Update First PARCC test results are in. How does your district rate?

Common Core has been controversial, to say the least. One argument suggests standardized evaluation is necessary to mark the abilities of large groups of students, while the other says it’s akin to judging a fish’s ability by asking it to climb a tree.(Editor’s note: This report was updated at 1:30 p.m. Thursday with additional information.)

Common Core has been controversial, to say the least. One argument suggests standardized evaluation is necessary to mark the abilities of large groups of students, while the other says it’s akin to judging a fish’s ability by asking it to climb a tree.

Supporters of either side will still no doubt be interested to see the first scores of the exam, which have just been posted by district.

The scores rate the districts on five levels, with Level 1 representing the percentage of students not yet meeting state expectations and Level 5 representing those exceeding expectations.

The results are also divided by grade level.

One of the most interesting results is that the schools with the highest percentage of students who scored at Level 5 are all county vocational schools. They include Morris, Middlesex and Monmouth counties’ schools.

Below is the top ten districts for each grade and subject, accompanied by their mean scale score.

3rd grade English:

1. Demarest Boro; 789
2. Boonton Township; 785
3. Saddle River Boro; 783
4. Millburn Township; 782
5. Harding Township; 782
6. Allendale; 781
7. Alpine; 781
8. Rumson; 781
9. Mendham Township; 780
10. Bay Head; 780

4th grade English:

1. Mendham Township; 788
2. Closter; 787
3. Demarest; 787
4. Alpine; 786
5. Essex Fells; 786
6. Little Silver; 784
7. Ridgewood; 783
8. Cresskill; 782
9. Allendale; 781
10. Cranbury; 781

5th grade English:

1. Mendham Township; 791
2. Spring Lake; 788
3. Cranbury; 781
4. Mendham; 781
5. Mountain Lakes; 781
6. Bernards Township; 781
7. Allendale; 780
8. Saddle River; 780
9. Essex Fells; 780
10. Alpine; 779

6th grade English:

1. Essex Fells Boro; 790
2. Englewood Cliffs; 784
3. Closter; 782
4. Cranbury; 782
5. Mendham Township; 782
6. Mountain Lakes; 782
7. Spring Lake; 781
8. North Caldwell; 780
9. Tewksbury; 780
10. Woodcliff Lake; 778

7th grade English:

1. Closter; 796
2. Cranbury; 795
3. Alpine; 794
4. Mendham Township; 794
5. Avon; 793
6. Spring Lake; 793
7. Little Silver; 787
8. Mountain Lakes; 786
9. Margate; 784
10. Monmouth Beach; 784

8th grade English:

1. Alpine; 798
2. Mendham Township; 796
3. Haworth; 795
4. Linwood; 789
5. Montvale; 789
6. Union Township; 789
7. Woodcliff Lake; 788
8. Closter; 786
9. Little Silver; 786
10. Mountain Lakes; 786

9th grade English:

1. Glen Ridge Boro; 776
2. Millburn; 775
3. Bernards Township; 773
4. West Morris Regional; 772
5. Ridgewood; 770
6. Summit; 770
7. New Milford; 769
8. Montclair; 769
9. Verona; 768
10. Northern Highlands Regional; 767

10th grade English:

1. Bernards Township; 786
2. Glen Ridge; 772
3. West Morris Regional;778
4. Chatham; 776
5. Mahwah; 775
6. Midland Park; 775
7. Princeton Regional; 775
8. Mountain Lakes; 773
9. Leonia; 772
10. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional; 770

11th grade English:

1. Montgomery Township; 786
2. West Windsor-Plainsboro Township; 783
3. Leonia; 777
4. Chatham; 777
5. Mahwah; 775
6. West Windsor-Plainsboro Township; 775
7. Bernards 775
8. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township; 774
9. Elizabeth; 774
10. Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional; 774

3rd grade math:

1. Spring Lake Boro; 786
2. Harding Township; 780
3. Saddle River; 777
4. Millburn; 774
5. Bernards Township; 773
6. Woodcliff Lake; 772
7. Mendham Township; 772
8. Windsor-Plainsboro Regional; 771
9. Rumson Boro; 771
10. Chatham; 771

4th grade math:

1. Closter; 778
2. Spring Lake; 775
3. Essex Fells; 773
4. Mendham Township 772
5. Saddle River; 770
6. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional; 770
7. Bernards Township; 770
8. Cresskill Boro; 768
9. Millburn Township; 768
10. Allendale Boro; 767

5th grade math:

1. Essex Fells; 778
2. Allendale; 774
3. Bernards Township; 774
4. Mendham Township; 773
5. Alpine; 771
6. Glen Ridge; 771
7. Morris Plains; 770
8. Upper Saddler River; 769
9. Mendham Boro; 769
10. Demarest; 768

6th grade math:

1. Essex Fells Boro; 780
2. Tenafly; 774
3. Closter; 770
4. Cranbury; 770
5. Mendham Boro; 770
6. Alpine; 769
7. Mountain Lakes; 769
8. Sea Girt; 768
9. Bernards Township; 768
10. Englewood Cliffs; 767

7th grade math:

1. Closter; 774
2. Alpine; 772
3. Englewood Cliffs; 771
4. Avon; 769
5. Upper Saddle River; 768
6. Glen Rock; 767
7. West Windsor-Plaisboro Regional; 767
8. Demarest; 765
9. Madison; 765
10. River Dell Regional; 764

8th grade math:

1. Woodcliff Lake Boro 774
2. Mendham Township; 771
3. Hope; 770
4. Riverton; 768
5. Union Township (Hunterdon); 768
6. North Wildwood City; 763
7. Little Silver; 762
8. Rochelle Park Township; 757
9. Harrington Park; 756
10. Upper Saddle River; 756

Algebra I:

1. Closter; 805
2. Franklin Township (Hunterdon) 805
3. Old Tappan; 802
4. Northvale; 798
5. Harrington Park; 797
6. Little Silver; 795
7. Mendham Township; 795
8. Central Regional; 795
9. Ho-Ho-Kus Boro; 794
10. Upper Saddle River; 794

Geometry:

1. Oakland Boro; 798
2. Warren Township; 797
3. Princeton; 792
4. Marlboro; 791
5. Cranbury; 784
6. Chester; 784
7. Wyckoff; 782
8. Mendham Boro; 781
9. Millstone; 780
10. Franklin Lakes; 779

Algebra II:

1. Readington; 773
2. Bernards Township; 770
3. Livingston; 768
4. Princeton Regional; 768
5. North Hunterdon/Vorhees Regional; 766
6. Montgomery Township; 764
7. Summit; 764
8. River Dell Regional; 763
9. Ridgewood; 762
10. Madison; 762

To see the complete 2015 results, go to the state Department of Education website.