Standardized assessments, including the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA), provide schools and families information on students' academic mastery and growth.  To provide us with additional information to guide instructional decisions, we implement additional standardized assessments such as CoGAT, iReady Diagnostic, and AIMSWeb Plus.

2024 - 2025 Parental Notification of Standardized Assessments (pdf)

AIMSWeb Plus

AIMSweb Plus (Academic Improvement Measurement System) is an assessment tool by Pearson that uses curriculum-based and standards-based measures to assess student progress in literacy and math. This screener is administered up to three times a year for select students in Grades K-5.

CogAT

The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) by Riverside Insights measures student aptitude and reasoning abilities. This test is administered to students at the beginning of grades 3 and 5 and is one measure used to screen for entry into the WSD Discovery program for gifted students.

iReady Diagnostic

The iReady Diagnostic is an online, adaptive assessment that pinpoints a students’ strengths and needs in reading and mathematics. The i-Ready Diagnostic is strongly correlated to state assessments, and is administered three times a year in Grades 1-8.

New Jersey Student Learning Assessment

New Jersey public school districts are required to administer the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) every spring for to students in Grades 3 and up. The NJSLA is based on current year academic standards and measures student achievement and growth in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science (Grades 5 and 8 only).

To see a list of all state assessments, including ACCESS for ELL and Dynamic Learning Maps , visit nj.gov.