How Did Wyckoff's Schools Do In Newly Released State Test Scores?

NEW JERSEY — Recently released state test results show that New Jersey public school students are still rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost half of students statewide in spring 2023 tested below grade level in English language arts, according to information from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment tests administered in Spring 2023.

In English, math, and science, the percents of students exhibiting proficiency increased slightly from 2022, but were still down from 2019. There was no statewide testing in 2020 or 2021.

Test scores for every school and district in the state are available to download from the Department of Education website. And NJ Spotlight News created a database where you can look up scores by county, district, school, and more.

According to the site, in Wyckoff, for eighth graders in the district, the percentage above grade level this past spring was 75.6 percent, up from last year but still down from 81.2 in 2019.

In math, the average was 37.6, down from 42.0, and in science it was 37.9, up from 34.6 in 2019.

See averages by individual school and grade level by inputting Wyckoff here.

Dr. Jorden Schiff, assistant commissioner of the state department of education's Division of Teaching and Learning Services, said that New Jersey is not alone in seeing “a historic reduction in student achievement levels” since the pandemic.

“Every state saw this," Schiff said during a presentation to state Board of Education members last week. "We saw it not only nationally but internationally as well."

Aside from having to switch to remote learning, officials say that at least 200,000 students nationwide lost a close caregiver to covid.

Percentage of all New Jersey students who either met or exceeded expectations, or were labeled proficient or above, on the NJSLA:

Statewide Averages

English language arts

2019: 57.6 percent
2022: 48.9 percent
2023: 51.3 percent

Math

2019: 44 percent
2022: 35.4 percent
2023: 37.6 percent

Science

2019: 25.4 percent
2022: 23.2 percent
2023: 24.9 percent

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Michele Rotuno-Johnson contributed to this report.