Long Branch Public Schools

The Advanced Placement^® Program (AP) offers students the opportunity to take college-level courses and exams in high school and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both at many colleges and universities in the U.S. and around the world.

Participation in AP courses allows students to:

1. Prepare for college

2. Boost their GPA

3. Save time and money at college

4. Recieve merit-based financial aid

On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, Governor Murphy signed P.L.2022, c.60 (ACS for A-3196/S-2349), which requires the State Board of Education to administer the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) as a field test for the class of 2023. There is no graduation assessment requirement for any student who is expected to graduate with the class of 2023. Students in the class of 2023 must still meet all the other State and local graduation requirements, including but not limited to credit, curriculum, and attendance requirements. The graduation assessment requirements for the classes of 2024 and 2025 remain in place.

The requirements in this section were adopted by the New Jersey State Board of Education on September 8, 2021 for the classes of 2023–2025.

• The ACCESS test provides information about students’ English language abilities in school. Educators use this information to make decisions about students’ education.
• ACCESS measures what students know and can do in English in the domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
• Students do not need to study for the test, but rather, focus on demonstrating their language abilities.

WIDA supports students, families, educators, and administrators with high-quality, research-based tools and resources, dedicated to language development for multilingual learners.