District Testing Calendar
The New Jersey Department of Education requires public school districts to administer standardized assessments each school year. Below is a table outlining the Morris School District’s testing schedule for the 2025-2026 school year. To obtain further information about each assessment, please visit the New Jersey Department of Education’s Assessment website at State of New Jersey, Department of Education Assessment or contact the MSD Office of Curriculum and Instruction.
STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS TESTING SCHEDULE 2025-2026
dates/tests subject to change by NJDOE
| Assessment | Grade |
Computer Administration Window
(Paper testing details listed if applicable)
|
|---|---|---|
| DLM Fall Instructionally Embedded Mandatory Administration | English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades 3 to 8 and 11, and in science grades 5, 8, and 11 | September 9 to December 19, 2025 |
| FALL - New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) |
11 and 12
Note: Students in grade 12 and students repeating grade 11 may take the NJGPA if needed to meet the State graduation assessment requirement.
|
October 6 to October 10, 2025
Makeup: October 14 to October 17, 2025
PAPER Testing dates match above
|
| New Jersey Student Learning Assessments – Adaptive (NJSLA-Adaptive) Fall Field Test |
ELA: 4 through 10 Math: 4 through high school (Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II based on course completion during the 2024-2025 school year) |
October 27 to November 14, 2025 Note: There will be no testing on November 4, 6, 7, or 11 |
| Graduation Portfolio Appeals | 12 | January 6 to May 1, 2026 |
| ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 | Grades K-12 | February 2, 2026 - March 27, 2026 |