Bill > S239

This bill amends the "Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act" to prohibit the use of standardized assessments as a measure of student growth or progress in the evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals. Previously, under the TEACHNJ Act, student progress on standardized assessments could be a factor in teacher evaluations, though not the primary one. This bill removes that possibility entirely, ensuring that standardized tests will not be used in any part of these evaluations, and also removes a provision that allowed districts to decide how to measure student growth in grades where standardized tests were not required.

Education

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S239