Current and Upcoming Features
Some Exciting New Features Coming to edConnectNJ |
Two-part task item types will now display on the same page vertically, as they do on PARCC |
LIVE |
Test booklets can now be generated for assessments with tech-enhanced items |
LIVE |
TestNav 8 Equation Editor is available for student assessment and teacher authoring |
LIVE |
Curricular Framework documents loaded to edConnect |
LIVE |
NJ SLS will be loaded and tagged to all existing CCSS material |
Work to be completed over the course of 2016-17 |
Text to speech testing accommodation available in English and Spanish |
Winter 2016 |
New item type: Gap Match |
Winter 2016 |
Ability to align items to multiple standards within a unique standard set |
Winter 2016 |
New teacher report targeting student growth by standard (no longer driven by a unique test instance) |
Winter 2016 |
Current data available on edConnectNJ:
- Student demographics: attendance, chronic absence, suspension rates, sub-group percentages (ELL, special education, migrant, gifted/talented, etc.);
- School/district formative benchmark/classroom data (SAT, PSAT, ACT, AP, ACCESS, literacy data: DRA, F&P, etc.)
- State summative data (PARCC, NJ ASK Science, NJ BCT)
Current resources available on edConnectNJ:
- A growing assessment bank, with nearly 70,000 items available
- Retired model curriculum formative unit assessments for K-12 math and ELA
- NJ Educator Resource Exchange (NJCore.org) resources (lesson plans, activities, PD, assessment items and forms)
- Access to all commonly used standard sets: NJ SLS, CCSS, NJ CCCS, Standard 8 (Ed Tech), Standard 9 (CTE), AP, ISTE, NGSS/NJ SLS, WIDA
Have a good open source resource you'd like to see on edConnect? Email us and we'll do our best to assist, edconnectNJ@doe.nj.gov
Administrators and central district staff who use edConnectNJ are able to do the following:
- Enter and schedule curriculum;
- Review and comment on posted lesson plans;
- Enter district benchmark exams for delivery and reporting through a dynamic online tool;
- Triangulate state summative data, district/school level formative data and student demographic data to create focused professional learning communities;
- Analyze classroom, grade, subject and school- or district-level reports;
- Share district assessments/item banks with other districts ; and
- Share school-level materials and items across schools in the district.
Teachers who use edConnectNJ are able to do the following:
- Enter and schedule curriculum;
- Create and submit lesson plans for approval;
- Access the available item and material banks for use with their students;
- Enter materials, resources, items and assessments for use with their classrooms;
- Analyze classroom-level and school-level reports, depending on district permission decisions;
- Co-author and share assessments with other teachers; and
- Record student-level information, parent conference notes, and intervention information, and store IEP documents, etc.