Student Proficiency

Big Mess at Murphy’s Ed Department: Some Students Were Tested On Material They Hadn’t Learned Yet

The past October, one million New Jersey public school students took a series of tests called Start Strong that assessed…

3 years ago

Are Newark District Officials Hiding the Truth Or Are They Just Bad at Making Graphs?

Yesterday NJ Ed Report published a short article after Newark officials released new information on the academic gains of students…

3 years ago

Fewer Than 6 Percent of Newark District Students Will Reach Proficiency in Math

Newark Public Schools District just released the most recent scores on the in-district assessments that measure student learning. According to…

3 years ago

Murphy Chooses Cash Over Kids: A Look Behind A Trenton Charter School Denial

When Paul Robeson Charter School in Trenton received word that the Murphy Administration was rejecting its proposal to expand to…

3 years ago

Why Isn’t the Murphy Administration Taking Student Math Loss Seriously?

Imagine that you go in for your annual medical bloodwork and something alarming turns up: say, your platelets are through…

3 years ago

Star-Ledger Editorial Board Pounds Incompetence of Murphy’s Education Department

It's not often that an entire Editorial Board of New Jersey's paper of record (if the Garden State has such…

3 years ago

Once Again, These ‘Fiscal Equity’ Lobbyists Futz With Facts To Satisfy a Flawed Premise

Here we go again. Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (aka Jersey Jazzman) have another report up at New Jersey Policy…

3 years ago

BREAKING: State School Board Overrules Murphy’s DOE and Says ‘No’ To Lowering Graduation Standards

Today at 12:40 the New Jersey State Board of Education rejected the Murphy Administration's Department of Education’s recommendation that students…

3 years ago

If You’re A Rich White Kid in NJ, Don’t Sweat Over Midterm Exams

There’s an emerging trend among New Jersey high schools: administrators are either canceling midterm exams or diluting their consequences in…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Newark Superintendent León Crosses the Line As He Promotes A School Fraught With Violence

Ready for your dose of cognitive dissonance? Yesterday at 10:39 am  Chalkbeat published an exposé of Newark's Malcolm X Shabazz High…

3 years ago