Report Card: Defino Report Shows Gap in Academic Achievement

Defino Elementary did not meet the state academic achievement target, according to the NJ Department of Education School Report Card.

According to the NJDOE, academic achievement measures content knowledge in language arts and math as measured by NJASK scores.

Defino outperformed 65 percent of its peer group of schools and 91 percent of the state, but only reached 88 percent of the state's goal. The report cites anything above 80 percent is considered "very high performance."

The report cites a gap between NJASK scores of students with disabilities and the school wide scores. Thirteen percent of Defino's population is considered disabled under state standards. 

The peer group is made up of schools determined to have a similar demographic, including in special education.

Defino met targets in both student growth and college readiness. College readiness is ranked on the elementary level by chronic absenteeism.

The school outperformed 82 percent of its peer group in student growth and 75 percent of the state. Student growth is measured by the performance of students on standardized tests from one year to the next. 

In Monmouth County, Defino's peer group is made up of Village School in Homdel, Roosevelt Elementary in Roosevelt Boro and Allenwood in Wall Township.

Patch will continue to publish school report card data for Marlboro schools over the coming weeks.