NJ ASK
NJ ASSESSMENT OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE (NJ ASK)
Test administration dates for the Spring 2003 NJ ASK3 and NJ ASK4 are scheduled for May 20, 2003, through May 23, 2003, with make-up testing the following week.
ESPA is now NJ ASK
The NJ ASK4 program will replace the Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) previously administered to NJ fourth graders. The NJ ASK3 launches New Jersey's effort to assess third graders and continues the state's support of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The testing times and test formats will be similar to ESPA's, including calculator use and open-ended items for mathematics, and open-ended items and writing tasks for language arts literacy (LAL) at both grade levels. Information will be available soon on the updated Directory of Test Specifications and Parent/Student/Teacher Information Booklets.
Attention School Administrators and District Test Coordinators
The New Jersey Department of Education is pleased to partner with ETS for the Spring 2003 New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge. ETS's contact information for the NJ program will be sent to the District Test Coordinators via regular mail within the next two weeks. Schools are encouraged to work closely with their District Test Coordinators as their primary points of contact for this assessment program.
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HSPA, 2003: March 4th, 5th & 6th
MARCH 2003 ADMINISTRATION
High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) (for ALL first-time grade 11 students, retained eleventh grade and first-time twelfth-grade students
March 4, 5, and 6, 2003 |
HSPA Regular Testing (Mathematics and Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2) |
March 11, 12, and 13, 2003 |
HSPA Make-Up Testing (Mathematics and Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2) |
Grade 11 High School Proficiency Test (HSPT11) (for retained twelfth graders and adult high school and returning students*)
March 4, 5, and 6, 2003 |
HSPT11 Regular Testing (Reading, Mathematics and Writing) |
March 11, 12, and 13, 2003 |
HSPT11 Make-Up Testing (Reading, Mathematics and Writing) |
*Newly-enrolled adult high school students who took the March 2002 HSPA are required to take the HSPA if they did not pass both test sections. Since adult high schools will not be administering the HSPA until October 2004, any adult high school students who are required to pass the HSPA must return to a regular high school to test.
Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) (for all eighth grade students)
March 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2003 |
Regular Testing (Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2) |
March 17, 18, 19, and 20, 2003 |
Make-Up Testing (Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2) |
Tentative Elementary Assessment (for all third and fourth-grade students)
April 28 and 29, 2003 |
Regular Testing (Language Arts Literacy and Mathematics) |
May 5 and 6, 2003 |
Make-Up Testing (Language Arts Literacy and Mathematics) | |
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