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Standardized assessments play a crucial role in measuring student readiness, guiding instructional strategies, and ensuring compliance with state requirements. In New Jersey, the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) serves as a key indicator of college and career readiness for high school students.
Schools across the state are working to ensure that students meet these benchmarks, but challenges such as data tracking, intervention planning, and compliance can make the process complex.
2025 Testing Window:
The NJGPA is administered to high school juniors and assesses proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. To graduate, students must either pass the NJGPA or meet alternative pathways, such as achieving qualifying scores on other standardized tests or demonstrating proficiency through a portfolio appeal process.
The stakes are high—not just for students, but for schools and districts that must ensure they are providing the right supports to help students succeed on the NJGPA. This means tracking progress, identifying students in need of interventions, and maintaining compliance with state reporting requirements.
Educators face several challenges related to NJGPA preparation and compliance:
OnCourse helps schools streamline their approach to NJGPA preparation by offering tools that simplify data management, intervention tracking, and compliance reporting.
Benchmark and assessment data is often underutilized and unapproachable to the staff that needed it to make a difference in student growth. If you want busy teachers to look at data, you must make it fast and convenient. That means putting it in the same place where they are already completing their daily tasks, like attendance and grades.
OnCourse provides a student story view that integrates NJGPA assessment scores, classroom performance, and intervention history in one place. Educators can quickly identify at-risk students and develop targeted action plans to improve outcomes.
For a complete class or school view, teachers and admins can use OnCourse Multiple Measures – an easy tool for creating convenient data dashboards. Your district can add academic measures (benchmark scores, diagnostic scores, progress monitoring data, etc.) from multiple sources. See an example of a NJSLA report here.
With OnCourse’s Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and intervention tracking, schools can:
OnCourse makes it easier to keep track of NJGPA student progress and generate reports that align with state requirements. This reduces administrative burden and ensures schools remain compliant while focusing on student success. Join our NJ state reporting mailing list to get the latest updates!
The NJGPA is a critical milestone for New Jersey students, but ensuring they are prepared doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With OnCourse, schools can gain better visibility into NJGPA student progress, streamline intervention efforts, and simplify compliance—ultimately helping more students succeed.
Want to learn more about how OnCourse can help your district with NJGPA outcomes? Connect with us!
