015)

Why are NJ colleges supporting Commom Core? (March 29,2015)

PARCC: in unanimous vote, NJ Assembly says schools should accommodate opt outs (March 27, 2015)

PARCC opt out, task force bill clears Assembly panel (March 20, 2015)

Bill delaying PARCC impact going before NJ Assembly (February 23, 2015)

Common Core Controversy Continues in NJ and Across Nation (September 7, 2014)