The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has implemented changes to New Jersey’s statewide assessment practices effective as of the spring 2019 administration. While the online platform will remain the same, the state’s mathematics and English language Arts (ELA) assessments will no longer be named Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC). Instead, the assessments will be called New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA). The ELA assessment will be named NJSLA-ELA, and the mathematics assessment will be named NJSLA-M. The science exam is named NJSLA-S (administered to students in grades 5 and 8).

 

The below charts provide an overview of the number of units and the unit testing times by subject and grade level:

 

English Language Arts

Grade 3

NJSLA-ELA

Unit	Unit Testing Time (mins.)
1	75
2	75
Total: 2 units	Total 150

 

Grades 4 & 5

NJSLA-ELA

Unit	Unit Testing Time (mins.)
1	90
2	90
Total: 2 units	Total 180

 

Grades 6 - 8

NJSLA-ELA

Unit	Unit Testing Time (mins.)
1	90
2	90
Total: 2 units	Total 180

 

Mathematics

Grades 3 - 8

NJSLA-M

Unit	Unit Testing Time (mins.)
1	60
2	60
3	60
Total: 3 units	Total 180

 

Algebra I and Geometry

NJSLA-M

Unit	Unit Testing Time (mins.)
1	90
2	90
Total: 2 units	Total 180

 

Science

Grades 5 & 8

NJSLA-S

Unit	Unit Testing Time (mins.)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
Total: 4 units	Total 180

 

Below is updated information on the NJSLA-S.

Also below are files related to the spring 2018 administration of PARCC.

 

Sample Released Questions