Preliminary NJ test results show math, reading struggles in grades 3-9

By: Catherine Carrera, NJ Spotlight News

Outlets: Chalkbeat Newark

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 1,031

Last Updated: 3 days, 23 hours ago

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More than half of New Jersey third graders are not meeting literacy standards, and an overwhelming majority of eighth graders are not hitting math standards, signaling that post-pandemic learning trends continued under the modernized state exams that …

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