Central New Jersey Report Cards

Do you remember the days before report cards were available online or via email ---when you might dread bringing home a bad report card for your parents’ to sign? Well, the Department of Education’s report cards were due last week. And if you’re Central New Jersey, you might have that same queasy feeling you did years ago if you had bard grades.

According to the Department of Education, the poorer districts in Central New Jesey like New Brunswick and Plainfiend produced the lowest test scores. The wealthier districts like Metuchen and East Brunswick produced higher test scores.

Details in the report included stats and numbers about student demographics, drop-out rates, the kind of qualifications that teachers and administrators have, and college plans for those graduating.

There have been some improvements, but overall the gap between rich and poor districts in Central Jersey continues to grow in the area of test scores.

The libertarian conservatives will tell us that the money spent on the Abbott districts is not helping. Well, the answer certainly is not giving the districts less money.