... the State proficiency standards by the end of tenth grade. N.J.S.A. 18A:7C-3 (1988). In 1988, the Legislature amended the Act to provide ... the State proficiency standards by the end of eleventh grade. N.J.S.A. 18A:7C-3. 'Any [twelfth] grade student who does not meet' the 'State ... AHSA) process, which did not involve standardized testing. Ibid.; see N.J.S.A. 18A:7C-3. Following the 2008 issuance of a report by the New ... participation in PARCC' violates the Act. The plain language of N.J.S.A. 18A:7C-3 establishes that any twelfth grade student who has not passed ...