Gloucester Students Net High Scores On English PARCC Testing

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Students in the Gloucester Township K-8 Public School District do well on PARCC testing, but scores seem to drop once the students hit high school.

The district-by-district, school-by-school PARCC results have been released. In Grades 3-8, students performed in or around the "Level 4" and "Level 5" areas, which is between the scores of 750 and 850, the latter being a perfect score.

Freshmen in the Black Horse Pike Regional School District average a score of 744, but scores drop for the last two years of testing. It is important to note also that many students opted out of taking the exam, though New Jersey hasn't said how many.

The break down for the English scores on the PARCC testing for students in Gloucester Township can be found below:

3rd: Gloucester Twp, Camden 749
4th: Gloucester Twp, Camden 754
5th: Gloucester Twp, Camden 753
6th: 369. Gloucester Twp, Camden 748
7th: 333. Gloucester Twp, Camden 755
8th: Gloucester Twp, Camden 747
9th: Black Horse Pike Regional, Camden 744
10th: Black Horse Pike Regional, Camden 735
11th: Black Horse Pike Regional, Camden 721

The PARCC tests have been a source of controversy for years, and Gov. Phil Murphy has talked for nearly year about finding replacements for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test.

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