![]() It plans to do the same with the 750 cut score. In a nod to the uncertainty posed by the new test, the board had intended to revisit the 725 cut score after one year to see if the data from its first administration merited its adjustment. The GPA itself hasn’t been field-tested, though its individual items have as the SLA, the successor to the PARCC test, said Gilbert Gonzalez, acting assistant education commissioner for the Division of Teaching and Learning Services. “I think 750 certainly seems like something that we could start with, and then we can reassess.” “To say to kids, to say to parents, to say that ‘partially meets expectations’ is what we want for you is wrong,” said board member Mary Beth Berry. ![]() It’s not clear how many more questions a student will have to get correct to pass, before the test results are converted onto a scale of 650 to 850. A passing score represents that a student is approaching graduation readiness. The test covers end-of-course knowledge from grades 8, 9 and 10. “725 for me I think takes New Jersey, lowers our standards.” New test, familiar questions She told the board that “725 is just way too low.” The state board bucked the department and its outside psychometricians after a push from Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, who until January was the longtime head of the Senate Education Committee.
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