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Black and Hispanic students scored poorest on the PARCC

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KAREN YI @KAREN_YI

White and Asian students dramatically outperformed their peers on the state's new standardized exam that debuted last year, perpetuating the achievement gap that has long-threatened to leave minority
and low-income students farther behind.
The state released more detailed results on
PARCC, or the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, broken down by race
and income. The results showed that in some cases,
white students met expectations at twice the rate of
black and Hispanic students. Results for students who
speak English as a second language or who are considered economically disadvantaged were also dismally
low.
"If you're a second-language student, its going to
take you longer to learn the academic content than a
native-English speaker and when you put the load of
having to translate certain things and having to type a
response in a paragraph, youre adding a new level of
complexity," said Linda McCarthy, a special education
teacher at Park Avenue Elementary in Freehold Borough.
In third grade, 44 percent of students met or exceeded expectations on the English language arts portion of the exam. When analyzed by race, however, 54
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GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE
SPEAKING ABOUT DRUG ADDICTION

NO DEBATE ON
CHRISTIE VIDEO

Emotional talk on drug addiction boosts campaign

BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP

knocked off the main debate stage seems like anything

but a knockout blow to Christie.
Ironically its turning out to be a great opportunity
for Chris, said GOP mega donor Bobbie Kilberg, a
Christie backer.
Kilberg said the debate snub along with controversy
over network decisions on weeding out the candidates
have combined to spark fresh interest in the New Jersey governor. Eight candidates will stand on the main
debate state, including Donald Trump, Ben Carson and
Marco Rubio. A four-candidate second debate features
Christie, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.
I think the decision on the debates by Fox was outra-

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may be down in

GOP presidential primary polls but hes more than
making up for it with a viral video that has attracted
close to 8 million views in a week.
Poor polls have relegated Christie to the undercard
in Republican debates Tuesday in Milwaukee that will
be televised by Fox Business Network, but its a demotion that comes as Christies campaign is showing
signs of life, thanks to a video first published by The
Huffington Post.
Christie in the video speaks emotionally about his
mothers addiction to cigarettes and a Seton Hall Law
School classmates downfall from a dependance on
painkillers.
With the resulting attention over the video, being See CHRISTIE, Page 5A

Visit www.app.com to see Gov. Chris Christies talk on drug

addiction that has gone viral online

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Milder, wetter winter forecast for N.J.

KALA KACHMAR @NEWSQUIP

The warm autumn weather might have you scratching your head and wondering what winter will be like in
New Jersey this year.
Weather experts are predicting a milder, slightly
wetter winter this year.
New Jersey is expected to get about a half-inch more
of precipitation than average in January, February and
March, according to Matthew Rosencrans, a meteorologist with National Weather Service Climate Prediction
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But theres no way to know when or how that precipitation will manifest itself, Rosencrans said. It could be
rain, it could be snow, it could be both. It could also be
none because, well, its the weather.
If the precipitation turns out to be all snow, it could
mean an extra six to 10 inches. But since temperatures
are supposed to be slightly warmer, New Jersey will
probably see more slushy snow rather than big, powSee WINTER, Page 5A
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