DOWNE TOWNSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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DOWNE TOWNSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• Principal
• Ms. Dina Elliott

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NJ ASK and GEPA GOALS

• ASSESS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN
• Language Arts Literacy
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
• Science

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NJ ASK and GEPA GOALS

• PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR SCHOOLS TO
• Assist in decisions about individual students
• education
• Assist in decisions about curriculum and
  instruction
• Fulfill NCLB requirements to assess all students
  in
• grades 3-8

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TESTING DATESNJ ASK AND GEPA

• NJ ASK
• MARCH 12, 13, 14 for GRADES 6 7
• MARCH 19, 20, 21 for GRADES 3 5
• MARCH 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 for GRADE 4
• GEPA
• MARCH 12, 13, 14, 15 GRADE 8

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Language ArtsTest Specifications
2 Reading Passages Multiple Choice Questions
OpenEnded
Questions 2 Writing Tasks Essays
Picture Prompt,
Poem
Prompt
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Math Test Specifications

• Four Clusters
• Number Sense, Operations, Properties
• Measurement, Spatial Sense, Geometry
• Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete
  Mathematics
• Patterns and Algebra
• 30 Multiple Choice and 5 Open-ended

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• SCORING RUBRICS
• Essay Writing 5 point scale
• Reading Open-ended 4 point scale
• Math Open-ended 3 point scale

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• Amount of Students Participated in 2006

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• 76 of Students Passed in 2006

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• Proficient Percentages