Graduation Requirements

Class of 2024 and 2025 (Updated May 2023)

On May 3, 2023, the State Board of Education approved the graduation ready cut score for the ELA and mathematics components of the NJGPA, as well as the menu of alternative assessments and aligned cut scores.

The requirements in this section were adopted by the New Jersey State Board of Education on September 8, 2021 for the classes of 2023–2025.

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In ELA, students must demonstrate proficiency:

1. On New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)/PARCC ELA 10; or

2. By meeting the designated cut score on a substitute competency test such as other high school-level
NJSLA/PARCC assessments, the SAT, ACT, or ACCUPLACER as defined in Table 2; or

3. By submitting, through the district, a student portfolio appeal to the New Jersey Department of Education.

If, after completing the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment in grade 11, students did not demonstrate proficiency by passing the ELA component, such students may access the following pathways:

• Second Pathway: By meeting the designated cut score on a substitute competency test such as other high school-level NJSLA/PARCC assessments, the SAT, ACT, or ACCUPLACER; or
• Third Pathway: By submitting, through the district, a student portfolio appeal to the New Jersey Department of Education.

In mathematics, students must demonstrate proficiency:

1. On NJSLA/PARCC Algebra I; or

2. By meeting the designated cut score on a substitute competency test such as other high schoollevel NJSLA/PARCC assessments, the SAT, ACT, or ACCUPLACER as defined in Table 2; or

3. By submitting, through the district, a student portfolio appeal to the New Jersey Department of Education.

If, after completing the required New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment in grade 11, students did not demonstrate proficiency by passing the mathematics component, such students may access the following pathways:

• Second Pathway: By meeting the designated cut score on a substitute competency test such as other high school-level NJSLA/PARCC assessments, the SAT, ACT, or ACCUPLACER; or
• Third Pathway: By submitting, through the district, a student portfolio appeal to the New Jersey Department of Education.