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NJ Education Official to Discuss Future of Student Assessment
Dr. Bari Erlichson will discuss the transition from NJASK and HSPA to PARCC in 2015.
Dr. Bari Erlichson, assistant commissioner of New Jersey Department of Education, will visit the Summit public school district from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School to discuss national and state developments in public education, which will directly impact students.
The Summit Administration and Board of Education invites the public to attend this presentation, “The Future of Student Assessment in New Jersey.”
Erlichson will explain many initiatives, including New Jersey's student achievement outcomes on statewide and national assessments, such as National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Additionally, she will address the future of New Jersey's student assessment program, including the transition to PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) in 2015.
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PARCC, a partnership of 22 states, has been working over the last several years to launch new assessments in English language arts and math, aligned to the Common Core, in the 2014-15 school year. These tests will replace current statewide assessments, i.e., NJ ASK and HSPA, Erlichson explained in a letter to schools superintendents written in March 2013.
To confirm your attendance at this event, please click here.About Dr. Erlichson: Dr. Bari Erlichson oversees school and district performance and accountability, the development of New Jersey's student-level, longitudinal data system, and research and evaluation efforts. A former professor at Rutgers University, she has conducted research in many topic areas, including school reform, education policy implementation, school funding, and governance. She is a co-author of the book, Multiethnic Moments: the Politics of Urban Education Reform (Temple University Press, 2006), as well as a contributor to several edited volumes and journals.
Prior to joining the Department of Education, she taught fifth grade in Plainfield, New Jersey after having been a student teacher in the Newark Public Schools. Dr. Erlichson holds a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University, an M.A. in Education Administration and Policy from the Stanford School of Education, and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.
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