This guide intended for local school districts discusses the implementation of New Jersey's Special Review Assessment (SRA) process which provides high school students with the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of basic skills by an assessment method other than the statewide graduation test. The process is required for eleventh graders who have not passed the graduation test. A panel of at least three teaching staff members must: (1) evaluate student performance on state and local tests; (2) examine student's coursework and transcripts; (3) check student's visual, auditory, and/or medical data; (4) examine pupil's proficiencies in other areas; (5) look at performance on the state-selected test of English language fluency (for students of limited English proficiency); and (6) conduct formal interviews with the pupil, parents, teaching staff, and a guidance counselor or psychologist. In addition, the panel must decide whether the above documentation verifies that deficient skills have been mastered in accordance with district set criteria, and determine whether a student has demonstrated mastery in a sufficient number of skills areas to equal scoring at the state-wide standard on the graduation test. The panel's recommendation goes to the principal, the district superintendent, and the county superintendent who certifies whether the student has attained all skill requirements, can graduate, and receive a state-endorsed diploma. Student SRA Profile forms are included. (KSA)