Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts and charter schools to provide educationally appropriate alternative activities to students not participating in administration of certain standardized assessments.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning standardized assessments and supplementing chapter 7C of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, “standardized assessment” means an assessment required pursuant to State or federal law and administered to all students in a specific grade level or subject area and whose results will be aggregated for analysis at the district, school, or student subgroup level.
b. In the case of a student who does not participate in the administration of a standardized assessment, a school district or charter school shall provide educationally appropriate alternative activities during the time in which the assessment is being administered. Any alternative activity shall not occur in the same room in which the assessment is being administered.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a school district or charter school to provide educationally appropriate alternative activities to a student who does not participate in the administration of a standardized assessment required under State or federal law. The alternative activity may not occur in the same room in which the assessment is being administered.