NJPEP to serve New Jersey teachers
Rutgers participates in state Internet project for educators
Archived article from Oct 6, 2000
By Amy Vames
A team at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) is developing instructional modules for the New Jersey Professional Education Port (NJPEP), a state initiative accessible through the Internet.
The launch of NJPEP and a related distance learning and educational video- conferencing project were announced by Gov. Christie Whitman Sept. 27.
The four instructional modules will help New Jersey's teachers, school administrators and parents better understand the standardized tests required of the state's fourth-, eighth- and 11th-graders. While the modules are geared to teachers, administrators and parents, they will be accessible to anyone. GSE received a $275,000 grant from the state to develop the program.
The four modules will focus on interpreting test results; technical issues and assessment; understanding and using scoring rubrics; and developing classroom assessment of fourth-grade literacy.
"The Graduate School of Education at Rutgers is extremely pleased to be developing these instructional modules for NJPEP," said Louise Wilkinson, dean of GSE. "GSE has long been an important partner with the State of New Jersey in providing cutting-edge teacher preparation programs. We are excited to again be part of a dynamic initiative that is helping New Jersey's teachers become the best in the nation."
The NJPEP team at GSE includes Douglas Penfield and Jeffrey Smith, professors of educational measurement and statistics at GSE; Robert Lebeau, project director; and Pamela Schneider, associate project director.
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