PARCC Breakdown: How Did Parsippany Students Score On Standardized Test?

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The majority of students in Parsippany’s elementary and middle school grades who took the PARCC exams in 2014 and 2015 are proficient or above, according to the state’s results released this week.

PARCC, the nationwide exam testing students in grades three through 11 in English or Language Arts and Math, is broken down into five proficiency levels, with scores ranging from 650 to 850.

In English, the five levels are broken down as follows:

• Level 1, Not Yet Meeting Expectations: 650 -700
• Level 2, Partially Meeting Expectations: 700 – 725
• Level 3, Approaching Expectations: 725 – 750
• Level 4, Meeting Expectations: 750 – 803
• Level 5, Exceeding Expectations: 803 – 850

Patch took the New Jersey Department of Education’s data for English test scores and broke it down by district. The following includes Parsippany’s test takers’ results in grades three through eight.

Below is each grade’s total number of students, number of those who did not take the test, valid test scores recorded, district-wide average, and percentage of students who scored in each of the five proficiency levels.

Grade 3:

Total students: 548
Students not taking the test: 19
Valid tests: 529
Mean score: 760
Level 1: 6.6
Level 2: 11.2
Level 3: 21.9
Level 4: 49.9
Level 5: 10.4

Grade 4:

Total students: 551
Students not taking the test: 24
Valid tests: 527
Mean score: 764
Level 1: 3.4
Level 2: 7
Level 3: 17.5
Level 4: 53.1
Level 5: 19

Grade 5:

Total students: 560
Students not taking the test: 36
Valid tests: 524
Mean score: 763
Level 1: 2.5
Level 2: 7.8
Level 3: 19.7
Level 4: 58
Level 5: 12

Grade 6:

Total students: 548
Students not taking the test: 28
Valid tests: 520
Mean score: 763
Level 1: 1.2
Level 2: 7.5
Level 3: 25
Level 4: 49
Level 5: 17.3

Grade 7:

Total students: 535
Students not taking the test: 22
Valid tests: 513
Mean score: 769
Level 1: 2.9
Level 2: 7.8
Level 3: 18.1
Level 4: 40
Level 5: 31.2

Grade 8:

Total students: 527
Students not taking the test: 46
Mean score: 768
Level 1: 3.5
Level 2: 7.9
Level 3: 16.8
Level 4: 49.7
Level 5: 22

To see the top performing districts by grade level and discipline, go here. A grade-by-grade and school-by-school breakdown can be found here:

English Language Arts

• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Grade 6
• Grade 7
• Grade 8
• Grade 9
• Grade 10
• Grade 11

Mathematics

• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Grade 6
• Grade 7
• Grade 8
• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II