About 1,500 New Jersey students will start online tutoring next week in the hope of passing the state’s alternative high school test in August on their third try, an Education Department spokeswoman said Friday.
“The goal is to get them a solid month of tutoring,” said Beth Auerswald.
They are among the 2,904 students who have not yet passed all necessary parts of the test. That number is substantially higher than the 2,200 estimate released by the Education Department last month.
An additional 1,357 students were allowed to graduate through a state-created appeals process.
The approximately 1,400 students who have not signed up for online tutoring can still do so, Auerswald said. Other options include taking the test without tutoring, repeating senior year, or seeking a equivalency diploma, she said.
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