Hillsborough High Schools students are to take part in the fall administration of the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments-Adaptive (NJSLA-A) and the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment-Adaptive (NJGPA-A) which are set to begin Tuesday Oct. 28 and continue through Monday, Nov. 3 as a part of a statewide field test meant to improve future assessments.
Testing at HHS will take place on Oct. 28, 29, 30 and Nov. 3. To start off, juniors will take the English Language Arts (ELA) writing section on Oct. 28. After which, freshman and sophomore will take a test in the same category on Oct. 29. Next, all freshmen along with any other students who took Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II in the 2024-2025 school year will complete the math part of the test on Oct. 30. The ELA reading test, which requires wired headphones that have an auxiliary input, will be given to grades 9-11 on Nov. 3.
Any students scheduled to take any one of the tests must arrive at HHS by 7:30 a.m. Those not testing should arrive no later than 9:55 a.m. on Oct 28-29 and by 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 30 and Nov. 3. Freshman and sophomores who with the late arrival will wait in the main gymnasium while seniors will report to the commons. Testing room locations are posted in several places around the schools. Nevertheless, any student with questions can contact Ms. McCabe or Mrs. Andrejco in the main office.
During testing the following items are prohibited: hats, hoods, water bottles, cell phones, smartwatches, and wireless earbuds. Attendance for these exams is going to be recorded at the start of period one each day.
For those looking for more information on the reason behind both of these exams, both the NJSLA-A and the NJGPA-A are part of a statewide field test that is running from Oct.27 through Nov. 14 2025 with no testing on Nov. 4, 6, 7, or 11. According to the New Jersey Department of Education, all eligible local public schools and private schools for students with disabilities must participate.
During this fall field test, students will be given a selection of test questions instead of full-length assessments the goal of this is to elevate the efficiency of the questions and improve on the fairness of the state’s new adaptive testing system.
“Field test results are not provided to students, educators, or schools, because the primary purpose of a field test is to evaluate the quality and performance of test items—not to measure student achievement,” Dr. Jordan Schiff, assistant commissioner for the Division of Teaching and Learning Services, said.
